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Pagina 155
... means a kind of cart or waggon in French , but it formerly meant a chariot ( see Littré ) , as might be inferred from our present usage of the word , and it must have had this meaning ( originally at all events ) when used , as above ...
... means a kind of cart or waggon in French , but it formerly meant a chariot ( see Littré ) , as might be inferred from our present usage of the word , and it must have had this meaning ( originally at all events ) when used , as above ...
Pagina 185
... means a cock of Calcutta , ' from Calecut , Calcutta ; a name extremely wide of the mark . " I thereupon consulted various German books , and found that the authors , for the most part , seemed to agree with Prof. Skeat . Thus , in his ...
... means a cock of Calcutta , ' from Calecut , Calcutta ; a name extremely wide of the mark . " I thereupon consulted various German books , and found that the authors , for the most part , seemed to agree with Prof. Skeat . Thus , in his ...
Pagina 236
... means sinister , awkward , unlucky , not right , & c . The other word is chwyth , which means wind , a gale , a puff , a breath , & c . See this latter word in the Welsh Psalms , cxlvii . 18 . Penwith is compounded of this latter word ...
... means sinister , awkward , unlucky , not right , & c . The other word is chwyth , which means wind , a gale , a puff , a breath , & c . See this latter word in the Welsh Psalms , cxlvii . 18 . Penwith is compounded of this latter word ...
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