A dictionary of archaic and provincial words : obsolete phrases, proverbs, and ancient customs from the fourteenth century ; in two volumes. 2. J - ZJ. R. Smith, 1881 |
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A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases ..., Volume 2 James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps Visualização completa - 1881 |
A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases ..., Volume 2 James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps Visualização completa - 1887 |
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Página 534 - Lure is that whereto Faulconers call their young Hawks, by casting it up in the aire, being made of feathers and leather, in such wise that in the motion it looks not unlike a fowl.
Página 610 - I remember the wooing of a peaxcod instead of her," &c. Shakespeare. "The efficacy of peascod* in the affairs of sweethearts is not yet forgotten among oui rustic vulgar. The kitchen maid, when she shells green pease, never omits, if she finds one having nine pease, to lay it on the lintel of the kitchen door, and the first clown who enters it, is infallibly to be her husband, or at least her sweetheart,
Página 566 - MUMBLE A SPARROW. A cruel sport practised at wakes and fairs, in the following manner: A cock sparrow whose wings are clipped, is put into the crown of a hat; a man having his arms tied behind him, attempts to bite off the sparrow's head, but is generally obliged to desist, by the many pecks and pinches he receives from the enraged bird.
Página 880 - They could not get it off; they wore about their necks a great horn of an ox in a string or...
Página 596 - Now three weeks space to thee will I give, And that is the longest time thou hast to live; For if thou dost not answer my questions three, Thy lands and thy livings are forfeit to mee.
Página 638 - Had you but seen him in this dress, How fierce he look'd, and how big, You would have thought him for to be Some Egyptian porcupig : He frighted all, cats, dogs, and all, Each cow, each horse, and each hog : For fear they did flee, for they took him to be Some strange, outlandish hedge-hog.
Página 654 - War. Who sees a hefer dead and bleeding fresh, And sees hard-by a butcher with an axe, But will suspect twas he that made the slaughter...
Página 604 - Sondaythe stage at Paris Garden fell down all at ones, being full of people beholding the bearbayting. Many being killed thereby, more hart, and all amased. The godly expownd it as a due plage of God for the wickednes ther usid, and the Sabath day so profanely spent.
Página 610 - twas thy nut that did so brightly glow. ' With my sharp heel I three times mark the ground, And turn me thrice around, around, around.' 68 " As peasecods once I pluck'd, I chanc'd to see One that was closely fill'd with three times three. Which, when I cropp'd, I safely home convey'd, And o'er the door the spell in secret laid...
Página 577 - ... at rest, except that of love and sorrow. Anticipating her kindness, he will travel ten or twelve miles over hills, bogs, moors, and mosses, undiscouraged by the length of the road, the darkness of the night, or the intemperature of the weather ; on reaching her habitation, he gives a gentle tap at the window of her chamber, at which signal she immediately rises, dresses herself, and proceeds with all possible silence to the door, which she gently opens, lest a creaking hinge or a barking dog...