The American Encyclopaedic Dictionary: A ... Work of Reference to the English Language Defining Over 250,000 Words ... Containing Over One Hundred Maps and Diagrams and Nearly Four Thousand Illustrations, Band 2R.S. Peale and J.A. Hill, 1897 |
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... Canterbury Tales , 4,160 . of liquor at brief intervals , constituting in the ag- B. Intrans .: To tipple , to drink a small amount gregate a large consumption without excess at any one time . bib bed , pa . par . [ BIB , v . ] * bib ...
... Canterbury Tales , 4,160 . of liquor at brief intervals , constituting in the ag- B. Intrans .: To tipple , to drink a small amount gregate a large consumption without excess at any one time . bib bed , pa . par . [ BIB , v . ] * bib ...
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... Canterbury Tales , 12,785 . " Alle these armes that ther weren , That they thus on her cotes beren , For hyt to me were impossible ; Men myghte make of hem a bible , Twenty foote thykke I trowe . " Chaucer : House of Fame , bk . iii . 2 ...
... Canterbury Tales , 12,785 . " Alle these armes that ther weren , That they thus on her cotes beren , For hyt to me were impossible ; Men myghte make of hem a bible , Twenty foote thykke I trowe . " Chaucer : House of Fame , bk . iii . 2 ...
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... Canterbury Tales , 14,071-2 . In the " Towneley Mystery , " called the Processus Talentorum , the executioners of our Lord are repre sented as casting dice for His garments , and one of them , who had lost , exclaims- " I was falsly ...
... Canterbury Tales , 14,071-2 . In the " Towneley Mystery , " called the Processus Talentorum , the executioners of our Lord are repre sented as casting dice for His garments , and one of them , who had lost , exclaims- " I was falsly ...
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... Canterbury Tales , 8,235-6 . To bid beads or bedes : ( 1 ) Originally : To pray prayers with or without a rosary to count them upon . ( 2 ) Subsequently : To count the beads of a rosary , each bead dropped passing for a prayer . ( Nares ...
... Canterbury Tales , 8,235-6 . To bid beads or bedes : ( 1 ) Originally : To pray prayers with or without a rosary to count them upon . ( 2 ) Subsequently : To count the beads of a rosary , each bead dropped passing for a prayer . ( Nares ...
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... Canterbury Tales , 3,535 . bi - fron - těd , a . [ From Lat . bifrons , genit . bifrontis with two foreheads or faces ; prefix bi = two , and frontis , genit . of frons = the forehead . ] Having two fronts . " Put a case of vizards o'er ...
... Canterbury Tales , 3,535 . bi - fron - těd , a . [ From Lat . bifrons , genit . bifrontis with two foreheads or faces ; prefix bi = two , and frontis , genit . of frons = the forehead . ] Having two fronts . " Put a case of vizards o'er ...
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