“The” West Somerset Word-book: A Glossary of Dialectal and Archaic Words and Phrases Used in the West of Somerset and East Devon, Volume 13; Volume 17Trübner, 1886 - 876 pages |
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Page xx
... proper overtookt . Joe've a fresh sharp the zaw . He'd a new lined the zaddle . I told ee how you was a vrong directed . Her zaid how he was a oncommon vexed o ' it . I ' sure you the well was a well claned out . In these sentences the ...
... proper overtookt . Joe've a fresh sharp the zaw . He'd a new lined the zaddle . I told ee how you was a vrong directed . Her zaid how he was a oncommon vexed o ' it . I ' sure you the well was a well claned out . In these sentences the ...
Page xxix
... proper . ( Ib . p . 25. ) There in no more gurt vorheadeder holler - mouth in all the country . ' Tis the most pickpocketins ( i . e . pickpocketingest ) concarn iver you meet way in all your born days . 7. Them ( Ib . p . 26 ) is never ...
... proper . ( Ib . p . 25. ) There in no more gurt vorheadeder holler - mouth in all the country . ' Tis the most pickpocketins ( i . e . pickpocketingest ) concarn iver you meet way in all your born days . 7. Them ( Ib . p . 26 ) is never ...
Page 28
... proper apurt , and no mistake . ARBALE [ aarbae'ul ] . Populus alba . The only name . This tree , by no means rare in parks , & c . , is often called by more educated people Abelia poplar . The wood is well known , and always called ...
... proper apurt , and no mistake . ARBALE [ aarbae'ul ] . Populus alba . The only name . This tree , by no means rare in parks , & c . , is often called by more educated people Abelia poplar . The wood is well known , and always called ...
Page 53
... rests the body . 2. The under side of the stratum in a rock . It is a condition in most contracts for walling that the stones shall be “ well bedded in good mortar and laid upon their own proper beds WEST SOMERSET WORDS . 53.
... rests the body . 2. The under side of the stratum in a rock . It is a condition in most contracts for walling that the stones shall be “ well bedded in good mortar and laid upon their own proper beds WEST SOMERSET WORDS . 53.
Page 54
... proper beds " -i . e . that the stones shall be placed in the wall in the line of their stratification . A good mason can tell which is the bed or under side of a stone , from that which was uppermost while yet in the rock . 3. Of a ...
... proper beds " -i . e . that the stones shall be placed in the wall in the line of their stratification . A good mason can tell which is the bed or under side of a stone , from that which was uppermost while yet in the rock . 3. Of a ...
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