English language - Obsolete words
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The interpreter of words and terms , used either in the common or statute laws of this realm, and in tenures and jocular customs: with an appendix, Containing the Antient Names of Places in England, very Necessary for the Use of all Young Students, that converse with Antient Deeds, Charters, &c. First publish'd by the Learned Dr. Cowel, in the year 1607. and continu'd by Tho. Manley of the Middle Temple, Esq; to the year 1684. Now further augmented and improv'd, by the Addition of many Thousand Words, (distinguished thus [pointing hand]) as are found in our Histories, Antiquities, Cartularies, Rolls, Registers, and other Manuscript Records, not hitherto Explain'd in any Dictionary.
Cowell, John, 1554-1611.Date: 1701- E-books
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A collection of English words not generally used With the significations and original, in two alphabetical catalogues. The One Of such as are proper to the Northern, the other to the Southern Counties. With An Account of the preparing and refining such Metals and Minerals as are found in England. The fourth edition. Augmented with many hundred words, Observations, Letters, &c. By John Ray, F.R.S.
John RayDate: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]- E-books
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A compleat collection of English proverbs also the most celebrated proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish, and other languages The Whole Methodically Digested and Illustrated with Annotations, and proper Explications. By the late Rev. and Learned J. Ray, M. A. And Fellow of the Royal Society, and Author of The Wisdom of God in the Creation. &c. &c. To which is added, (written by the same author) A collection of English words not generally used, With their Significations and Original in two Alphabetical Catalogues; the one, of such as are proper to the Northern, the other, to the Southern Counties. With an Account of the preparing and refining such Metals and Minerals as are found in England.
John RayDate: MDCCXLII. [1742]