Boucher's Glossary of Archaic and Provincial Words: A Supplement to the Dictionaries of the English Language, Particularly Those of Dr. Johnson and Dr. Webster |
Common terms and phrases
Ćneid Alisaunder Allan Ramsay ancient antiquity appears barley-break Ben Jonson called Celtic Celts Chaucer Chron common Complaynte of Scotland corruption Cott Cumberland Cursor Mundi deduced denote derived dialect Du Cange England English etymology etymon express following passage French Gaul Gawayn Germ German Glossary Gloucest gode Goth Gothic Greek Green Knyzt gret grete guage Harl hath Hist idioms instances king kyng language Latin letters lond Lord manner means nations natural North Northern origin Parv peculiar person Piers Plowman Poems probably pronounced provincial quć quath quod referred rendered Robert of Gloucester Romans Saxon says Scotch Scotland seems sense signifies sometimes sound speak speech spelled spoken supposed Tale term thai ther thing thou tion translation verb Welsh whilst word writers Yorkshire Ywaine