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... meaning gene- rally " sappers and miners . " The old French word is maçon or maçun , which was easily Nor- manised into machon or machun , in the same way passage means , then , that the masons cut away as faceon became fachon - Eng ...
... meaning gene- rally " sappers and miners . " The old French word is maçon or maçun , which was easily Nor- manised into machon or machun , in the same way passage means , then , that the masons cut away as faceon became fachon - Eng ...
Side 36
... meaning out . V. 2 . - " Katherine . You'll mar the light , by taking it in snuff . " Again , in All's Well that Ends Well , i . 2— 66 ' Let me not live , ' quoth he , ' After my flame lacks oil , to be the snuff Of younger spirits ...
... meaning out . V. 2 . - " Katherine . You'll mar the light , by taking it in snuff . " Again , in All's Well that Ends Well , i . 2— 66 ' Let me not live , ' quoth he , ' After my flame lacks oil , to be the snuff Of younger spirits ...
Side 47
... meaning of the word to be what the editor of the book explained it to be - swallow . But there is a phrase constantly heard in South Devon which may serve to illustrate the passage . " To make use of " is there said for " to eat ...
... meaning of the word to be what the editor of the book explained it to be - swallow . But there is a phrase constantly heard in South Devon which may serve to illustrate the passage . " To make use of " is there said for " to eat ...
Side 51
... meaning of herse not above noticed . It is em- ployed by Spenser to signify the pyramidal trophy upon which the various parts of a knight's armour were piled up and displayed ; whence to unherse armour is to take it down from its place ...
... meaning of herse not above noticed . It is em- ployed by Spenser to signify the pyramidal trophy upon which the various parts of a knight's armour were piled up and displayed ; whence to unherse armour is to take it down from its place ...
Side 57
... meaning of the expression ? and where did he get the phrase ? Was it a common one in his day ? Now we never would use it . Queries with Answers . Z. WHITTINGTON'S SHIELD OF ARMS AND STONE . Can any of your readers tell me what has ...
... meaning of the expression ? and where did he get the phrase ? Was it a common one in his day ? Now we never would use it . Queries with Answers . Z. WHITTINGTON'S SHIELD OF ARMS AND STONE . Can any of your readers tell me what has ...
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