| John Yonge Akerman - English language - 1842 - 88 pages
...sometimes Sapul, which is still more like the provincial sound. Scau t. v. To strain with the foot in supporting or pushing anything. Scau t. The pole attached...is doubtless an Anglo-Saxon word. Scran. A bag. AS Scnm. Sume penbon, poppam lubar hapbe scpin, &c. John xiii. 29. Screech. The Missel thrush. AS Seme.... | |
| James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - English language - 1852 - 502 pages
...Also, a lean scraggy person. (2) Head; skull; scalp. Yorish. SCAUT. (1) To push violently. West. (2) The pole attached to the axle of a waggon, and let...to prevent its running back while ascending a hill. SCAVEL. Voracious; greedy. North. "Scavel, avidus, vorax," Coles. SCAVEL-AN-GOW. Confused talking.... | |
| Thomas Wright - English language - 1857 - 578 pages
...scraggy person. (3) The scalp; tbe head. Yorish. Scaupy, *. A bare piece of giound. Craven. Scaut, (1) s. The pole attached to the axle of a waggon, and let...to prevent its running back while ascending a hill. (2) v. To push violently. West. Scavel, adj. Voracious. North. Scavel-an-gow, s. Confused talking.... | |
| English language - 1857 - 570 pages
...scraggy person. (3) The scalp; the head. Yorksh. SCAUPY, s. A bare piece of giouud. Craven. SCAUT, (1) s. The pole attached to the axle of a waggon, and let...to prevent its running back while ascending a hill. (2) ». To push violently. West. SCAVEL, adj. Voracious. North. SCAVEL-AN-GOW, s. Confused talking.... | |
| Walter William Skeat - English language - 1880 - 348 pages
...soul. AS sawl, tamil. t Scaut, v. to strain with the foot in supporting or pushing anything. t Scant, the pole attached to the axle of a waggon, and let...to prevent its running back while ascending a hill. f Scran, a bag. AS sen'» [borrowed from Lat. scrinium], John, xiii. 29. [No. Plainly French ; OF escrain,... | |
| rev. w.w. sjeat - 1880 - 360 pages
...soul. AS sawl, saicul. j- Scant, v. to strain with the foot in supporting or pushing anything. tScaut, the pole attached to the axle of a waggon, and let...to prevent its running back while ascending a hill. f Scran, a bag. AS serin [borrowed from Lat. aerintttro], John, xiii. 29. [No. Plainly French ; OP... | |
| James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - English language - 1881 - 492 pages
...; scalp. Yorksh. SCAUT. (1) To push violently. Weit. (2) The pole attached to the axle of a wagjon, and let down to prevent its running back while ascending a hill. SCAVEL. Voracious ¡greedy. North. " Scavci, avidut, tórax," Coles. SCAVEL-AN-GOW. Confused talking.... | |
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