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" supporting or pushing anything. Scau t. The pole attached to the axle of a waggon, and let down to prevent its running back while ascending a hill. This is doubtless an Anglo-Saxon word. Scran. A bag. AS "
A Glossary of Wiltshire Words: A Glossary of Provincial Words and Phrases in ... - Page 33
by John Yonge Akerman - 1842 - 60 pages
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A Glossary of Provincial Words and Phrases in Use in Wiltshire

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....
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A Dictionary of Archaic & Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases ..., Volume 2

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....
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Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words ..., Volume 2

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....
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Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words ..., Volume 2

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....
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Reprinted Glossaries, Volume 3, Issue 1

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,...
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reprinted glossaries and old framing words

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...
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A dictionary of archaic and provincial words : obsolete phrases, proverbs ...

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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