 | John Yonge Akerman - English language - 1842 - 88 pages
...if soaked in water would have the appearance called " Wizzened." Woe. Awoke, poe. pret. of paacan. Wosbir d. A term of reproach ; the meaning of which...a corruption of whore's-bird. Yacke r. An acre. Y. V often sounded like y; as bajar, days; jeap, year; and geapb, yard; which in Wiltshire is always pronounded... | |
 | Walter William Skeat - English language - 1880 - 348 pages
...Malmesbury is a large field called " the Worthies, probably a corruption of TForthinet." t Wosbird, a term of reproach ; the meaning of which appears...it. It is evidently a corruption of whore's-bird. [To which may be added that ME bird or burd means bride or girl ; and is here used in the sense of... | |
 | rev. w.w. sjeat - 1880 - 360 pages
...Xear Malmesbury is a large field called " the Worthies, probably a corruption of Worthing." t Woshird, a term of reproach ; the meaning of which appears...it. It is evidently a corruption of whore's-bird. [To which may be added that ME bird or turd means bride or girl; and is here used in the sense of daughter.... | |
 | Barzillai Lowsley - Berkshire (England) - 1888 - 544 pages
...a,-hoop,' ie is going to the bad.—Wise, New Forest. Hoosbird [hoo-zburd], sb. the same as wosbird. ' A term of reproach ; the meaning of which appears...those who use it ; it is evidently a corruption of whore's bird.'—Akerman's Wiìtsìi. Gì. Sir PM notes, in a copy of Akerman's Springtide, p. 27 :... | |
 | Robert Thurston Hopkins - Dorset (England). - 1922 - 282 pages
...season. Wizzened, shrivelled, withered: as "a wizzened apple," " a wizzened-faced woman." Wosbird. A term of reproach, the meaning of which appears to...it. It is evidently a corruption of whore's-bird. SUntord IMMraNy UbrvMt 3 blOS Oil flfib SfiS Hfc* STANFORD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES CECIL H. GREEN LIBRARY... | |
 | Robert Thurston Hopkins - Dorset (England). - 1922 - 280 pages
...season. Wizzened, shrivelled, withered: as " a wizzened apple," " a wizzened-faced woman." Wosbird. A term of reproach, the meaning of which appears to...it. It is evidently a corruption of whore's-bird. I DO NOT REMOVE OR MUTILATE CARD DO NOT REMOVE OR MUTILA ... | |
 | Robert Thurston Hopkins - Dorset - 1922 - 282 pages
...season. Wizzened, shrivelled, withered: as "a wizzened apple," " a wizzened-faced woman." Wosbird. A term of reproach, the meaning of which appears to...it. It is evidently a corruption of whore's-bird. V. S BOOK IS DUE ON THE LAST DATE STAMPED BELOW AN INITIAL FINE OF 25 CENTS WILL BE ASSESSED FOR FAILURE... | |
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Wosbir d. A term of reproach ; the meaning of which appears to be unknown to those who use it. It is evidently a corruption of whore's-bird. Yacke r. An acre. Y. 