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BELCH. All sorts of beer; that liquor being apt to cause eructation.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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University of Central Florida: UCF Researchers Receive NEH Grant to Preserve Noah Webster’s Dictionaries Online. “Researchers in UCF’s Department of English and Center for Humanities and Digital Research (CHDR) are slated to receive nearly $350,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to create searchable digital editions of Webster’s historic dictionaries, giving […]

University of Central Florida: UCF Researchers Receive NEH Grant to Preserve Noah Webster’s Dictionaries Online. “Researchers in UCF’s Department of English and Center for Humanities and Digital Research (CHDR) are slated to receive nearly $350,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to create searchable digital editions of Webster’s historic dictionaries, giving […]

University of Central Florida: UCF Researchers Receive NEH Grant to Preserve Noah Webster’s Dictionaries Online. “Researchers in UCF’s Department of English and Center for Humanities and Digital Research (CHDR) are slated to receive nearly $350,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to create searchable digital editions of Webster’s historic dictionaries, giving […]

University of Central Florida: UCF Researchers Receive NEH Grant to Preserve Noah Webster’s Dictionaries Online. “Researchers in UCF’s Department of English and Center for Humanities and Digital Research (CHDR) are slated to receive nearly $350,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to create searchable digital editions of Webster’s historic dictionaries, giving […]

University of Central Florida: UCF Researchers Receive NEH Grant to Preserve Noah Webster’s Dictionaries Online. “Researchers in UCF’s Department of English and Center for Humanities and Digital Research (CHDR) are slated to receive nearly $350,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to create searchable digital editions of Webster’s historic dictionaries, giving […]

LIGHT TROOPS. Lice; the light troops are in full march; the lice are crawling about.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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LIGHT TROOPS. Lice; the light troops are in full march; the lice are crawling about.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons

LIGHT TROOPS. Lice; the light troops are in full march; the lice are crawling about.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons

LIGHT TROOPS. Lice; the light troops are in full march; the lice are crawling about.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons

LIGHT TROOPS. Lice; the light troops are in full march; the lice are crawling about.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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CANNISTER. The head. To mill his cannister; to break his head.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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CANNISTER. The head. To mill his cannister; to break his head.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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CANNISTER. The head. To mill his cannister; to break his head.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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CANNISTER. The head. To mill his cannister; to break his head.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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CANNISTER. The head. To mill his cannister; to break his head.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons

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CROAKER. One who is always foretelling some accident or misfortune: an allusion to the croaking of a raven, supposed ominous.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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CROAKER. One who is always foretelling some accident or misfortune: an allusion to the croaking of a raven, supposed ominous.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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CROAKER. One who is always foretelling some accident or misfortune: an allusion to the croaking of a raven, supposed ominous.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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CROAKER. One who is always foretelling some accident or misfortune: an allusion to the croaking of a raven, supposed ominous.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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CROAKER. One who is always foretelling some accident or misfortune: an allusion to the croaking of a raven, supposed ominous.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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TO DRAW. To take any thing from a pocket. To draw a swell of a clout. To pick a gentleman's pocket of a handkerchief. To draw the long bow; to tell lies.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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TO DRAW. To take any thing from a pocket. To draw a swell of a clout. To pick a gentleman's pocket of a handkerchief. To draw the long bow; to tell lies.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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TO DRAW. To take any thing from a pocket. To draw a swell of a clout. To pick a gentleman's pocket of a handkerchief. To draw the long bow; to tell lies.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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TO DRAW. To take any thing from a pocket. To draw a swell of a clout. To pick a gentleman's pocket of a handkerchief. To draw the long bow; to tell lies.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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TO DRAW. To take any thing from a pocket. To draw a swell of a clout. To pick a gentleman's pocket of a handkerchief. To draw the long bow; to tell lies.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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TO WELL. To divide unfairly. To conceal part. A cant phrase used by thieves, where one of the party conceals some of the booty, instead of dividing it fairly amongst his confederates.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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TO WELL. To divide unfairly. To conceal part. A cant phrase used by thieves, where one of the party conceals some of the booty, instead of dividing it fairly amongst his confederates.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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TO WELL. To divide unfairly. To conceal part. A cant phrase used by thieves, where one of the party conceals some of the booty, instead of dividing it fairly amongst his confederates.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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TO WELL. To divide unfairly. To conceal part. A cant phrase used by thieves, where one of the party conceals some of the booty, instead of dividing it fairly amongst his confederates.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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TO WELL. To divide unfairly. To conceal part. A cant phrase used by thieves, where one of the party conceals some of the booty, instead of dividing it fairly amongst his confederates.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Good to see Northern England getting more explicit recognition from the OED.

I was also delighted to be reminded of the existence of the word "apeth", which I have not heard in speech for decades, and to learn of its etymology; as a child, I thought it had something to do with apes!

#English #NorthernEngland #EnglishPronunciation #Apeth #OED #Dictionaries #OxfordEnglishDictionary

https://www.oed.com/discover/pronunciations-from-northern-england/?tl=true