 | John Trotter Brockett - 1825 - 298 páginas
...corruption of wisp. WELK, to dry, to wither. V. Todd's John. WELL, to weld. Sw. wetta. Sax. weUen, to be very hot. WELLY, very near — a contraction...day is when a cold, strong and hollow wind prevails. Wallotv, applied to the state of the weather, is perhaps only applicable in a rugged and mountainous... | |
 | John Trotter Brockett - 1829 - 368 páginas
...friend, you've been convicted of felony,1' &c. WELLY, very near — well nigh. Sax. wel neah. Somner. WELSH, insipid. Teut. gaelsch. Welsh and wallow are...to reel or stagger. Teut. welteren, volutare. WEND, or WIEND, a narrow street, or small court. Sc. wynd, an alley, a lane. Obviously from Sax. windun,... | |
 | Westmorland dialect - 1839 - 420 páginas
...pinches, and to whom it gives an appearance of misery and poverty, has a melsh and mallom face. A melsh day is the same as a sleety day, when it is neither thaw nor frost; but a mallore day is WELLY, well nigh; almost. when a cold, strong, and hollow wind prevails.— Brockett.... | |
 | Harry Haldane - 1894 - 524 páginas
...keen frosty morning pinches, or to whom it gives the appearance of misery and poverty, has a ivclsh and wallow face. A welsh day is the same as a sleety...prevails. Wallow, applied to the state of the weather, is, I think, only applicable in a rugged and mountainous country." — Hodgson MS. WELT, the ribbed part... | |
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WELSH, insipid. Teut. gaelsch. Welsh and wallow are synonyma. Broth and water, and pottage without salt, are wallow or welsh. A person whose face has a raw, pale, and unhealthy look — whom a keen frosty morning pinches, and to whom it gives an appearance... 