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Page 75
... term " beer " was applied only to the weaker kind of drink , as " table beer , " while ale was the better or stronger drink . I always under- stood that in the West of England the term beer was applied to the stronger liquor , and ale ...
... term " beer " was applied only to the weaker kind of drink , as " table beer , " while ale was the better or stronger drink . I always under- stood that in the West of England the term beer was applied to the stronger liquor , and ale ...
Page 429
... term " nobiles minores , " or second degree of gentry ? Does it mean people of good birth but without a title ; or was the term in- troduced to denote baronets created by James VI . ( I. of England ) ? The terms are used in Scottish ...
... term " nobiles minores , " or second degree of gentry ? Does it mean people of good birth but without a title ; or was the term in- troduced to denote baronets created by James VI . ( I. of England ) ? The terms are used in Scottish ...
Page 433
... term applied to hair above the forehead which could never be made to lie flat , though it was brushed never so much . Brochett , in his ' Glossary of North - Country Words , ' says : " This term must have been adopted from a comparison ...
... term applied to hair above the forehead which could never be made to lie flat , though it was brushed never so much . Brochett , in his ' Glossary of North - Country Words , ' says : " This term must have been adopted from a comparison ...
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