DEFINITION VERB to play tricks upon; to deceive; to humbug; to bewilder, to confuse, to perplex ...1880 Eng. & Amer. dial. variant of dialect 'bamfoozle' to deceive, to humbug
(pronunciation of 'bamboozle')
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also PINT OF MAHOGANY CHIPS (mahogany chips were once added to coffee by storekeepers to make it go further) CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES from the colour; also see above From: Travels in Lands Beyond the Sea:
Beauty and Glory of Western Europe By Charles D. Linskill, 1888 Chapter XXXVI. Men and Things beyond the Sea P. 352 1599 - The Pleasant History of the Two Angry Women of Abington, Henry Porter: see Example below From: The Two Angry Woman of Abington
By Henry Porter Edited by the Rev. Alexander Dyce Reprinted for the Percy Society, 1841 P. 103 for hair, curled definition: ? from lock (n.) one of the portions into which a head of hair divides itself From: A Treatise on Inflammations
By George Rogerson, Surgeon, of Liverpool, Volume I, 1832 Terminations of Inflammation, Mortification P. 426 no etymology given, but cf. 'scopperloit' a time of idleness; E. Anglia has the form 'skoppolot' a 1697 - Brief Lives, John Aubrey; see Example below From: Brief Lives
Chiefly of Contemporaries, set down by John Aubrey, between the years 1669 & 1696 Edited from the Author's MSS by Andrew Clark Volume II, 1898 Ralph Kettle (1563 - 1643) P. 26 from Latin aequus, equal + tempus, temporis, time 1709 - Physico-Mechanical Experiments on Various Subjects, Francis Hauksbee; see below from E-NED From: The Philosophical Transactions
(from the Year 1743 to the Year 1750) By John Martyn, Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, Volume the Tenth, 1756 P. 184 from wash (vb.) Cf. German waschmaul of the same meaning 1746 - Exmoor Scolding; see Example below From: An Exmoor Scolding:
In the Propriety and Decency of Exmoor Language, Between Two Sisters, Wilmot Moreman and Thomasin Moreman as they were Spinning A New Edition, 1839 P. 6 from out- + scape, aphetic from escape 1555 - Writings, John Bradford; see Example below From: The Writings of the Rev. John Bradford:
Prebendary of St. Paul's and Martyr, A.D. 1555 First American Edition, 1842 Letter XXXIX. Another letter to Mistress Ann Warcup P. 130 From: The Old Dance Master
By William Romaine Paterson (Benjamin Swift), 1911 Chapter Fifth P. 84 from late Latin immaculābilis, from maculāre to spot 1624 - John Fisher in A Replie to Jesuit Fishers Answere, Francis White; see below from E-NED From: Extracts from Divines, on the Humanity of Christ
The Word Made Flesh Or The True Humanity of God in Christ Demonstrated from the Scriptures Publlished 1829 P. 157 from contra- + Latin pugnānt-, pr. pple. of pugnāre to fight 1654 - Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana, Walter Charleton;
Or A Fabrick of Science Natural, Upon the Hypothesis of Atoms see below from E-NED from Latin fēlīcificāre, Latin fēlīci-, fēlix + -ficāre: see -fy 1683 - Edward Hooker, Preface in Theologica Mystica, or The Mystic Divinitie of the Ætemal Invisibles, J. P. (i.e. John Pordage); see below from E-NED From: Restituta:
Or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English Literature, Revived By Sir Egerton Brydges, 1814 P. 460 a 1700 - A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modem of the Canting Crew, B.E.; "Tickle-pitcher, a Toss-pot, or Pot-companion" From: Gawthrop's Elocutionary & Rhetorical Class Book,
Revised by John Davenport, 1862 Comic Readings in Prose and Verse O'Connell and the Irish Widow, Madden P. 180 reduplicated from draggle (vb.), with vowel-alternation 1588 - The Lawiers Logike, Abraham Fraunce; see below from E-NED From: Publications
Edited by Frederick J. Furnivall Published for the New Shakspere Society, 1876 Tell-Trothes New-yeares Gift, 1591 Beeing Robin Good-fellowes newes out of those Countries, where inhabites neither Charity nor honesty. P. 14 from familist + -ic 1646 - Heresiography; Or, A Description of the Heretickes and Sectaries of These Latter Times (edition 3), Ephraim Pagitt; see below from E-NED From: The Pilgrim Republic:
An Historical Review of the Colony of New Plymouth By John Abbott Goodwin, 1888 Samuel Gorton; His Character and Theology P. 419 from Latin pānis bread + -vorous (feeding on a specified food) 1830 - The Treasury of Knowledge, Samuel Maunder, as shown below From: Sketches of English Character
By Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances), 1846 Volume I, The Club Man P. 20 alluding to fish rising to false flies and being caught From: Belgravia, An Illustrated London Magazine
Volume LIII, March to June, 1884 The Mysterious Occurrence in Piccadilly, By J. Arbuthnot Wilson P. 353 from Latin quid what + nunc now 1709 - The Tatler, Sir Richard Steele; see Example below From: The Tatler;
Or Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq By Richard Steele Volume the First, 1709 No. 10, Tuesday, May 3, 1709 By Mrs. Jenny Distaff, Half-Sister to Mr. Bickerstaff From my own Apartment, May 1 P. 58 |
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