10 BÜCHER, DIE MIT «SUMPHISH» IM ZUSAMMENHANG STEHEN
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sumphish in der folgenden bibliographischen Auswahl. Bücher, die mit
sumphish im Zusammenhang stehen und kurze Auszüge derselben, um seinen Gebrauch in der Literatur kontextbezogen darzustellen.
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The Encyclopaedic Dictionary: An Original Work of Reference ...
[Eng. sumphish ,- sufl'. mess] Sumphish character; stupidity; silliness. siimp ma, s.
Mining: A charge of powder for bringing down the sump; a sumping shot. sump-
tar cloth, s. A horse-cloth spread over the saddle. sump-tor horse, 8. carrying ...
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary
( sumph + -ish1.] Like a. sumph; characteristic of a sum h; stupid. Ramsay. [Prov.
Eng. and Scotch. sumphishness (Bum'fish-nes), 1|. The state or character of bein
sumphish. Mrs. Gaskell, Life of Charlotte route, 11. 131. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.)
...
William Dwight Whitney, 1904
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
Eng. and Scotch] A Surnph . . . is a chic! to whom Natur has denied any
considerable share 0' understaunin' without hae'n chose to milk him in ether an
indisputable idiot. egg, in Noctos Ambrosianic, Nov., 1881. sumphish (sum'fish), a
.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1900
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The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the ...
1831. sumphish (sum'fish), a. [< sumph + -ish1.] Like a sumph; characteristic of a
sumph; stupid. Ramsay. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] sumphishness (sum'fish-nes), n.
The state or character of being sumphish. Mrs. Gaskell, Life of Charlotte Bronte ...
William Dwight Whitney, 1891
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
The state or 8^^5^aT-^ ... r „ _ of the sun-spots, and to some extent upon all plrts
of the character of being sumphish. Mrs. Gaskell s?mPpu08T11;y (sump-tu-os i-tl)
, ». [= F. somp- sun, faculte (bright streaks which are due to m — □ character of ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1914
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
Tho' bigotry abuse him Wi' sour and sumphish sighing, A' learned folk allows him
Maist wisdom in the clachan, WEBSTER Rhymes (1835) lo. 2. A surly, sulky
person. So. A sumph is essentially an ill'conditioned fellow. Surliness is part of
the ...
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American Encyclopedic Dictionary
sumphish. ftoint ; Dr Sum. k.T 1. Tho highest point; tho top. Summering. where the
axis is horizontal, the two surfaces which, IT produced, would intersect the axis of
the cone. The illustration shows part of the crypt of Canterbury Cathedral, ...
Oh, man, Mr Tickler, wha wad hae expeckit sic a sumphish speech free you, sir?
Wha was ever brilliant at a biddin? Bid a sleepin fire bleeze—Wull't ? Na. But ripe
the ribs, and then gie the central coal a smash wi' the poker, and lo! a volcano ...
John Wilson, James Frederick Ferrier, James Hogg, 1868
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
... if you wull ; but if you allow them the inch, wull you flee in the face o' a'
experience, fine them J or a foot, and hang them lor an ell '? That's sumphish.
NORTH. James, I shall certainly put you into Parliament next &36 Aoctcs
Ainbrosiunce. No.
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The Noctes Ambrosianœ of "Blackwood".
That's sumphish. North. James, I shall certainly put you into Parliament next
dissolution. Shepherd. But I'll no gang. For although I'm complete maistcr o' the
English language and idiom, I've gotten a slicht Scottish accent that micht seem ...
John Wilson, John Gibson Lockhart, William Maginn, 1843
