10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASTOOP»
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astoop in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
astoop and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The English dialect dictionary
ASTOOP, adv. Vv'm. Yks. [astii'p] Of an aged crson : bent, stooping. Wm. (B.K.) n.
Yks. Old John gans sair astoop (I.W.). n.Yks.2 e.Y'ks. Awd man gets ti garl varry
mitch astoop, NicHoLaoN Hit-Sp. (1669) 89, e.Yka.1 MS. add. ("LI-l.) mitts.
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English Etymology: Or, a Derivative Dictionary of the ...
not constitute true etym.; therefore, when two words signify two absolutely
different things, tho' they sound ever so nearly, can hardlv be derived from one
and the same root : thus astoop, or stowp, ligmfies a past fastened in 'be earth ;
and flupa ...
George William Lemon,
1783
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A chronological list of English formations of the types ...
1675: he astern sate down; ibid. as a prep: Dolon's spoils astern his ship he plac'
d; fr. stern sb. "the hind part of a ship". astoop"\n an inclined position", Nye, 1644:
setting it [the cauldron] astoop, so that the lees.. may not.. run over the brims; ...
... two Friars their dose. Nannette he call'd :- the cellar-door She straight unlocks,
desitends before; He follow'd close. But when he spies His favourite eask ; with
lifted eyes } And lifted hands aloud he cries, Heigh-day ! my darling wine astoop!
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A Memory of Fire: The Dragon War, Book Three
... Rune cursedand ran at astoop. There! In the firelight, he saw the boulders. He
ran, ignoringhispain, pulling Tilla behind him. He raced aroundthe henge
andbehind an oak. He knelt, fished through snow and fallenleaves, andcursed
again.
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Julius Caesar. Antony and Cleopatra. Timon of Athens. ...
Well, happiness to their sheets! Come, lieutenant, I _ have astoop ofwine; and
here without are a brace of Cyprus * Entire. 1 Rooms in the castle. : Dismissed.' '
Mixed with water. '; A little more than enough. scam; 111.] orHELLo, THE MOOR
or ...
William Shakespeare, William Hazlitt, Samuel Johnson,
1860
Edwin picked it up and put it on the concrete deck. I raised the binoculars and
looked down the estuary. A yellow insect was astoop on the low crest of the
promontory, quivering in the distance as it worked. Barely seen men moved
about, only ...
8
Poems on Several Occasions... by Mr. John Gay...
But when. he spys His fav'rite casl: ; with lifted eyes And lifted hands aloud he
cries, Hei-gh day! my darling wine astoop! It must, alas l have sprung a hoop ;
That there's a leak is past all doubt. (Replykl the maid) I'll find it out. She sets the ...
9
A Report on the Expedition to Western Yunan Via̿ Bhamo̿ by ...
... the honorary title conferred on him of Papada-raza (Raja), a word of Pali
extraction, signifying mountain-king. The Tsawbwa isa tall, thin man with astoop,
a contracted chest, long thin neck, very small retreating forehead, nasrnnncn AT
sumo.
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A supplement to Johnson's English dictionary, of which the ...
SLOOP, n. A small fliip. The Tamar was astoop mounting sixteen guns.
Hawkeswortb's Voyages. " SLOT. n. The track of a deer.'* For by hisstot, his
entries, and his port, His ftayings, fewmets, he doth promise sport. B. Jonson's
Sad Shepherd.