10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRASSISH»
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brassish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. ...
... and a little brassish, coperish, goldish thread-like stuff adhering to a bit of slate
or coal, and which has puzzled even Mr. Lightfoot to find out without you inform
us where they were found, whether on rock or tree, or bog? you must be very ...
Mrs. Delany (Mary), Lady Augusta Waddington Hall Llanover, 1862
2
On Some Deficiencies in Our English Dictionaries: Being the ...
3 brassish, bnttle, H. 1654 brass-leaf 2 1631 brass-leaved 2 brass-mounted, C.
brass-paved, W. 1611 brass-platted 2 1590 brass-scaly 2 1583 brass-shaped 2
brass-tipped, C. brass-turner, C. brass-visaged, W. brass-ware, C. brass-work, ...
Richard Chenevix Trench, 1857
Some think that the mere appearance of the coin is a suflicient guide, and thata
brassish look of a gold coin, or a leadish look of a silver coin, stamps them at
once as counterfeits. Some rely upon rubbing the silver coins between their
fingers, ...
4
Illinois Teacher: Devoted to Education, Science and Free Schools
... is given : but in Gloucestershire soil that is brittle is called brashy, and in North-
England they use the word brassish with that meaning. Clever is named as
meaning in England intelligent and in America good-natured; but Halliwell ('Did.
of ...
5
The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mrs. Delaney, Rev. ...
... and a little brassish, coper- ish, goldish thread-like stuff adhering to a bit of
slate or coal, and which has puzzled even Mr. Lightfoot to find out without you
inform us where they were found, whether on rock or tree, or bog ? you must be
very ...
Mrs. Delany (Mary), Lady Augusta Waddington Hall Llanover, Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, 1879
6
Dictionary of obsolete and provincial English, containing ...
(2) Impudence. Brassarts, 1 s. (A.-N.) In ancient brassets, j armour, pieces be-
tween theelbow and the top of tha shoulder, fastened together by straps inside
the arms. Brassish, adj. Brittle. North. Brast, pres. and pret. t. Burst. Brast, v. To
burst ...
7
The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville: With ...
... to have) made our acknowledgements, I have not done with the subject; for you
must inform us of their birth and parentage, particularly of some brown mosslike
substance that was pack'd into the largest cockle, and a little brassish, coperish, ...
Mary Granville Delany, Augusta Waddington Hall (Lady Llanover.), 1862
8
An Alphabetical List of English Words Occurring in the ...
3 brassish, brittle, H. 1654 brass-leaf 2 1631 brass-leaved 2 brass-mounted, C.
brass-paved, W. 1611 brass-platted 2 1590 brass-scaly 2 1683 brass-shaped 2
brass-tipped, C. brass-turner, C. brass-visaged, W. brass-ware, C. brass-work, ...
9
The New sporting magazine
A ship is crank; oak, when it has stood too long, and turned red-hearted, proves
brassish and short. A house, or farm, is set, when it is leased. The words like and
such frequently occur as expletives in conversation. For example ; If you don't ...
10
The autobiography and correspondence of mary granville
... I have not done with the subject ; for you must inform us of their birth and
parentage, particularly of some brown mosslike substance that was pack'd into
the largest cockle, and a little brassish, coperish, goldish thread-like stuff
adhering to a ...
