10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHINYARD»
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The Nova Scotia Reports ...: Containing Reports of Cases ...
... Henry Oldright, Fitzgerald Cochran, John Morris Geldert, James Macdonald
Oxley, William Bernard Wallace, Benjamin Russell, Nova Scotia. Vice-admiralty
Court, Samuel Ainsley Chesley, Frank W. Russell, LaMert S. Whinyard Front
Cover.
Nova Scotia. Supreme Court, James Thomson, Alexander James, 1873
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An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
Cf. Icel. hveina, to wail; Goth. kwainōn,to mourn. And see Whimper. Der. whine,
sb., whiner, whining; also whinny, Drayton, The Mooncalf, l. 119 from end, which
is a sort of frequentative. And see whimp er. WHINYARD, asword. (Scand.
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Guy Fawkes; or, a complete history of the Gunpowder Treason, ...
The cellar was at the disposal of Whinyard: and it appears to have been his
privilege to let it for his own profit. On being questioned by the lord chamberlain,
Whinyard replied, that he had let the cellar to Thomas Percy, with the adjoining
house, ...
Rev. Thomas LATHBURY, 1839
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Hudibras: In Three Parts
But RALPHO (who had now begun T' adventure Refurrection From heavy
Squelch, and had got up Upon his Legs, with fprained Crup) 935 Looking about,
beheld Pernicion Approaching Knightjfrom feH Mufician. He fnatch'd his
Whinyard up, ...
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The Scottish History of James the Fourth
Thou wilt not threap me; this whinyard has garred many 25 better men to lope
than thou. [Tries to draw his sword.] But how now ? Gos sayds, what, will't not out
? Whay, thou witch, thou deel ! Gad's fute, may whinyard ! Ober. Why, pull, man ...
Robert Greene, Norman Sanders, 1970
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Poetical works: With the life of the author
He loos'd his whinyard, and the rein, But laying fast hold on the mane, Preserv'd
his scat : and as a goose In death contracts his talons close, So did the Knight,
and with one claw The tricker of his pistol draw. The gun went off; and as it was ...
Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson, 1807
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Shakespeare's Military Language
See Weil & Weil, 1 Henry IV, 123. whinyard A short sword, popular in Scotland,
heard in King David of Scotland's promise that his men-at-arms will never '
dismiss their biting whinyards' until his ally, the King of France, cries 'Enough,
spare ...
This said, his Courage to inflame, He call'd upon his Mistress' Name, His Pistol
next he cock'd anew, And out his nut-brown Whinyard drew. Butler, Hudibrasj I.
canto iii. 1. 480. And whingers, now in friendship bare, The social meal to part
and ...
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Guy Fawkes: Or, a Complete History of the Gunpowder Treason, ...
The cellar was at the disposal of Whinyard: and it appears to have been his
privilege to let it for ' his own profit. On being questioned by the lord chamberlain,
Whinyard replied, that he had let the cellar to Thomas Percy, with the adjoining ...
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A General Dictionary of the English Language
WHINE, hwfne. s. Plaintive noise, mean or affected complaint. To WHINNY, hwin'-
ny. v. n. To make a noise like a horse or colt. WHINYARD,. hw'm-yktd. s. A. sword,
. in. contempt. To. To WHIP, hw'p'. v. a. To strike with any thing. WHE. W. H. I.
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An amusing word is whinyard “a short sword” (15). It has the same “ending” as daggard and poniard, but the root, though opaque, is still spelled with an h. In the ... «OUPblog, Apr 10»
