An American Glossary: Being an Attempt to Illustrate Certain Americanisms Upon Historical Principles, Том 2J.B. Lippincott, 1912 - 424 страница |
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... Post , Nov. 6 . Mackinaw blanket . A thick blanket used by the Indians of the North - West . 1839 We had Mackinaw - blankets , stretched upon balsam branches , to recline upon.-C. F. Hoffman , ' Wild Scenes , ' i . 114 ( Lond . ) . 66 ...
... Post , Nov. 6 . Mackinaw blanket . A thick blanket used by the Indians of the North - West . 1839 We had Mackinaw - blankets , stretched upon balsam branches , to recline upon.-C. F. Hoffman , ' Wild Scenes , ' i . 114 ( Lond . ) . 66 ...
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... Post , April 8 . Mangola . The kind of tree is uncertain . 1819 It is covered all along with a most valuable timber , the mangola in particular , an excellent kind for house building . -B . Harding , ' Tour through the Western Country ...
... Post , April 8 . Mangola . The kind of tree is uncertain . 1819 It is covered all along with a most valuable timber , the mangola in particular , an excellent kind for house building . -B . Harding , ' Tour through the Western Country ...
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... post and rails . - P . A. Bruce , ' Econ . Hist . of Virginia ' ( 1896 ) , i . 318. ( N.E.D. ) 1776 Mrs. S. used to say that she did as much and all the work a man ever did , except " mauling rails . " - John H. Wheeler , ' Hist ...
... post and rails . - P . A. Bruce , ' Econ . Hist . of Virginia ' ( 1896 ) , i . 318. ( N.E.D. ) 1776 Mrs. S. used to say that she did as much and all the work a man ever did , except " mauling rails . " - John H. Wheeler , ' Hist ...
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... Post , Oct. 4 . If a man has a mind to drink a bowl of punch or a bottle of wine , & c . - Gazette of the U.S. , N.Y. , June 17 1789 1803 He , having a mind to coax the dog to stay with him , took a piece of bread , & c . - Mass . Spy ...
... Post , Oct. 4 . If a man has a mind to drink a bowl of punch or a bottle of wine , & c . - Gazette of the U.S. , N.Y. , June 17 1789 1803 He , having a mind to coax the dog to stay with him , took a piece of bread , & c . - Mass . Spy ...
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... Post - Boy , Sept. 28 . A Moses Boat about 14 feet long . - Advt . , Mass . Gazette , Oct. 23 . 1769 Lost , a small old Moses Boat , about 15 feet long.—Id. , Jan. 30 . 1770 A Moses Boat , 16 feet , almost new , painted red . - Boston ...
... Post - Boy , Sept. 28 . A Moses Boat about 14 feet long . - Advt . , Mass . Gazette , Oct. 23 . 1769 Lost , a small old Moses Boat , about 15 feet long.—Id. , Jan. 30 . 1770 A Moses Boat , 16 feet , almost new , painted red . - Boston ...
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