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- noun obsolete, West Country
Dust . - verb obsolete, West Country To
extinguish , todestroy , tokill . - verb obsolete, West Country To
dust . - verb obsolete, mining To separate dust from ore.
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Examples
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If thoust moral compass is comprimised doust our new leader thou will be speaking thou musical spanish language.
Insult Me With Shakespeare, Please Dave Hurteau 2008
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In fact the old adage “Thou doust protest too much” seems to speak volumes about the Clinton administration.
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Take hem up of the water, and cast hem in a mortar; grynde hem al to doust, til thei be white as eny mylk.
Philocrites: Friday Middle English recipe blogging, late edition. 2005
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Take hem up of the water, and cast hem in a mortar; grynde hem al to doust, til thei be white as eny mylk.
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Wi 'noo meäre's vower legs vor to trample the doust.
Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect William Barnes
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Take Almandes blaunched and grynde hem al to doust, do þise in a thynne foile. close it þerinnne fast. and fry it in Oile. clarifie hony with Wyne. & bake it þerwith.
The Forme of Cury A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390 Samuel Pegge 1750
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Take clene whete and bete it small in a morter and fanne out clene the doust, þenne waisthe it clene and boile it tyl it be tendre and broun. þanne take the secunde mylk of Almaundes & do þerto. boile hem togidur til it be stondyng, and take þe first mylke & alye it up wiþ
The Forme of Cury A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390 Samuel Pegge 1750
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Take Almandes blaunched and grynd hem al to doust. temper it up with verions and powdour or gyngyner and messe it forth.
The Forme of Cury A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390 Samuel Pegge 1750
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Take hennes and Pork and seeþ hem togyder. take the lyre of Hennes and of the Pork, and hewe it small and grinde it all to doust [2]. take brede ygrated and do þerto, and temper it with the self broth and alye it with zolkes of ayrenn, and cast þeron powdour fort, boile it and do þerin powdour of gyngur sugur. safroun and salt. and loke þer it be stondyng [3], and flour it with powdour gynger.
The Forme of Cury A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390 Samuel Pegge 1750
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Take drawen benes and seeþ hem wel. take hem up of the water and cast hem in a morter grynde hem al to doust til þei be white as eny mylk, chawf [2] a litell rede wyne, cast þeramong in þe gryndyng, do þerto salt, leshe it in disshes. þanne take Oynouns and mynce hem smale and seeþ hem in oile til þey be al broun [3]. and florissh the disshes therwith. and serue it forth.
The Forme of Cury A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390 Samuel Pegge 1750
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