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[UK] W. Harrison Description of England 150: There is such headie ale [...] commonlie called huffe-cappe, the mad dog, father-whoresome, angels food, dragons milke, go-by-the-wall, stride-wide, and lift-leg.
at angel’s food (n.) under angel, n.
[UK] in W. Harrison Description of England 152: It may be that diuers of them liuing at home, with hard and pinching diet, small drinke, and some of them hauing scarce inough of that, are soonest ouertaken when they come vnto such bankets; howbeit they take it generallie as no small disgrace if they happen to be cupshotten.
at cupshot (adj.) under cup, n.
[UK] W. Harrison Description of England 150: There is such headie ale [...] commonlie called huffe-cappe, the mad dog, father-whoresome, angels food, dragons milke, go-by-the-wall, stride-wide, and lift-leg.
at mad dog, n.
[UK] W. Harrison Description of England 150: There is such headie ale [...] commonlie called huffe-cappe, the mad dog, father-whoresome, angels food, dragons milke, go-by-the-wall, stride-wide, and lift-leg.
at go by the wall (n.) under go, v.
[UK] W. Harrison Description of England 150: There is such headie ale [...] commonlie called huffe-cappe, the mad dog, [...] stride-wide, and lift-leg.
at huffcap, n.
[UK] W. Harrison Description of England 150: There is such headie ale [...] commonlie called huffe-cappe, the mad dog, father-whoresome, angels food, dragons milke, go-by-the-wall, stride-wide, and lift-leg.
at lift-leg (n.) under lift, v.
[UK] W. Harrison Description of England 150: It is incredible to say how our malt-bugs lug at this liquor .
at maltworm (n.) under malt, n.
[UK] in W. Harrison Description of England 152: It may be that diuers of them liuing at home, with hard and pinching diet, small drinke, and some of them hauing scarce inough of that, are soonest ouertaken when they come vnto such bankets; howbeit they take it generallie as no small disgrace if they happen to be cupshotten.
at overtaken, adj.
[UK] in W. Harrison Description of England (1877) 155: The other hath little or no floure left therein at all, howbeit he calleth it Panem Cibarium, and it is [...] the woorst and weakest of all the other sorts.
at pannam, n.
[UK] W. Harrison Description of England in Oliphant New Eng. ii 2: Amongst the new substantives are snapper (pistol) butt-end [F&H].
at snappers, n.1
[UK] W. Harrison Description of England 150: There is such headie ale [...] commonlie called huffe-cappe, the mad dog, father-whoresome, angels food, dragons milke, go-by-the-wall, stride-wide, and lift-leg.
at stride-wide, n.
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