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471 words match “HOLLAND”

PINK-EYED a.
Having small eyes. Holland.
PIOT n.
The magpie. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Holland.
POISONSOME a.
Poisonous.[Obs.] Holland.
POLDER n.
A tract of low land reclaimed from the sea by of high embankments. [Holland & Belgium]
POLWIG n.
A polliwig. Holland.
POPULAR a.
est figs, called popular figs, . . . are, of all others, the basest and of least account. Holland.
POPULARITY n.
of courting the favor of the people. [Obs.] "Indicted . . . for popularity and ambition." Holland.
PORTOIR n.
who, or that which, produces. [Obs.] Branches . . . which were portoirs, and bare grapes. Holland.
PORTSALE n.
Public or open sale; auction. [Obs.] Holland.
POTTAIN n.
Old pot metal. [Obs.] Holland.
PRAAM n.
A flat-bottomed boat or lighter, -- used in Holland and the Baltic, and sometimes armed in case of war. [Written also pram, and prame.]
PRECELLENT a.
Excellent; surpassing. [Obs.] Holland.
PREFINITE a.
Prearranged. [Obs.] " Set and prefinite time." Holland.
PRICKY a.
Stiff and sharp; prickly. Holland.
PROBALITY n.
Probability. [Obs.] "With as great probality." Holland.
PROJECT n.
The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth. [Obs.] Holland.
PROKE v.
To poke; to thrust. [Obs.] Holland.
PUDDER v.
designs or doings of others. Barrow. Others pudder into their food with their broad nebs. Holland.
PUG n.
Chaff; the refuse of grain. [Obs.] Holland.
PURPOSEDLY adv.
according to purpose or design; purposely. A poem composed purposedly of the Trojan war. Holland.
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