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N. Eng.

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abbreviation

  1. Northern England.


Example Sentences

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Cu. claggy, adhesive, clog, to stick to, O. E. clæg, from which N. Eng. clay.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias

N. Eng., and northward; sometimes nearly out of water, dwarf and with shorter erect leaves.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Desert and adjacent coast of Maine, alpine summits in N. Eng. and N. Y.,

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Cl. and V. cites the N. Eng. form ram, bitter, which is the same word.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias

O. E. glitnian > M. E. glitenien, as O. E. glisnian > M. E. glistnian, N. Eng. glisten.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias