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Definition of Lurden
1. lurdan [n -S] - See also: lurdan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lurden
Literary usage of Lurden
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1824)
"... Fever the which doth cornier yonge Persons, named the fever lurden. ...
sufficiently indicated the disease) to give the etymology of the word lurden. ..."
2. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"In the last case he pronounces it incurable, but offers the following nostrum:—'
There is nothing so good for the feuer lurden as unguentum ..."
3. A Descriptive Catalogue of Books, in the Library of John Holmes, F.S.A. by John Holmes (1834)
"... Sacred to the Memory of Penelope his Daughter, with other Poems, folio,
beautiful engravings, 1796. %* The old word lurden is explained in ..."
4. The Plays & Poems of Robert Greene by Robert Greene (1905)
"... and where Skelton is introduced. lurden : other forms ... Thinkest thou,
lurden, thou handiest me fair.' 846. sheat: this word, unknown to dictionaries, ..."
5. Promptorium Parvulorum Sive Clericorum, Dictionarius Anglo-latinus Princeps by Galfridus, British Museum (1843)
"In the hut case he pronounces it incurable, but offers the following nostrum : "
There is nothing so good for the feuer lurden as ..."
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