Lexicographical Neighbors of Hafflin
Literary usage of Hafflin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"... and hafflin, and conna tell whether oo'll gie th' lond up or not." SHAGGY METAL,
s. salt-mining term. Porous clay in the side of the shaft, which admits ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Jenny hafflin* is afraid to speak. Hunt*, Cottar's Saturday Night.
half-lop (liaf'lop), «. A fanciers' name for a rabbit with one ear lopped. ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"hafflin ... hafflin, ». That instrument used by carpenters, which in E.
is denominated a trying-plane, ..."
4. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"hafflin, adj. Half-grown. V. II.u н г,. hafflin, ». That instrument used by
carpenters, which in E. is denominated a trying-plane, ..."
5. A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester by Robert Holland (1886)
"... and hafflin, and conna tell whether oo'll gie th' lond up or not." SHAGGY METAL,
s. salt-mining term. Porous clay in the side of the shaft, which admits ..."
6. The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York by William Carr (1828)
"While Jenny hafflin is afraid to speak." Burns Cott. S. JV. HAG, To hew, to chop.
ISL. hoeg. verber. HAG-CLOG, A chopping block. HAGGLE, To attempt to lower ..."
7. Dialect of Craven, in the Westriding of the County of York: With a Copious by William Carr (1828)
"While Jenny hafflin is afraid to speak." Burns Cott. S. JV. HAG, To hew, to chop.
ISL. hoeg. verber. HAG-CLOG, A chopping block. HAGGLE, To attempt to lower ..."
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