gain-cope | A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

Cope
·vi To exchange or barter. II. Cope ·noun A covering for the head. III. Cope ·vt To pare the beak ...

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cope
1) to cope or coup, to chop or exchange, used by the coasters of Norfolk and Suffolk, and also Yorks...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
cope
An old English word for cape. ...

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Gain
·noun To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage. II. Gain ·vt The obtaining or amassing o...

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gain
convenient, cheap; that field lies gain for me ; I bought that horse pretty gain. Norf. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Cope-chisel
·noun A narrow chisel adapted for cutting a groove. ...

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gain-shire
the barb of a fishing-hook. Derb. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
gain-shere
the barb of a fishing-hook. Derb. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
gain the wind, to
To arrive on the weather-side of some other vessel in sight, when both are plying to windward. ...

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