Lexicographical Neighbors of Chimley
Literary usage of Chimley
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1889)
"chimley-BREAST.—The front of the chimney over the fire-place. chimley-CHEEK. ...
chimley-DOCTOR.—A person who professes to cure smoky chimneys. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"chimley-BREAST [chum-lee bra's]. The projection of masonry into a room, ...
It is common to find a chimley-breast in the bedrooms of old houses with no ..."
3. The Visitation of the County of Devon in the Year 1620 by Samson Lennard, William Camden (1872)
"Harvy 2 of chimley in com. Devon r Antho. ... 2 = = of chimley, Westcomb of John
Cooke of Humph. living 1620 chimley South molton Skinner of chimley Fran., ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"Turcic. Ep. I. p. 80, 81, 87, 88. Ed. L. Bat. 1633. chimley ... The word denoting
a chimney, is pronounced chimley, Lancash. ..."
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