Lexicographical Neighbors of Spirity
Literary usage of Spirity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York by William Carr (1828)
"... beareth fruit of honour and all chaste desire." Up is frequently added to the
verb, as "it spires up." spirity, Lively, full of fire ; not in Johnson. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"Spires, sb. " young trees that shoot up a considerable height before they branch
out and form a head."—Iik. spirity, adj. ..."
3. A Series of Plays by Joanna Baillie (1821)
"Yes, Sir, my little stout spirity Jane ; she had a devil of a temper, to be sure.
Har. ... And so your little spirity Jane was taken so soon away from you ? ..."
4. Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs by Arthur Benoni Evans (1881)
"Spires, sb. " young trees that shoot up a considerable height before they branch
out and form a head."—Bk. spirity, adj. ..."
5. A Glossary of Dialect & Archaic Words Used in the County of Gloucester by John Drummond Robertson (1890)
"Spires, sb. " young trees that shoot up a considerable height before they branch
out and form a head."—Bk. spirity, adj. ..."
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