Kentish
[kentiʃ]
Definition
(noun.) a dialect of Middle English.
(noun.) one of the major dialects of Old English.
Typed by Gwendolyn--From WordNet
Definition
adj. pertaining to Kent.—ns. Kent′ish-fire rounds of noisy applause at political meetings—from the anti-Catholic demonstrations in Kent 1828-29; Kent′ish-rag a rough fossiliferous limestone found in Kent.
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Examples
- Fog on the Essex marshes, fog on the Kentish heights. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The temptation to be present at the ball, and to form his first impressions of the beauty of the Kentish ladies, was strong upon Mr. Tupman. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Far away, from among the Kentish woods there rose a thin spray of smoke. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The night had fallen on the Kentish hills when we were rowed ashore--and fallen darkly upon me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- At our usual bed-time, Charley and I were rolling away seaward with the Kentish letters. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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