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See also:Note,noté,andNöte

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishnote, fromOld Englishnot,nōt(note, mark, sign) andOld Frenchnote(letter, note), both fromLatinnota(mark, sign, remark, note).

Noun

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note (countable anduncountable,pluralnotes)

  1. Asymbol orannotation.
    1. Amark ortoken by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; acharacter; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.
      • 1594,Richard Hooker,Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, London:William Stansbye, published1622, book III,page89:
        As therefore they that are of the Myſticall Body of Chriſt, haue thoſe inward Graces and Vertues, whereby they differ from all others which are not of the ſame Body ; againe, whoſoeuer appertaine to the Viſible Body of the Church, they haue alſo thenotes of externall Profeſſion, whereby the World knoweth what they are.
      • 1841,John Henry Newman,A Letter to the Right Reverend Father in God, Richard, Lord Bishop of Oxford, on Occasion of No. 90, in the Series CalledThe Tracts for the Times, Oxford:John Henry Parker,page39:
        She [the Anglican church] has theNote of possession, theNote of freedom from party-titles ; theNote of life, a tough life and a vigorous ; she has ancient descent, unbroken continuance, agreement in doctrine with the ancient Church.
      • 1888,Mary Augusta Ward,Robert Elsmere, volume I, London:Macmillan and Co.,page217:
        What anote of youth, of imagination, of impulsive eagerness, there was through it all !
      • 1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, inModern Railways, page251:
        For the first ten years of nationalisation a furthernote of overall gloom was added by the depressing policy of unimaginative Regional colour schemes, indifferently applied.
      • 1963,Margery Allingham, chapter 20, inThe China Governess: A Mystery, London:Chatto & Windus,→OCLC:
        The story struck the depressingly familiarnote with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.
    2. A mark, orsign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.
    3. A briefremark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, anannotation on a text or author; acomment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
  2. A written or printed communication or commitment.
    1. A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; amemorandum; aminute.
      I left him anote to remind him to take out the trash.
    2. A short informalletter; abillet.
    3. (academic) An academictreatise (often without regard to length); atreatment; adiscussionpaper; (loosely) any contribution to an academicdiscourse.
    4. A diplomaticmissive or written communication.
    5. (finance) A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment
      anote of hand
      a negotiablenote
    6. (obsolete) A list of items or of charges; an account.
    7. A piece of papermoney; abanknote.
      Synonym:bill
      I didn't have any coins to pay with, so I used anote.
    8. (extension) A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes.
  3. (music)A sound.
    1. A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.
    2. A musical sound; atone; an utterance; a tune.
      • 1667,John Milton, “Book III”, inParadise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker [];[a]nd by Robert Boulter [];[a]nd Matthias Walker, [],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [],1873,→OCLC, lines37–40:
        Then feed on thoughts, that voluntarie move / Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful Bird / Sings darkling, and in ſhadieſt Covert hid / Tunes her nocturnalNote.
      • 1897 December (indicated as1898),Winston Churchill, chapter IV, inThe Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.:The Macmillan Company; London:Macmillan & Co., Ltd.,→OCLC,page47:
        Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distantnotes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.
      • 1922,Michael Arlen, “Ep./4/2”, in“Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
        As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameonote.
    3. (by extension) Akey of the piano or organ.
    4. (by extension) A call or song of a bird.
      • 1886,Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad,Folk and Fairy Tales, page85:
        We heard the peculiarnote of the woodcock, which resembles the repeated croaking of the frog, followed by a sharp hissing sound, somewhat like the noisy chirping of the wagtail[.]
    5. (rhythm games) An indication which players have to click, type, hit, tap or do other actions if it appears
  4. (uncountable)Observation;notice;heed.
    • c.1596–1598 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act V, scene i]:
      Go inNerriſſa, / Giue order to my ſeruants, that they take / Nonote at all of our being abſent hence, / Nor youLorenzo, Ieſſica nor you.
    • 1625,Francis Bacon, “Of ceremonies and reſpects”, inThe Works of Francis Bacon, volume III, London: J. and J. Knapton et al., published1730,page373:
      So it is true, that ſmall matters win great commendation, becauſe they are continually in uſe, and innote ; whereas the occaſion of any great virtue cometh but on feſtivals.
  5. (uncountable)Reputation;distinction.
    a poet ofnote
  6. Acriticalcomment.
    Your performance was fantastic! I have just onenote: you were a little flat in bars 35 and 36.
  7. (obsolete)Notification;information;intelligence.
  8. (obsolete) Mark ofdisgrace.
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Translations
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visible sign
mark, or sign, made to call attention
marginal comment or explanation
memorandum
short informal letter
diplomatic missive or written communication
written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment
banknoteseebanknote
character indicating the length and pitch of a tone
musical sound
key of the piano or organ
observation
reputation; distinction
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Verb

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note (third-person singular simple presentnotes,present participlenoting,simple past and past participlenoted)

  1. (transitive) To notice with care; toobserve; toremark; toheed.
    If you look to the left, you cannote the old cathedral.
  2. (transitive) To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
    Wenoted his speech.
  3. (transitive) Todenote; todesignate.
    The modular multiplicative inverse ofx may benotedx−1.
  4. (transitive) Toannotate.
  5. (transitive) To set down in musical characters.
  6. (transitive, law) To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by anotary.
    • 2020 October 28, Kimberly Budd for the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, case SJC-12769:
      Bynoting the protest, notaries could date certificates when they were received, making it easier to comply with time restrictions associated with protesting.
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Translations
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to notice with care
to record in writing
to denote, designate
to annotate
to set down in musical characters
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See also

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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishnote(use, usefulness, profit), fromOld Englishnotu(use, enjoyment, advantage, profit, utility), fromProto-West Germanic*notu, fromProto-Germanic*nutō(enjoyment, utilisation), fromProto-Indo-European*newd-(to acquire, make use of). Cognate withWest Frisiannot(yield, produce, crop),Dutchgenot(enjoyment, pleasure),Dutchnut(usefulness, utility, behoof),GermanNutzen(benefit, usefulness, utility),Icelandicnot(use,noun). Related also toOld Englishnotian(to enjoy, make use of, employ),Old Englishnēotan(to use, enjoy),Old High Germanniozan(to use, enjoy) (ModernGermangenießen(to enjoy)), ModernGermanbenutzen(to use). Related tonait.

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Noun

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note (usuallyuncountable,pluralnotes)

  1. (uncountable, UK dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) That which isneeded ornecessary;business;duty;work.
    • 1838, William Marriott, “The Deluge”, inA Collection of English Miracle-Plays or Mysteries, Basel: Schweighauser & Co,page11:
      And have thou that for thynote !
    • 1897 May 27,Halifax Courier, quoted in1903,Joseph Wright,English Dialect Dictionary, volume IV, London:Henry Frowde,page 302:
      Tha'll keep me at thisnoit all day... Om always at thisnoit.
    • 1962, Arthur C. Cawley,Everyman, and Medieval Miracle Plays,page125:
      Thou canst do thynote; that have I espied.
  2. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period following calving or farrowing during which a cow or sow is at her mostuseful (i.e. gives milk); the milk given by a cow or sow during such a period.
    • 1843,The Farmer's Magazine, page384:
      The supply of horned cattle at this fair was great, but the business done was confined to fleshy barreners of feeding qualities and superior new-calved heifers, and those at earlynote, with appearance of being useful; [...]
    • 1875,Paper, Belfast:
      For sale, a Kerry cow, five years old, at hernote in May.
    • 1888, S. O. Addy Gloss,Words Sheffield, page160:
      A cow is said to be innote when she is in milk.
    • 1922, P. MacGill,Lanty Hanlon, page11:
      A man who drank spring water when his one cow was nearnote.
    • 1996, C. I. Macafee Conc.,Ulster Dict. at Note:
      Be at hernote, be nearnote, come forward to hernote, of a cow or sow, be near the time for calving or farrowing.
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Afrikaans

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Noun

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note

  1. plural ofnoot

Danish

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Etymology 1

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FromEnglishnote, fromItaliannota, fromLatinnota.

Noun

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note c (singular definitenoten,plural indefinitenoter)

  1. note
    Synonyms:notat,notits
Inflection
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Declension ofnote
common
gender
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativenotenotennoternoterne
genitivenotesnotensnotersnoternes

Etymology 2

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See the nounnot(groove)

Verb

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note

  1. (mechanics) tosupply aboard to agroove(clarification of this definition is needed)
Conjugation
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{{da-conj-base|noter|notede|not|notende|notet|notes|notedes|notendes|notets}}

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinnota.

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Noun

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note f (pluralnotes)

  1. note(written or spoken)
  2. mark(UK),grade(US)
  3. bill(UK, US),check(US)
  4. (music)note
  5. touch,hint,note

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Verb

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note

  1. inflection ofnoter:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
    2. second-personsingularimperative

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Galician

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Verb

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note

  1. inflection ofnotar:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative

Italian

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Adjective

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note

  1. feminineplural ofnoto

Noun

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note f

  1. plural ofnota

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Latin

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Participle

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nōte

  1. vocativemasculinesingular ofnōtus

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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FromOld Dutch*nutu.

Noun

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nōte f

  1. nut (fruit)

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Frenchnote (noun) and the verbnoter.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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note

  1. note
  2. note: That which isneeded ornecessary;business;duty;work.
    • 1303, Roberd of Brunnè, “The Seventh Commandment”, inFrederick James Furnivall, editor,Handlyng Synne, London: J. B. Nichols and Sons, published1862,page67, lines2073–6:
      But þefte serueþ of wykkedenote, / Hyt hangeþ hys mayster by þe þrote, / Or doþe hym lese hys godë fame, / Or bryngeþ hym oute of þe towne for shame.
      But theft is wickedwork, / It hangs its perpetrator by the throat, / Or ruins his reputation, / Or makes him leave his town in shame.
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Etymology 2

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FromOld Englishhnutu, fromProto-West Germanic*hnut, fromProto-Germanic*hnuts.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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note

  1. nut
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Etymology 3

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Adverb

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note

  1. Alternative form ofnot

Norman

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Etymology

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(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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note f (pluralnotes)

  1. (Jersey)tune

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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FromLatinnota.

Noun

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note m (definite singularnoten,indefinite pluralnoter,definite pluralnotene)

  1. (music) anote
  2. anote in a book or text
  3. anote (communication between governments)
  4. abanknote

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian NynorskWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1

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FromLatinnota.

Noun

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note m (definite singularnoten,indefinite pluralnotar,definite pluralnotane)

  1. (music) anote
  2. anote in a book or text
  3. anote(communication between governments)
  4. abanknote
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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note

  1. pastparticiple ofnyta

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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note

  1. inflection ofnotu:
    1. nominativeplural
    2. accusativesingular/plural
    3. genitive/dativesingular

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil)IPA(key): /ˈno(w).t͡ʃi/[ˈno(ʊ̯).t͡ʃi],/ˈnɔ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Brazil)IPA(key): /ˈno(w).t͡ʃi/[ˈno(ʊ̯).t͡ʃi],/ˈnɔ.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil)IPA(key): /ˈno(w).te/[ˈno(ʊ̯).te],/ˈnɔ.te/

Noun

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note m (pluralnotes)

  1. (Brazil, computing, colloquial)Clipping ofnotebook(notebook computer).

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation:no‧te

Verb

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note

  1. inflection ofnotar:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative

Romanian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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note pl

  1. plural ofnotă

Scots

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishnot,note,noote, fromOld Englishnotu(use; utility; benefit). More atnote.

Noun

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note (uncountable)

  1. use;benefit
  2. necessity;occasion
  3. business;employment
  4. task;duty
  5. purpose;function;office

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishnoten,notien, fromOld Englishnotian(to make use of; employ; enjoy), fromProto-Germanic*nutōną(to make use of; enjoy).

Verb

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note (third-person singular simple presentnotes,present participlenotin,simple pastnott,past participlenott ornotten)

  1. Touse;employ; make use of
  2. Toneed

Spanish

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Verb

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note

  1. inflection ofnotar:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative

Venetan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromLatinnoctem, accusative ofnox (compareItaliannotte).

Noun

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note f (pluralnoti)

  1. night

Yola

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishnot, fromOld Englishnāt; equivalent to*ne(not) +‎'ote(know).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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note

  1. I do notknow.
    • 1867,GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Note vidy; Ichnote;Note will wee dra aaght to-die?
      I do not know where;I ne wot;I don't know will we draw any to-day?

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published1867,page59
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