kronie , karonie , an old sheep; Picard carone = F. charogne , see SkD (p. 797).
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

On this summit also stands the parish church, distinctly visible from Cardiff streets, so ponderous is its square tower against the sky.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

wide, long, far, Cath.; side , S, PP, S2, Cotg.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

36. de rerum varietat. subscribes: [3029] Vertomannus wonderful palm, that [3030] fly in Hispaniola, that shines like a torch in the night, that one may well see to write; those spherical stones in Cuba which nature hath so made, and those like birds, beasts, fishes, crowns, swords, saws, pots, &c. usually found in the metal mines in Saxony about Mansfield, and in Poland near Nokow and Pallukie, as [3031] Munster and others relate.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

It is certainly astonishing to find customs so similar prevailing among peoples so far removed in space and time as the Aztecs of the sixteenth century A.D. and the Babylonians perhaps of the sixteenth century B.C.
— from Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning by Edward Carpenter

[156] Talibus ex adyto dictis Cumæa Sibylla Horrendas canit ambages, antroque remugit, Obscuris vera involvens: ea fræna furenti Concutit, & stimulos sub pectore vertit Apollo.
— from Lectures on Poetry Read in the Schools of Natural Philosophy at Oxford by Joseph Trapp

Marriage alone frequently causes such symptoms, particularly in certain temperaments, and deranged menstruation will frequently produce them.
— from The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women During Pregnancy and in Childbed Being a Familiar and Practical Treatise, More Especially Intended for the Instruction of Females Themselves, but Adapted Also for Popular Use among Students and Practitioners of Medicine by Frederick Hollick

Of Radiata, there were the Sea Chestnut or Egg ( Echinus granulatus ), commonly divested of its spines; flat circular shells ( Scutella parma? ) covered with chocolate-colored spines, but becoming smooth and white, with five petal-like figures; a few Star-fishes or Five-fingers ( Asterias rubens ); and Sun-fishes or Sea-jellies ( Aurelioe ).
— from Cape Cod by Henry David Thoreau

"You will want a fresh candle," she said, putting her own down once more on the dresser, and reaching the empty holder, that by household consent was allowed to pertain to his exclusive use.
— from The Post-Girl by Edward Charles Booth