The Complete Compendium of Universal Knowledge: Containing All You Want to Know of Language, History, Government, Business and Social Forms, and a Thousand and One Other Useful SubjectsElliott Publishing Company, 1895 - 813 pages |
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Page 36
... cover of canvas over a boat , or any place for shade . Awn'less , G. Having no awn or beard . A - woke , imp . from awake . A - wry ' ( a - ri ' ) , ad . & a . asquint . Axe ( aks ) , n . Obliquely ; instrument , with a sharpe edge ...
... cover of canvas over a boat , or any place for shade . Awn'less , G. Having no awn or beard . A - woke , imp . from awake . A - wry ' ( a - ri ' ) , ad . & a . asquint . Axe ( aks ) , n . Obliquely ; instrument , with a sharpe edge ...
Page 37
... cover the back . Back'room , n . A room behind or in the rear . 7 Backside , n . Hinder part of a thing . Back - slide ' , v . i . To fall on ; to relapse . Back - slid'er , n . An apostate . Back'staff , n , A kind of quadrant , | Back ...
... cover the back . Back'room , n . A room behind or in the rear . 7 Backside , n . Hinder part of a thing . Back - slide ' , v . i . To fall on ; to relapse . Back - slid'er , n . An apostate . Back'staff , n , A kind of quadrant , | Back ...
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... cover : -to oblige by contract , oath , or kindness ; -to make costive . v . i To contract its own parts together . - n . A hop - stem bound to a pole - a ligature : -argillaceous slate . Bind'er , n . One who binds books : a fillet ...
... cover : -to oblige by contract , oath , or kindness ; -to make costive . v . i To contract its own parts together . - n . A hop - stem bound to a pole - a ligature : -argillaceous slate . Bind'er , n . One who binds books : a fillet ...
Page 48
... cover for a bed . -v . t . To toss in a blanket . Blank'et - Ing , n . Act of tossing in a blanket . Blär'ney , n . Gross flattery . Blas - pheme ' , v . t . To speak in terms of impious irreverence of God ; to speak evil of . v . i ...
... cover for a bed . -v . t . To toss in a blanket . Blank'et - Ing , n . Act of tossing in a blanket . Blär'ney , n . Gross flattery . Blas - pheme ' , v . t . To speak in terms of impious irreverence of God ; to speak evil of . v . i ...
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... cover with earth ; to inter with funer- al rites ; to entomb : -to conceal . ulture . Bur'y - ing ( běr'e - Ing ) , n . Burial ; sep- [ burial . Bur'y - ing - plāce , n . A place of Bush , n . A thick shrub : -a bough of a tree . Bush ...
... cover with earth ; to inter with funer- al rites ; to entomb : -to conceal . ulture . Bur'y - ing ( běr'e - Ing ) , n . Burial ; sep- [ burial . Bur'y - ing - plāce , n . A place of Bush , n . A thick shrub : -a bough of a tree . Bush ...
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