A High-school Dictionary of the English Language Explanatory, Pronouncing, and Synonymous: With an Appendix Containing Various Useful Tables : Mainly Abridged from the Latest Edition of the Quarto Dictionary of Noah WebsterIvison,Phinney, Blakeman & Company, 1873 - 415 pages |
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... animals , have the same form in the plural as in the singular ; as , deer , sheep , trout , & c . § 147 ( 25 ) . Many words adopted from foreign languages retain their original plurals ; as , da- tum , data ; criterion , criteria ...
... animals , have the same form in the plural as in the singular ; as , deer , sheep , trout , & c . § 147 ( 25 ) . Many words adopted from foreign languages retain their original plurals ; as , da- tum , data ; criterion , criteria ...
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... animal preternaturally white ; espe- cially , a white negro . Al / bu - gin'e - ous , a . Relating to the white of an egg , or to the white of an eye . Ål'bum , n . A blank book for autographs , & c . Al - bu'men , n . A peculiar ani ...
... animal preternaturally white ; espe- cially , a white negro . Al / bu - gin'e - ous , a . Relating to the white of an egg , or to the white of an eye . Ål'bum , n . A blank book for autographs , & c . Al - bu'men , n . A peculiar ani ...
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... animal that lives on land or in water . Am - phĭb'i - oŭs , a . Living in two different elements . Am - phĭb'i - oŭs - ness , n . Qual- ity of being amphibious . Am / phi - bŏl'o - gy , n . Dis- course or proposition of doubtful meaning ...
... animal that lives on land or in water . Am - phĭb'i - oŭs , a . Living in two different elements . Am - phĭb'i - oŭs - ness , n . Qual- ity of being amphibious . Am / phi - bŏl'o - gy , n . Dis- course or proposition of doubtful meaning ...
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... animal . An'i - măl'eu - line , a . Animal- Ăn'eū - rism , n . A soft pulsat- ing tumor formed by a mor- bid enlargement of an artery . A - new ' ( 27 ) , adv . Afresh ; newly ; over again . An'gel , n . A divine messenger ; a ...
... animal . An'i - măl'eu - line , a . Animal- Ăn'eū - rism , n . A soft pulsat- ing tumor formed by a mor- bid enlargement of an artery . A - new ' ( 27 ) , adv . Afresh ; newly ; over again . An'gel , n . A divine messenger ; a ...
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... animal that lives on ants . An'te - çēd'ençe , n . Act of preceding in time . An'te - çēd'ent , n . That which goes ... animals , between the goat and the deer . An / te - lū'- ean , a . Be- ing before light . Antelope . Being of an ...
... animal that lives on ants . An'te - çēd'ençe , n . Act of preceding in time . An'te - çēd'ent , n . That which goes ... animals , between the goat and the deer . An / te - lū'- ean , a . Be- ing before light . Antelope . Being of an ...
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