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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... close , a . , coach , coat , coax , colt , colter , comb , dolt , folks , goad , hold , holm , holster , home , homely , hope , jolt , load , molten , most , molt , none , only , open , pole , polka , poul- tice , poultry , revolt ...
... close , a . , coach , coat , coax , colt , colter , comb , dolt , folks , goad , hold , holm , holster , home , homely , hope , jolt , load , molten , most , molt , none , only , open , pole , polka , poul- tice , poultry , revolt ...
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... close organic relationship to consonant y . Special care must be taken not only to make this sound as brief as possible , but to pronounce it in the same syllable with the oo . It ought to be added that wherever the sound of sh , zh ...
... close organic relationship to consonant y . Special care must be taken not only to make this sound as brief as possible , but to pronounce it in the same syllable with the oo . It ought to be added that wherever the sound of sh , zh ...
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... close of words , as in ( 2. ) The syllable may end in a consonant , ul'ti - mate , fi'nite , rep / tile , & c . The former of these will , for the sake brevity , be called No. 1 , the latter No. 2. These will now be considered under ...
... close of words , as in ( 2. ) The syllable may end in a consonant , ul'ti - mate , fi'nite , rep / tile , & c . The former of these will , for the sake brevity , be called No. 1 , the latter No. 2. These will now be considered under ...
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... close , a . , and close , v .; house , n . , and house , v .; use , n . , and use , v .; diffuse , a . , and diffuse , V. § 89. When the letter s , having regularly its sharp or hissing sound , follows a liquid or another s , and ...
... close , a . , and close , v .; house , n . , and house , v .; use , n . , and use , v .; diffuse , a . , and diffuse , V. § 89. When the letter s , having regularly its sharp or hissing sound , follows a liquid or another s , and ...
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... close the organs but once between the first and second syllables ; nor is it possible to use both of the letters n without pronouncing ban , then intermitting the voice entirely , opening the organs , and closing them a second time ...
... close the organs but once between the first and second syllables ; nor is it possible to use both of the letters n without pronouncing ban , then intermitting the voice entirely , opening the organs , and closing them a second time ...
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