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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... producing e ; this is the only difference between the two sounds . OCCASIONAL SOUNDS OF I. § 15. Sound of i like long e , marked I , ï , as See § 8 . in pique , machine , caprice , & c.— NOTE . Most of the English words in which this ...
... producing e ; this is the only difference between the two sounds . OCCASIONAL SOUNDS OF I. § 15. Sound of i like long e , marked I , ï , as See § 8 . in pique , machine , caprice , & c.— NOTE . Most of the English words in which this ...
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... - organs is required by the succeeding element , NOTE.It is an emission of unvocalized PRINCIPLES OF PRONUNCIATION . $ 76 . The sound of NOTE . This sound is produced by a com- the organs being always placed to form the next.
... - organs is required by the succeeding element , NOTE.It is an emission of unvocalized PRINCIPLES OF PRONUNCIATION . $ 76 . The sound of NOTE . This sound is produced by a com- the organs being always placed to form the next.
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... produced by closing the lips , and letting the voice issue through the nose . It is silent when it precedes n in the same syllable , as in mnemo- nics . N. $ 78 . The sound of n ( unmarked ) , as heard in nail , ten , panel , entry ...
... produced by closing the lips , and letting the voice issue through the nose . It is silent when it precedes n in the same syllable , as in mnemo- nics . N. $ 78 . The sound of n ( unmarked ) , as heard in nail , ten , panel , entry ...
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... produce a marked res- onance ( somewhat similar to the sound of n ) , which may be continued to any length , as in ... producing a very slightly trilled and peculiarly liquid sound which is heard in the two follow- ing cases : 1. When r ...
... produce a marked res- onance ( somewhat similar to the sound of n ) , which may be continued to any length , as in ... producing a very slightly trilled and peculiarly liquid sound which is heard in the two follow- ing cases : 1. When r ...
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... produced by putting the point of the tongue § 92. This digraph ( which is unmarked ) rep - back of the upper front teeth , and forcing out between the teeth , or by placing it against the resents the simple sound heard in shelf , flesh ...
... produced by putting the point of the tongue § 92. This digraph ( which is unmarked ) rep - back of the upper front teeth , and forcing out between the teeth , or by placing it against the resents the simple sound heard in shelf , flesh ...
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