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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... resembling that of u in urge , and a smooth or palatal r , so that the above words are pronounced faur ( see § 4 ) , mēur , iur , & c . speakers , r is never silent ; but when it occurs § 85. In the pronunciation of accurate after a ...
... resembling that of u in urge , and a smooth or palatal r , so that the above words are pronounced faur ( see § 4 ) , mēur , iur , & c . speakers , r is never silent ; but when it occurs § 85. In the pronunciation of accurate after a ...
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... resembling , the vowel oo , but requiring for its utterance a closer position , or greater contraction , of the labial aperture ; and this compression of the lips changes the quality of the sound , giving it a buzzing and articulative ...
... resembling , the vowel oo , but requiring for its utterance a closer position , or greater contraction , of the labial aperture ; and this compression of the lips changes the quality of the sound , giving it a buzzing and articulative ...
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... resembling , agate . A - gā've , n . The great Amer- ican aloe . Age , n . Any period of time ; a particular period ; decline of life ; mature years ; a gener- ation ; a century . Ā'ged ( 57 ) , a . Advanced in age ; old ; being of the ...
... resembling , agate . A - gā've , n . The great Amer- ican aloe . Age , n . Any period of time ; a particular period ; decline of life ; mature years ; a gener- ation ; a century . Ā'ged ( 57 ) , a . Advanced in age ; old ; being of the ...
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... resembling the herring . Al'ex - ǎn'drine , n . A verse of twelve syllables . A - lex / i - phar'mie , n . A med- A - lĕx'i - tĕr'ie , icine that expels or resists poison . Al'ge - bra , n . A branch of mathematics that investigates the ...
... resembling the herring . Al'ex - ǎn'drine , n . A verse of twelve syllables . A - lex / i - phar'mie , n . A med- A - lĕx'i - tĕr'ie , icine that expels or resists poison . Al'ge - bra , n . A branch of mathematics that investigates the ...
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... resembling the peach ; one of two glands in the throat ; tonsil . Al'mon - er , n . A distributer of alms for another . Al'mon - ry , n . Place for dis- tributing alms . Al - most ' ( 139 ) , adv . Nearly ; well - nigh ; for the most ...
... resembling the peach ; one of two glands in the throat ; tonsil . Al'mon - er , n . A distributer of alms for another . Al'mon - ry , n . Place for dis- tributing alms . Al - most ' ( 139 ) , adv . Nearly ; well - nigh ; for the most ...
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