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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... sharp , as in . Çede , Accept . € , e , hard , like k , as in . Call , Coneur . Ch , ch ( unmarked ) , as in . Child ... sharp ( unmarked ) , as in Same , Rest . $ , § , flat or vocal , like z , as in Haş , Amuşe . · · . Thither . Th ...
... sharp , as in . Çede , Accept . € , e , hard , like k , as in . Call , Coneur . Ch , ch ( unmarked ) , as in . Child ... sharp ( unmarked ) , as in Same , Rest . $ , § , flat or vocal , like z , as in Haş , Amuşe . · · . Thither . Th ...
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... ( sharp ) , ragged , rugged , stubbed , wicked , winged , wretched . The e is also pronounced in the derivatives formed from CONSONANTS . B. § 59. The sound represented by this letter ( which is unmarked ) is heard in the words barn , rob ...
... ( sharp ) , ragged , rugged , stubbed , wicked , winged , wretched . The e is also pronounced in the derivatives formed from CONSONANTS . B. § 59. The sound represented by this letter ( which is unmarked ) is heard in the words barn , rob ...
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... sharp or hissing sound , as in same , yes , resting , & c . NOTE . This sound is an utterance of un - word special in three syllables , spec'i - al , and Vocal breath forced between the tip of the tongue and the upper gum , the tongue ...
... sharp or hissing sound , as in same , yes , resting , & c . NOTE . This sound is an utterance of un - word special in three syllables , spec'i - al , and Vocal breath forced between the tip of the tongue and the upper gum , the tongue ...
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... sharp , usually preserve the same sound in the plural , as death , deaths ; sabbath , sabbaths , & c .; but in the plurals of the following seven words the th is vocal ; namely , bath , cloth , lath , mouth , oath , path , and wreath ...
... sharp , usually preserve the same sound in the plural , as death , deaths ; sabbath , sabbaths , & c .; but in the plurals of the following seven words the th is vocal ; namely , bath , cloth , lath , mouth , oath , path , and wreath ...
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... ing , & c . This dron- syllable a sharp percussion , which carries the PRINCIPLES OF PRONUNCIATION . PRINCIPLES OF PRONUNCIATION . xix clined ten twice between vowels , as in banner , robbing , voice lightly through the rest of the word .
... ing , & c . This dron- syllable a sharp percussion , which carries the PRINCIPLES OF PRONUNCIATION . PRINCIPLES OF PRONUNCIATION . xix clined ten twice between vowels , as in banner , robbing , voice lightly through the rest of the word .
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