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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... sides , and leav- ing only the smallest possible passage through which a vowel sound can be uttered . § 9. Regular short sound , marked Ě , ě , as in end , mět ; heard also in many , aphæresis , said , feather , heifer , friend ...
... sides , and leav- ing only the smallest possible passage through which a vowel sound can be uttered . § 9. Regular short sound , marked Ě , ě , as in end , mět ; heard also in many , aphæresis , said , feather , heifer , friend ...
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... sides being brought into contact with each other so as to leave only a small central aperture for the escape of the voice . 25. Regular short sound of oo , marked 00 , oo , as in wool , foot ; heard also in wolf , should , bull , & c ...
... sides being brought into contact with each other so as to leave only a small central aperture for the escape of the voice . 25. Regular short sound of oo , marked 00 , oo , as in wool , foot ; heard also in wolf , should , bull , & c ...
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... side of the arch or dome of the palate which is just above the gums of the front teeth , and by an effusion of unvocal breath through the narrow aperture left for its escape . This sound has been evolved from the combination of those of ...
... side of the arch or dome of the palate which is just above the gums of the front teeth , and by an effusion of unvocal breath through the narrow aperture left for its escape . This sound has been evolved from the combination of those of ...
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... to some extent , arrays our scholars on the one side , and the body of the people on the other . XX § 123 ( 1 ) . The letters f sanctioned by Smart , Clarke , Cull , Cooley , & c . Many scholars , for example , are strongly in-
... to some extent , arrays our scholars on the one side , and the body of the people on the other . XX § 123 ( 1 ) . The letters f sanctioned by Smart , Clarke , Cull , Cooley , & c . Many scholars , for example , are strongly in-
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... Side by side ; + A - breu - voir ' ( vwôr ' ) , n . The joint between two stones in masonry . A - bridge ' , v . t . To make shorter ; to contract ; to cut short ; to abbreviate . A - bridg'ment ( 132 ) , n . A work abridged ; a summary ...
... Side by side ; + A - breu - voir ' ( vwôr ' ) , n . The joint between two stones in masonry . A - bridge ' , v . t . To make shorter ; to contract ; to cut short ; to abbreviate . A - bridg'ment ( 132 ) , n . A work abridged ; a summary ...
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