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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... Singing . Anger , Ink . Example . Ph , ph , like f ( unmarked ) , as in Seraphic . Qu , qu , like kw ( unmarked ) , as in Quantity . Wh , wh , like hw ( unmk'd ) , as in Awhile . Zh , zh , as in Vision ( vizh'un ) . When one letter of ...
... Singing . Anger , Ink . Example . Ph , ph , like f ( unmarked ) , as in Seraphic . Qu , qu , like kw ( unmarked ) , as in Quantity . Wh , wh , like hw ( unmk'd ) , as in Awhile . Zh , zh , as in Vision ( vizh'un ) . When one letter of ...
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... sing , singer , singly , & c . NOTE . This is a simple elementary sound , and is not ( as might be supposed ) a compound sound made up of the sound of n in conjunction with that of g . In forming ng , the tongue is placed in the same ...
... sing , singer , singly , & c . NOTE . This is a simple elementary sound , and is not ( as might be supposed ) a compound sound made up of the sound of n in conjunction with that of g . In forming ng , the tongue is placed in the same ...
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... singing , springing , swinging , ting- ing ( from die , sing , spring , swing , ting . ) The word mileage , as commonly written , does not omit the e , though it is sometimes , and more correctly , spelled milage . The e , standing , in ...
... singing , springing , swinging , ting- ing ( from die , sing , spring , swing , ting . ) The word mileage , as commonly written , does not omit the e , though it is sometimes , and more correctly , spelled milage . The e , standing , in ...
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... sing . singular . Skr . Sanskrit . Slav . Slavonic . Sp . Spanish . Sw . Swedish . SYN . Synonyms . Turk . Turkish . ELEC A.-S. Anglo - Saxon . Celt . Celtic . colloq . colloquially . compar . comparative . conj . conjunction . D. Dutch ...
... sing . singular . Skr . Sanskrit . Slav . Slavonic . Sp . Spanish . Sw . Swedish . SYN . Synonyms . Turk . Turkish . ELEC A.-S. Anglo - Saxon . Celt . Celtic . colloq . colloquially . compar . comparative . conj . conjunction . D. Dutch ...
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... sing . The science that treats of the equilibrium of elastic fluids . A'er - os - ta'tion , n . Aerial navigation ; aëronautics . Es - thět'ie , a . Pertaining to æsthetics . Æs - thět'ies , n . sing . The theory or philosophy of taste ...
... sing . The science that treats of the equilibrium of elastic fluids . A'er - os - ta'tion , n . Aerial navigation ; aëronautics . Es - thět'ie , a . Pertaining to æsthetics . Æs - thět'ies , n . sing . The theory or philosophy of taste ...
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