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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... stone , story , swollen ( or swoin ) , throat , toad , upholsterer , up- holstery , whole , wholly , wholesome , wrote , yoke , viii PRINCIPLES OF PRONUNCIATION . t , l , n ice ; heard also in aisle , height , eying , eye , vie , yolk ...
... stone , story , swollen ( or swoin ) , throat , toad , upholsterer , up- holstery , whole , wholly , wholesome , wrote , yoke , viii PRINCIPLES OF PRONUNCIATION . t , l , n ice ; heard also in aisle , height , eying , eye , vie , yolk ...
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... 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 ; epit- ome ; compend ; compen- dium . A - broach ' , adv . In a posture ...
... 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 ; epit- ome ; compend ; compen- dium . A - broach ' , adv . In a posture ...
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... stone ; a diamond . Ad'a - mant - e'an , Ad'a - mănt'ine , a . Ex- tremely The act of - hard ; hard as adamant . A - dăpt ' , v . t . To fit ; to suit . A - dăpt'a - bil'i - ty , n . Quality of adaptation . A - dăpt'a - ble , a ...
... stone ; a diamond . Ad'a - mant - e'an , Ad'a - mănt'ine , a . Ex- tremely The act of - hard ; hard as adamant . A - dăpt ' , v . t . To fit ; to suit . A - dăpt'a - bil'i - ty , n . Quality of adaptation . A - dăpt'a - ble , a ...
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... stone . ] A meteoric stone . A'er - ŏl'o - gy , n . The science which treats of the air . A'er - o - man'çy , n . Divina- tion by means of the air , or of substances found in it . A'er - ŏm'e - ter , n . An instru- ment for measuring ...
... stone . ] A meteoric stone . A'er - ŏl'o - gy , n . The science which treats of the air . A'er - o - man'çy , n . Divina- tion by means of the air , or of substances found in it . A'er - ŏm'e - ter , n . An instru- ment for measuring ...
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... stone of a violet - blue color . Am'e - thyst'ine , a . Pertain- ing to , or like , amethyst . A / mi - a - bil'i - ty , n . Amiable- ness ; lovableness . Ā'mi - a - ble , a . Worthy of love ; lovely ; lovable . A'mi - a - ble - ness ...
... stone of a violet - blue color . Am'e - thyst'ine , a . Pertain- ing to , or like , amethyst . A / mi - a - bil'i - ty , n . Amiable- ness ; lovableness . Ā'mi - a - ble , a . Worthy of love ; lovely ; lovable . A'mi - a - ble - ness ...
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