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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... tree , trees ; woe , woes ; canto , cantos ; virtue , virtues ; cab , cabs ; bead , beads ; chief , chiefs ; bag , bags ; path , paths ; lock , locks ; gem , gems ; jam , jams ; ear , ears ; act , acts . A few plurals from nouns ending ...
... tree , trees ; woe , woes ; canto , cantos ; virtue , virtues ; cab , cabs ; bead , beads ; chief , chiefs ; bag , bags ; path , paths ; lock , locks ; gem , gems ; jam , jams ; ear , ears ; act , acts . A few plurals from nouns ending ...
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... tree of several Al'der - man ( 143 ) , n . A magis- room . trate ranking below a mayor . Ale , n . [ A.-S. eale , fr . alan , to nourish . ] A fermented malt liquor . Ale - house , n . A place where ale is retailed . A - lěm'bie , n ...
... tree of several Al'der - man ( 143 ) , n . A magis- room . trate ranking below a mayor . Ale , n . [ A.-S. eale , fr . alan , to nourish . ] A fermented malt liquor . Ale - house , n . A place where ale is retailed . A - lěm'bie , n ...
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... tree , a tree much 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 ...
... tree , a tree much 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 ...
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... tree and its fruit ; the pupil of the eye . Ap - pli'ançe , n . Act of apply- ing ; thing applied . Ap / pli - ca - bil'i - ty , n . Quality of being applicable . Ap'pli - ea - ble ( 135 ) , a . Capable of being applied . Ap'pli - cant ...
... tree and its fruit ; the pupil of the eye . Ap - pli'ançe , n . Act of apply- ing ; thing applied . Ap / pli - ca - bil'i - ty , n . Quality of being applicable . Ap'pli - ea - ble ( 135 ) , a . Capable of being applied . Ap'pli - cant ...
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... trees . Är bo - rès'çençe , n . The fig- ure or resemblance of a tree . Är bo - res'çent , a . Growing like a tree . Är'bor - ist , n . One who makes trees his study . Är / bor - i - za'tion , n . A tree- like appearance , especially in ...
... trees . Är bo - rès'çençe , n . The fig- ure or resemblance of a tree . Är bo - res'çent , a . Growing like a tree . Är'bor - ist , n . One who makes trees his study . Är / bor - i - za'tion , n . A tree- like appearance , especially in ...
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