Seventy Lessons in Spelling, Revised: A Complete Collection of Difficult Common Words, with Pronunciations and DefinitionsAmerican Book Company, 1899 - 134 pages |
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Page 125 - FRS — Fellow of the Royal Society. FRSE — Fellow of the Royal Society, Edinburgh. FRSL — Fellow of the Royal Society, London.
Page 133 - UP United Presbyterian. US United States. USA United States of America; United States Army. USM United States Mail. USMA United States Military Academy. USN United States Navy.
Page 123 - A hundredweight. d. Day; died; dime; daughter; deputy; degree. (L. denarius or denarii.) A penny, or pence. d. or dol. Dollar. DB Day book. DC District of Columbia. (It. Da Capo.) Again, or From the beginning. DCL Doctor of Civil (or Canon) Law. dd Days after date. DD (L. Divinitatis Doctor.) Doctor of Divinity. DDS Doctor of Dental Surgery. Dec. December. dec. Declaration; declension. def. Definition. deft.
Page 5 - SYLLABLE is a word, or part of a word, uttered by a single effort of the voice.
Page 134 - Anglo-Saxon ¡<, or th, introduced at the time when the Anglo-Saxon alphabet was superseded by the Old English or Black Letter, in which g ( '/) bore a considerable resemblance in form to Z.
Page 123 - Different ; different ; differs. dft. Defendant; draft. DG (L. Dei Gratia.) By the grace of God. diam. Diameter. Diet. Dictionary; dictator.
Page 127 - Lower case. — (L. loco citato) In the place before cited. Ld. Lord. Ldp. or Lp. Lordship. Lea. or lea. League. Led. Ledger. Leg. or Legis. Legislature.
Page 123 - Dividend; division; divide; divided; divisor. DLO Dead Letter Office. DM Doctor of Music. dm. Decimeter. Dm. Deckameter. DMD Doctor Dental Medicine. do (It. Ditto.) The same.
Page 133 - VanadiumjViscount. v. Verse; verb; vocative; volume ; violin ; village. (L. Versus.) Against. (L. Vide.) 'See. Va. Virginia. VG Vicar General; Vice Grand. Vice Pres. Vice President. vid. (L. vide.) See. viz. (L. videlicet.) Namely; To wit. vol. Volume. FP Vice President. FR (L. Victoria Regina.) Queen Victoria. B«.