A Primary 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 American Dictionary of Noah WebsterIvison, Blakeman, Taylor, 1874 - 352 pages |
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... wants , yet small in size and of very moderate cost . Miscellaneous readers , however , will find it a convenient and serviceable manual for consultation , espe- cially with respect to the pronunciation and spelling of the common words ...
... wants , yet small in size and of very moderate cost . Miscellaneous readers , however , will find it a convenient and serviceable manual for consultation , espe- cially with respect to the pronunciation and spelling of the common words ...
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... Want of gov- ernment ; lawlessness . A - nath'e - mȧ ( 18 ) , n . An ecclesiastical curse and ex- communication . A - năth'e - ma - tīze , v . t . To pronounce an anathema against . Ăna - tom'ie - al , a . Belong- ing to anatomy or ...
... Want of gov- ernment ; lawlessness . A - nath'e - mȧ ( 18 ) , n . An ecclesiastical curse and ex- communication . A - năth'e - ma - tīze , v . t . To pronounce an anathema against . Ăna - tom'ie - al , a . Belong- ing to anatomy or ...
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... Want of feeling ; insensibility . Ape , n . A kind of tailless monk- ey ; a mimic or imitator . v . t . Ape . 28 To imitate as an ape ; to mimic . A - pe'ri - ent , a . Gently purga- tive ; laxative.n . A lax- ative . [ a hole . Ap'er ...
... Want of feeling ; insensibility . Ape , n . A kind of tailless monk- ey ; a mimic or imitator . v . t . Ape . 28 To imitate as an ape ; to mimic . A - pe'ri - ent , a . Gently purga- tive ; laxative.n . A lax- ative . [ a hole . Ap'er ...
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... Want of Aş ( az ) , adv . In like manner to ; while ; in the idea , char- acter , or condition of ; for example ; thus . As / a - fět'i - da , n . A fetid As / a - fœt'i - da , inspissated sap , used in medicine . As - běs'tus , n . A ...
... Want of Aş ( az ) , adv . In like manner to ; while ; in the idea , char- acter , or condition of ; for example ; thus . As / a - fět'i - da , n . A fetid As / a - fœt'i - da , inspissated sap , used in medicine . As - běs'tus , n . A ...
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... want of hair . Bald'pate , n . A pate or per- son without hair . Bal'drie , n . A girdle ; a belt . Bäle , n . Misery ; sorrow ; calamity ; a bundle of goods . - v . t . To put into , or make up into , bales ; to pack up . Bale ' - fīre ...
... want of hair . Bald'pate , n . A pate or per- son without hair . Bal'drie , n . A girdle ; a belt . Bäle , n . Misery ; sorrow ; calamity ; a bundle of goods . - v . t . To put into , or make up into , bales ; to pack up . Bale ' - fīre ...
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ance animal Belonging bird body Capable cause Celt cloth color Consisting costive disease dress earth female fish flowers fluid fruit Full horse inclose instru instrument interj kind land light liquor manner mark marriage means ment metal ness officer pain person Pertaining piece plant prep pron quadruped Quality Relating resembling round sharp ship short shrub side sing sion skilled soft sound stone substance syllable taining Tending thawt thin thing tion tree utter v. i. To grow v. t. imp v. t. To bring v. t. To cover v. t. To draw v. t. To form v. t. To give v. t. To lay v. t. To put v. t. To take v. t. To throw versed vessel Want wind woman wood words zish'un
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