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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Page iii
... given in the introduction being unusually complete , and the words in the Vocabulary often having figures affixed to them referring to these rules . It will be seen , without iv PREFACE . explanation , how , by means of ( iii ) PREFACE. ...
... given in the introduction being unusually complete , and the words in the Vocabulary often having figures affixed to them referring to these rules . It will be seen , without iv PREFACE . explanation , how , by means of ( iii ) PREFACE. ...
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... means of these references , pupils can prepare classified lists of examples illustrating the various principles of orthography , and thus construct their own Spelling - book , as it were . The PRIMARY DICTIONARY was originally prepared ...
... means of these references , pupils can prepare classified lists of examples illustrating the various principles of orthography , and thus construct their own Spelling - book , as it were . The PRIMARY DICTIONARY was originally prepared ...
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... means a corps of officers , either military or civil , in which sense it is always written staffs . The plural of wharf is generally written wharfs in Eng- land ; in the United States it is more com- monly , but improperly , written ...
... means a corps of officers , either military or civil , in which sense it is always written staffs . The plural of wharf is generally written wharfs in Eng- land ; in the United States it is more com- monly , but improperly , written ...
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... means ; skill ; ( pl . ) mental powers . Ab'jeet , a . Mean ; worth- less ; base ; despicable . Ab'jĕet - ness , n . Meanness of spirit ; baseness . Ab'ju - rā'tion , n . Act of ab- juring . Ab - jure ' , v . t . To renounce upon oath ...
... means ; skill ; ( pl . ) mental powers . Ab'jeet , a . Mean ; worth- less ; base ; despicable . Ab'jĕet - ness , n . Meanness of spirit ; baseness . Ab'ju - rā'tion , n . Act of ab- juring . Ab - jure ' , v . t . To renounce upon oath ...
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... means of the air , or of substances found in it . Ad - viş'ed - ly , adv . With de- liberation or advice ; pru ... mean bulk of gases . A'er - o - naut ' , a . An aerial navigator ; a balloonist . A'er - o - naut'ie , a . Pertain- ing to ...
... means of the air , or of substances found in it . Ad - viş'ed - ly , adv . With de- liberation or advice ; pru ... mean bulk of gases . A'er - o - naut ' , a . An aerial navigator ; a balloonist . A'er - o - naut'ie , a . Pertain- ing to ...
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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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Page vii - The words clef-, if> of, and sol, are exceptions. § 2. The letter s, at the end of a monosyllable, and...
Page 262 - When the whole is put for a part, or a part for the whole ; a genus for a species, or a species for a genus...
Page 335 - Meum et tuum. [L.] Mine and thine. Mirabile dictu. [L.] Wonderful to be told ; — visu, wonderful to be seen.
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