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 19
... produced by , the wind . - Eolian harp , astringed instrument played on by the wind . [ air ; high . A - ē'ri - al , a . Belonging to the Ae'rie ( e'ry or a'rỹ ) , n . The nest of an eagle or other bird of prey . [ aerifying . A'er - i ...
... produced by , the wind . - Eolian harp , astringed instrument played on by the wind . [ air ; high . A - ē'ri - al , a . Belonging to the Ae'rie ( e'ry or a'rỹ ) , n . The nest of an eagle or other bird of prey . [ aerifying . A'er - i ...
Page 21
... produced by , alchemy . Ål'ehe - mist , n . One who practices alchemy . Al'che - my , n . Occult chem- istry ; the art of changing base metals into gold . Al'eo - hol , n . Pure or highly rectified spirit . Al'eo - hol'ic , a ...
... produced by , alchemy . Ål'ehe - mist , n . One who practices alchemy . Al'che - my , n . Occult chem- istry ; the art of changing base metals into gold . Al'eo - hol , n . Pure or highly rectified spirit . Al'eo - hol'ic , a ...
Page 23
... Producing a gradual change .. -N . An alterative . v . Al'ter - a'tion , n . Act of altering ; change . Al'ter - a - tive , a . Causing alteration . - n . A medicine that gradually produces a change in the habit or con- [ in words . Al ...
... Producing a gradual change .. -N . An alterative . v . Al'ter - a'tion , n . Act of altering ; change . Al'ter - a - tive , a . Causing alteration . - n . A medicine that gradually produces a change in the habit or con- [ in words . Al ...
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... Producing gold . The a . Au'rist , n . One skilled in disorders of the ear . Au - rō'ra , n . The dawning light . Aurora borealis , à luminous meteoric phenom- enon ; northern lights . Au - rō'ral , a . Pertaining to the aurora . Aus ...
... Producing gold . The a . Au'rist , n . One skilled in disorders of the ear . Au - rō'ra , n . The dawning light . Aurora borealis , à luminous meteoric phenom- enon ; northern lights . Au - rō'ral , a . Pertaining to the aurora . Aus ...
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... produce . Bär'na - ele , n . A kind of ons . shell - fish ; a kind of goose ; ( pl . ) an instrument to put on a horse's nose to confine him ; a pair of spectacles . Ba - rom'e - ter , n . An instru- ment to measure the weight of the ...
... produce . Bär'na - ele , n . A kind of ons . shell - fish ; a kind of goose ; ( pl . ) an instrument to put on a horse's nose to confine him ; a pair of spectacles . Ba - rom'e - ter , n . An instru- ment to measure the weight of the ...
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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.
Page viii - Apparel, bevel, bowel, cancel, carol, cavil, channel, chisel, counsel, cudgel, dishevel, drivel, duel, embowel, enamel, empanel, equal, gambol, gravel, grovel, handsel, hatchel, imperil, jewel, kennel, label, level, libel, marshal, marvel, model, panel, parcel, pencil, peril, pistol, pommel, quarrel, ravel, revel, rival, rowel, shovel, shrivel, snivel, tassel, iwuuud, travel, tunnel, unravel.