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 ix
... unite with it , and be pronounced without forming a separate syllable , s only is added in forming the plural : as , sea , seas ; tree , trees ; canto , cantos ; claw , claws ; cab , cabs ; bead , beads ; chief , chiefs ; lock , locks ...
... unite with it , and be pronounced without forming a separate syllable , s only is added in forming the plural : as , sea , seas ; tree , trees ; canto , cantos ; claw , claws ; cab , cabs ; bead , beads ; chief , chiefs ; lock , locks ...
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... unite to.v. i . To be contiguous . Ad - join'ing , a . Joining ; ad- jacent ; near ; contiguous . Ad - joûrn ' , v . t . To put off to To another time . SYN . postpone ; delay ; defer . Ad - journ'ment , n . Act of ad- journing ...
... unite to.v. i . To be contiguous . Ad - join'ing , a . Joining ; ad- jacent ; near ; contiguous . Ad - joûrn ' , v . t . To put off to To another time . SYN . postpone ; delay ; defer . Ad - journ'ment , n . Act of ad- journing ...
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... unite . Ag - glu / ti - na'tion , n . Act of uniting , as by glue ; adhe- [ to unite . Ag - glu'ti - na - tive , a . Tending Ag'grand - īze , v . t . To make great ; to enlarge ; to exalt . Ag - grăn'dize - ment , or Ag'- gran - dize ...
... unite . Ag - glu / ti - na'tion , n . Act of uniting , as by glue ; adhe- [ to unite . Ag - glu'ti - na - tive , a . Tending Ag'grand - īze , v . t . To make great ; to enlarge ; to exalt . Ag - grăn'dize - ment , or Ag'- gran - dize ...
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... unite by compact . Al'ma - năe , n . A book or ta- ble containing a calendar of months , weeks , days , & c . Al - might'y ( -mit / - ) , a . All- ALMOND powerful ; n . omnipotent . - The omnipotent a , è̟ , ī , ō , ū , ỹ , long ; ă , č ...
... unite by compact . Al'ma - năe , n . A book or ta- ble containing a calendar of months , weeks , days , & c . Al - might'y ( -mit / - ) , a . All- ALMOND powerful ; n . omnipotent . - The omnipotent a , è̟ , ī , ō , ū , ỹ , long ; ă , č ...
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... unite by means of joints . Ar - tie / n - la'tion , n . Connec- tion by joints ; a joint ; dis- tinct utterance . Är'ti - fiçe , n . Artful contriv- ance ; device . SYN . Strat- agem ; fraud ; deceit ; trick . Ar - tif'i - çer , n . A ...
... unite by means of joints . Ar - tie / n - la'tion , n . Connec- tion by joints ; a joint ; dis- tinct utterance . Är'ti - fiçe , n . Artful contriv- ance ; device . SYN . Strat- agem ; fraud ; deceit ; trick . Ar - tif'i - çer , n . A ...
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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.