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 & Company, 1877 - 352 pages |
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... body , the word in this form being rarely used except in religious writings , or in scriptural language , where it ordinary language ; dies , implements for mak ing impressions by stamping , or for making screws , also the cubical parts ...
... body , the word in this form being rarely used except in religious writings , or in scriptural language , where it ordinary language ; dies , implements for mak ing impressions by stamping , or for making screws , also the cubical parts ...
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... body . [ ing . Ab - lu'tion , n . Act of wash- A'bly , adv . With ability . Ab'ne - ga'tion , n . Self - denial . Ab - nôr'mal , a . Irregular . A - bōard ' , adv . On board ; in a ship or boat . - prep . board of . A - bōde ' , n ...
... body . [ ing . Ab - lu'tion , n . Act of wash- A'bly , adv . With ability . Ab'ne - ga'tion , n . Self - denial . Ab - nôr'mal , a . Irregular . A - bōard ' , adv . On board ; in a ship or boat . - prep . board of . A - bōde ' , n ...
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... body of armed men ; great number . A - rō'mȧ , n . The fragrant principle of plants . Aro - mắt'ie , . Spicy . Ar'o - măt'ies , n . pl . Fragrant spices or perfumes . A - rose ' , imp . of Arise . A - round ' , prep . On all sides of ...
... body of armed men ; great number . A - rō'mȧ , n . The fragrant principle of plants . Aro - mắt'ie , . Spicy . Ar'o - măt'ies , n . pl . Fragrant spices or perfumes . A - rose ' , imp . of Arise . A - round ' , prep . On all sides of ...
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... body as a re- | Ba -. ATTRITION 34 AVAUNT an attribute . At - tri'tion ( -trish'un ) , n . Act of wearing or rubbing . At - tune ' , v . t . To put in tune . Au'burn , a . Reddish brown . Aue'tion , n . A public sale to the highest ...
... body as a re- | Ba -. ATTRITION 34 AVAUNT an attribute . At - tri'tion ( -trish'un ) , n . Act of wearing or rubbing . At - tune ' , v . t . To put in tune . Au'burn , a . Reddish brown . Aue'tion , n . A public sale to the highest ...
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... body ; a globe ; a bullet ; a social as- sembly for dancing ; a game . - v . i . To form into a ball ; to gather balls of snow on the feet . [ song . Băl'lad , n . A simple popular Băl'last , n . Any heavy sub- stance to steady a ship ...
... body ; a globe ; a bullet ; a social as- sembly for dancing ; a game . - v . i . To form into a ball ; to gather balls of snow on the feet . [ song . Băl'lad , n . A simple popular Băl'last , n . Any heavy sub- stance to steady a ship ...
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animal Belonging bird body Capable cause Celt cloth color Consisting costive disease dress earth female fish fluid fruit Full horse 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 strike v. t. To take v. t. To throw versed vessel Want wind woman wood words
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Page 339 - Revenons d nos moulons. [Fr.] Let us return to our sheep; let us return to our subject. Rifacimento. [It.] Renewal ; re-establishment. Robe de chambre. [Fr.] A dressing-gown or morninggown. Rouleau. [Fr.] A little roll. Rudis indigesta moles.
Page vii - ... toll, null. The words clef, if, of, and sol, are exceptions. § 2. The letter s, at the end of a monosyllable, and...
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.
Page 336 - We recognize a Hercules from the size of the foot; that is, we judge of the whole from the specimen.
Page ix - Nouns ending in y preceded by a consonant form their plural by adding es and changing y into i : as, mercy, -mercies ; sky, skies ; pity, pities.
Page 331 - FRSL — Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. FSA — Fellow of the Society of Arts.
Page 340 - Verbatim et literatim, L. Word for word and letter for letter. Verbum sat sapienti, L. A word is enough for a wise man.
Page ix - The cases mentioned in sections 11, 12, and 13 are also exceptions. § 16. Derivatives formed by prefixing one or more syllables to words ending in a double consonant commonly retain both consonants : as, rebuff, befall, inthrall, foretell, fulfil, emboss (from buff, fall, thrall, tell, Jill, boss).
Page 330 - AD, anno Domini, In the year of our Lord. Ad lib., ad libitum, at pleasure.
Page 330 - Chief Justice. Cld. or eld. Cleared. CM Common Meter. Co. Company ; County. COD Cash (or Collect) on Delivery. Col. Colonel ; Colossians. Coll. College; Collector. Сотр. Compare ; Comparative ; Compound. Con. (Contra.) Against; In opposition. Con., or Or.