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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Page vii
... falls on any other syllable than the last , or when the word ends in two different consonants , the final consonant is not doubled in derivatives formed by the addition of a termination beginning vü viii RULES FOR SPELLING . with a ...
... falls on any other syllable than the last , or when the word ends in two different consonants , the final consonant is not doubled in derivatives formed by the addition of a termination beginning vü viii RULES FOR SPELLING . with a ...
Page ix
... fall , thrall , tell , sell , fill , roll , boss ) . The word until is an exception , being always written with one l . The words distill and in- still should be written with the doubled , though they are often written distil and instil ...
... fall , thrall , tell , sell , fill , roll , boss ) . The word until is an exception , being always written with one l . The words distill and in- still should be written with the doubled , though they are often written distil and instil ...
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... fall ; to descend and settle . A - lign'ment ( -lin'- ) , n . The adjusting of a line ; the line of adjustment ; ground - plan of a road . A - like ' , adv . In the same manner.a . Similar ; with- out difference . Al'i - ment , n . That ...
... fall ; to descend and settle . A - lign'ment ( -lin'- ) , n . The adjusting of a line ; the line of adjustment ; ground - plan of a road . A - like ' , adv . In the same manner.a . Similar ; with- out difference . Al'i - ment , n . That ...
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... Falling from faith . A - pos'ta - tīze , v . i . To aban- don one's faith or party . A - pos'tle ( a - pos / sl ) , n . A messenger sent on important business ; one of the 12 dis- ciples sent forth by Christ to preach the gospel . Ap ...
... Falling from faith . A - pos'ta - tīze , v . i . To aban- don one's faith or party . A - pos'tle ( a - pos / sl ) , n . A messenger sent on important business ; one of the 12 dis- ciples sent forth by Christ to preach the gospel . Ap ...
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... fall . Au - tum'nal , a . Of , or be- longing to , autumn . Aux - ilia - ry , a . Helping . -n . A verb that helps form moods and tenses of other verbs ; ( pl . ) troops assisting another nation . A - vail ' , v . t . To turn to the ...
... fall . Au - tum'nal , a . Of , or be- longing to , autumn . Aux - ilia - ry , a . Helping . -n . A verb that helps form moods and tenses of other verbs ; ( pl . ) troops assisting another nation . A - vail ' , v . t . To turn to the ...
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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.