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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... produced by , the wind . - Eolian harp , astringed instrument played on by the wind . [ air ; high . A - e'ri - al , a . Belonging to the Aō'ric ( ' ry or a'rỹ ) , n . The best of an eagle or other bird of prey . [ aërifying . A'er - i ...
... produced by , the wind . - Eolian harp , astringed instrument played on by the wind . [ air ; high . A - e'ri - al , a . Belonging to the Aō'ric ( ' ry or a'rỹ ) , n . The best of an eagle or other bird of prey . [ aërifying . A'er - i ...
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... produced by , alchemy . Al'che - mist , n . One who practices alchemy . Al'che - my , n . Occult chem- istry ; the art of changing base metals into gold . Aleo - hol , n . Pure or highly rectified spirit . Al'eo - holic , a . Pertaining ...
... produced by , alchemy . Al'che - mist , n . One who practices alchemy . Al'che - my , n . Occult chem- istry ; the art of changing base metals into gold . Aleo - hol , n . Pure or highly rectified spirit . Al'eo - holic , a . Pertaining ...
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... Producing a gradual change . - n . An alterative . Aitar . Alter - 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- stitution ...
... Producing a gradual change . - n . An alterative . Aitar . Alter - 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- stitution ...
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... Producing gold . Au'rist , n . One skilled in disorders of the ear . Au - ro'ra , n . The dawning light . -Aurora borealis , a luminous meteoric phenom- enon ; northern lights . Au - ro'ral , a . Pertaining to the aurora . Aus / eul ...
... Producing gold . Au'rist , n . One skilled in disorders of the ear . Au - ro'ra , n . The dawning light . -Aurora borealis , a luminous meteoric phenom- enon ; northern lights . Au - ro'ral , a . Pertaining to the aurora . Aus / eul ...
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... produce . Bär'na - ele , n . A kind of 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 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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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.