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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... Side by side . A - bridge ' , v . t . To make shorter ; to contract ; to cut short ; to abbreviate . A - bridg'ment ( 10 ) , n . to annul . A work abridged ; a summary ; epitome ; compendium . A - broach ' , adv . In a pos- ture to let ...
... Side by side . A - bridge ' , v . t . To make shorter ; to contract ; to cut short ; to abbreviate . A - bridg'ment ( 10 ) , n . to annul . A work abridged ; a summary ; epitome ; compendium . A - broach ' , adv . In a pos- ture to let ...
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... side to side of athwart ; over . which certain letters taken successively , one in each line , form a name . A - eros'tie - al , a . Pertaining to acrostics . Aet , v . . To perform ; to do ; to move ; to feign.- v . i . To be in action ...
... side to side of athwart ; over . which certain letters taken successively , one in each line , form a name . A - eros'tie - al , a . Pertaining to acrostics . Aet , v . . To perform ; to do ; to move ; to feign.- v . i . To be in action ...
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... side . Ag - na'tion , n . Relation by name . the father's side . Ag - nō'men , n . An added [ past . A - gō ' , adv . In time past ; A - gog ' , adv . In a state of eager desire or curiosity . A - go'ing , p . pr . In motion . Ag'o ...
... side . Ag - na'tion , n . Relation by name . the father's side . Ag - nō'men , n . An added [ past . A - gō ' , adv . In time past ; A - gog ' , adv . In a state of eager desire or curiosity . A - go'ing , p . pr . In motion . Ag'o ...
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... side ' , adv . Side by A - loof ' , adv . At or from a distance ; apart . -prep . At a distance from ; away from . A - loud ' , adv . Loudly . Al - pǎe'á ( 18 ) , n . - - prep . The Peru- vian sheep , or llama , and the cloth made of ...
... side ' , adv . Side by A - loof ' , adv . At or from a distance ; apart . -prep . At a distance from ; away from . A - loud ' , adv . Loudly . Al - pǎe'á ( 18 ) , n . - - prep . The Peru- vian sheep , or llama , and the cloth made of ...
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... side move together . Am'bler , n . A horse which ambles or paces . Am - brō'şia ( -brō'zhå ) , n . The imaginary food of the gods a genus of plants . Am - brō'şial , а . Having Am - brō'şian , the quali- ties of ambrosia ; delicious ...
... side move together . Am'bler , n . A horse which ambles or paces . Am - brō'şia ( -brō'zhå ) , n . The imaginary food of the gods a genus of plants . Am - brō'şial , а . Having Am - brō'şian , the quali- ties of ambrosia ; delicious ...
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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.