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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... turn acid . Aç'e - tim'e - try , n . Art of ascertaining the strength of acids . A - çē'toŭs , a . Having the quality of vinegar ; sour . Ache ( ak ) , v . i . To be in pain . -n . A continued pain . A - chiev'a - ble , a . Capable of ...
... turn acid . Aç'e - tim'e - try , n . Art of ascertaining the strength of acids . A - çē'toŭs , a . Having the quality of vinegar ; sour . Ache ( ak ) , v . i . To be in pain . -n . A continued pain . A - chiev'a - ble , a . Capable of ...
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... turn the mind . SYN . To attend ; regard ; observe ; refer . Ad - vert'ençe , n . Direc- Ad - vert'en - çy , tion of the mind ; attention ; heed . Ad - vert'ent , a . Attentive . Ad'ver - tişe ' , v . t . To inform ; to give public ...
... turn the mind . SYN . To attend ; regard ; observe ; refer . Ad - vert'ençe , n . Direc- Ad - vert'en - çy , tion of the mind ; attention ; heed . Ad - vert'ent , a . Attentive . Ad'ver - tişe ' , v . t . To inform ; to give public ...
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... turn into allegory . v . i . To use allegory . Al'le - go - ry , n . A figurative sentence or discourse ; a parable . Al - lē'gro , adv . Quick ; live- ly . n . A quick , sprightly movement in music . Al / le - lū'ià ( -lū'yȧ ) , Įn ...
... turn into allegory . v . i . To use allegory . Al'le - go - ry , n . A figurative sentence or discourse ; a parable . Al - lē'gro , adv . Quick ; live- ly . n . A quick , sprightly movement in music . Al / le - lū'ià ( -lū'yȧ ) , Įn ...
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... turns .. v . i . To happen or to act by turns . [ turns . Al - ter'nate - ly , adv . By Alter - na'tion , n . Reciprocal succession . Al - ter'na - tive , n . Choice of two things .. -a . Offering a choice of two things . Al - the'à ...
... turns .. v . i . To happen or to act by turns . [ turns . Al - ter'nate - ly , adv . By Alter - na'tion , n . Reciprocal succession . Al - ter'na - tive , n . Choice of two things .. -a . Offering a choice of two things . Al - the'à ...
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... turn annihilating , or reducing to the mind ; to remark by way nothing . of criticism . Ăn'i - mal , n . An organized ilving being , endowed with sensation and voluntary motion ; an irrational being . a . Pertaining to animals . An'i ...
... turn annihilating , or reducing to the mind ; to remark by way nothing . of criticism . Ăn'i - mal , n . An organized ilving being , endowed with sensation and voluntary motion ; an irrational being . a . Pertaining to animals . An'i ...
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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.