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
... written without the k : as , maniac , elegiac , cubic , public . The word derrick is an exception . Words of more than one syllable , in which c is preceded by other vowels than i or ia , commonly end in ck : as , arrack , bar- rack ...
... written without the k : as , maniac , elegiac , cubic , public . The word derrick is an exception . Words of more than one syllable , in which c is preceded by other vowels than i or ia , commonly end in ck : as , arrack , bar- rack ...
Page viii
... written , in the United States , with one ; but in England it is written woollen . - NOTE . There is a large class of words ending in a single consonant , and accented on some other syllable than the last , the final consonants of which ...
... written , in the United States , with one ; but in England it is written woollen . - NOTE . There is a large class of words ending in a single consonant , and accented on some other syllable than the last , the final consonants of which ...
Page ix
... written with one l . The words distill and in- still should be written with the doubled , though they are often written distil and instil , with only one 1 . § 17. Compound words formed by joining two or more words commonly retain all ...
... written with one l . The words distill and in- still should be written with the doubled , though they are often written distil and instil , with only one 1 . § 17. Compound words formed by joining two or more words commonly retain all ...
Page x
... written staffs , but more com- monly staves , except when it means a corps of officers , either military or civil , in which sense it is always written staffs . The plural of wharf is generally written wharfs in Eng- land ; in the ...
... written staffs , but more com- monly staves , except when it means a corps of officers , either military or civil , in which sense it is always written staffs . The plural of wharf is generally written wharfs in Eng- land ; in the ...
Page xi
... written , especially in England , connexion , peion , inflexion , and reflexion . written , in ide and ine , in regard to which usage has been variable . Most of them were formerly written without the final e , but it is now the almost ...
... written , especially in England , connexion , peion , inflexion , and reflexion . written , in ide and ine , in regard to which usage has been variable . Most of them were formerly written without the final e , but it is now the almost ...
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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.