Webster's Self-pronouncing Vest Pocket Dictionary, 51,200 Words: Containing Also Rules for Spelling, Punctuation, Use of Capitals, EtcThompson & Thomas, 1902 |
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Page 17
... color . [ key . Bab'ble , to talk idly . bab'bler , an idle talker . babe , an infant . bā'bel , confusion . baboon ' , a kind of mon- baccalaureate , the de- gree of a bachelor of arts bac'cate , like a berry . băc'chanal , a drunkard ...
... color . [ key . Bab'ble , to talk idly . bab'bler , an idle talker . babe , an infant . bā'bel , confusion . baboon ' , a kind of mon- baccalaureate , the de- gree of a bachelor of arts bac'cate , like a berry . băc'chanal , a drunkard ...
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... color . bay , an arm of the sea . bay , to bark , as a dog . bay'berry , a shrub . bay'onet , dagger on mus- ket . [ water . bay'salt , salt from sea bayou , narrow inlet . bazaar ' , a store . beach , the shore . bea'con , a signal ...
... color . bay , an arm of the sea . bay , to bark , as a dog . bay'berry , a shrub . bay'onet , dagger on mus- ket . [ water . bay'salt , salt from sea bayou , narrow inlet . bazaar ' , a store . beach , the shore . bea'con , a signal ...
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... color . blue bottle , a flower , a fly blüff , a high steep bank . bluff , pompous , surly . blůn'der , to mistake grossly . [ gun . blun'derbuss , a kind of bog , a marsh , a morass . bog'gle , to hesitate , to bog'gle , a hobgoblin ...
... color . blue bottle , a flower , a fly blüff , a high steep bank . bluff , pompous , surly . blůn'der , to mistake grossly . [ gun . blun'derbuss , a kind of bog , a marsh , a morass . bog'gle , to hesitate , to bog'gle , a hobgoblin ...
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... color brin'dle , streaked color . brine , salty water . bring , to fetch to . brink , the edge , verge . brin'y , like brine . brisk , lively , active . brev'iate , short com- bris'ket , breast of animal [ tion . bris'tle , swine's ...
... color brin'dle , streaked color . brine , salty water . bring , to fetch to . brink , the edge , verge . brin'y , like brine . brisk , lively , active . brev'iate , short com- bris'ket , breast of animal [ tion . bris'tle , swine's ...
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... colors . civ'ic , of public life . chrome , a metal . chromoli'thography , 11- civ'illy , politely . thography in colors . chron'ic , lingering . chrön'icle , to register . chronology , orderly enu- meration . chronom'eter , a time ...
... colors . civ'ic , of public life . chrome , a metal . chromoli'thography , 11- civ'illy , politely . thography in colors . chron'ic , lingering . chrön'icle , to register . chronology , orderly enu- meration . chronom'eter , a time ...
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animal bend bird bird of prey blood boat body censure cents church coarse coin color concubinage court covering craniology dealer disease doctrine dress dull earth emollient feet female fish flax flower foot fowl fraction thereof fruit fungus garment genus gout grain head horse ical infix insect instrument kind of cloth light mark marriage measure medicine ment metal metic mineral motion musical instru ness noise officer person pertaining phrenology plant plural pomology pound pustule quadruped raceme relating Roman rule salt sangfroid sharp ship ship's short showy shrub silk skin sleep soft sort sound species speech spelled stenography stone swelling syllable talk thin tion tism tool tree tumor Turkish turn twilled twist versed vessel walk ween weight wind woman wood woolen word worm writ young zodiac
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