Seventy Lessons in Spelling: A Complete Collection of Difficult Common Words, with Definitions and Pronunciations, and an Appendix Containing Rules for the Use of Capital Letters, and a List of Abbreviations : Arranged for the Use of Business Colleges, Academies, High Schools, &cWilliams & Rogers, 1885 - 136 pages |
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... leaving the right side of each page blank for corrections . The misspelled words can then be rewritten directly opposite where they were first writ- ten . It is important that great care should be taken in making corrections , and ...
... leaving the right side of each page blank for corrections . The misspelled words can then be rewritten directly opposite where they were first writ- ten . It is important that great care should be taken in making corrections , and ...
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... leaves . Turbine ( -bĭn ) , a kind of water - wheel . Proj'ect , a scheme , plan . Mis'sile , anything to be thrown . Hom'icide , the killing of a human being . Sentimental , full of fine feeling , affectedly tender . Ras'cal , a ...
... leaves . Turbine ( -bĭn ) , a kind of water - wheel . Proj'ect , a scheme , plan . Mis'sile , anything to be thrown . Hom'icide , the killing of a human being . Sentimental , full of fine feeling , affectedly tender . Ras'cal , a ...
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... leaves of trees . Assign'ment , act of assign- ing ; a transfer of property . Concede ' , to give up , grant . Rhyme ( rīm ) , correspon- dence of sounds at the end of verses ; poetry . Rhythm ( rĭthm ) , melodious flow or movement ...
... leaves of trees . Assign'ment , act of assign- ing ; a transfer of property . Concede ' , to give up , grant . Rhyme ( rīm ) , correspon- dence of sounds at the end of verses ; poetry . Rhythm ( rĭthm ) , melodious flow or movement ...
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... leave by will . Syr'inge , a medical instru- ment . Paid , discharged ; recom- pensed . Vag'abond , vagrant . Par'cel , a small bundle ; a → portion . Or'phan , a child who has lost either father or mother or both . Adjourn ' ( -jurn ...
... leave by will . Syr'inge , a medical instru- ment . Paid , discharged ; recom- pensed . Vag'abond , vagrant . Par'cel , a small bundle ; a → portion . Or'phan , a child who has lost either father or mother or both . Adjourn ' ( -jurn ...
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... leave out , to ob- ject . Accept ' , to receive with favor ; to promise to pay . Shoul'der , the joint which connects the arm to the body . Peti'tion ( -tish'un ) , request , prayer . Bull'ion ( -yun ) , gold or sil- ver in mass . Anni ...
... leave out , to ob- ject . Accept ' , to receive with favor ; to promise to pay . Shoul'der , the joint which connects the arm to the body . Peti'tion ( -tish'un ) , request , prayer . Bull'ion ( -yun ) , gold or sil- ver in mass . Anni ...
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Page 125 - DCL Doctor of Civil (or Canon) Law. dd Days after date. DD (L. Divinitatis Doctor) Doctor of Divinity. DDS Doctor of Dental Surgery. Dec. December ; Declination; Declension.
Page 127 - FRSE — Fellow of the Royal Society, Edinburgh FRSL— Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature; Fellow of the Royal Society, London FSA...
Page 126 - Ed. Editor ; Edition. EE Errors excepted ; Ells English. EE and MP Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. eg (L. exempli gratia.) For example.
Page 131 - Norn, or nom. Nominative. Non. con. Not content; dissenting. Non. pros, or non. pros. (L. Non Prosequitur) He does not prosecute, — a judgment entered against the plaintiff when he does not appear to prosecute.
Page 126 - Franc; florin; farthing; foot; folio. Fahr., Fah. or F. Fahrenheit. FAS Fellow of the Society of Arts; Fellow of the Antiquarian Society. fcp. or /cop.
Page 123 - Bachelor of Arts. Bart, or Bt., Baronet. BC, Before Christ. BCL, Bachelor of Civil Law. BD, Bachelor of Divinity.
Page 129 - Credit. /. c. Lower case. — (L. loco citato) In the place before cited. Ld. Lord. Ldp. or Lp. Lordship. Lea. or lea. League. Led. Ledger. Leg. or Legis. Legislature. LI Long Island ; Light Infantry. Lib.
Page 128 - Hundred. ib., ibid. (L. Ibidem.) In the same place. id. (L. Idem.) The same.
Page 129 - Jonathan. Jos., Joseph. Josh., Joshua. JP, Justice of the Peace. J. Prob., Judge of Probate. Jr. or Jun., Junior. JUD (Juris utriusque Doctor), Doctor of both Laws (of the Canon and the Civil Law). Jud., Judith. Judg., Judges. Kan., Kansas. KB, King's Bench. KB, Knight of the Bath. KCB, Knight Commander of the Bath. KCH, Knight Commander of Hanover. KCMG, Knight Commander of Order of St. Michael...
Page 125 - Draft. DG (L. Dei gratia.) By the grace of God. diam. Diameter. Diet. Dictionary; dictator. Dig. Digest. Dis. or Disct.