A dictionary of the English languageOliver & Boyd, Tweeddale Court., 1844 - 564 pages |
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A Dictionary of the English Language: Containing the Pronunciation ... Alexander Reid Affichage du livre entier - 1863 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
adorn animal archos Ba'al bacan belonging bird body bound capio cause church chyle cloth colour consisting containing cover deprive disease draw dress facio factum false female fish flower force fore fruit give grapho grow horse inclose inclosure instrument inter kata kind lego light ligo liquor logos loose manner mark marriage mean medicine ment metron motion move musical noise ofer ornament p. t. and p. p. pain passum peevish pello person pertaining piece plant play pleo plico positum præ prep purgo quick relating resembling round rude S.un sharp ship side soft solidus sorrow sound species stone stupid substance super swell taste teneo thin thing throw tion tortum trans tree turn utter versed vessel violent wind woman words writing
Fréquemment cités
Page 383 - Span, the space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended.
Page 40 - Back, n. (S. bac) the hinder part of the body in man, and the upper part in beasts; the hinder part of any thing; the rear.— ad.
Page 131 - A book made by order of William the Conqueror, in which the estates of the kingdom were registered.
Page 119 - Di"git, a, three quarters of an inch ; the twelfth part of the diameter of the sun or moon ; any number under ten.
Page 76 - A curve line continued till it ends where it began, having all pans equally distant from a common centre ; the space included in a circular line ; a round body, an orb ; compass...
Page 206 - ... to make). To make or prove the same ; to combine or unite in such a manner as to produce one interest, purpose, or intention. Identity, i-denty-te (Latin, idem, the same). Sameness ; the being almost the same ; the being exactly the same.
Page 54 - ... set up as a mark to show the sailors how to steer; a bar laid across a harbour to keep out the enemy.
Page 261 - The body of soldiers in a state enrolled for discipline, but not engaged in actual service except in emergencies; as distinguished from regular troops, whose sole occupation is war or military service.
Page 72 - To make a noise like birds, or with the teeth ; to talk idly, vn Chat
Page 86 - Composite order in architecture is the last of the five orders, so named because its capital is composed out of those of the other orders ; it is also called the Roman und Italick order.