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Exhibiting the Origin, Orthography, Pronunciation, and Definitions of Words Noah Webster. NYPL RESEARCH LIBRARIES 3 3433 07592389 0 RNK. Front Cover.
Exhibiting the Origin, Orthography, Pronunciation, and Definitions of Words Noah Webster. NYPL RESEARCH LIBRARIES 3 3433 07592389 0 RNK. Front Cover.
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... cover . AB - AR - TIC - U - LATION , n . In anatomy , that species of articulation , or structure of joints , which admits of nan ifest or extensive motion . A - BAS , n . A weight in Persia . Encyc . A - BASE ' , v . t . [ Fr. abaisscr ...
... cover . AB - AR - TIC - U - LATION , n . In anatomy , that species of articulation , or structure of joints , which admits of nan ifest or extensive motion . A - BAS , n . A weight in Persia . Encyc . A - BASE ' , v . t . [ Fr. abaisscr ...
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... cover- ing . 2. With the head uncovered , from respect . 3 . Plain ; simple ; unadorned ; without the polish of refined manners . 4. Laid open to view ; detected ; no longer concealed . 5. Poor ; destitute ; indigent ; empty ; un ...
... cover- ing . 2. With the head uncovered , from respect . 3 . Plain ; simple ; unadorned ; without the polish of refined manners . 4. Laid open to view ; detected ; no longer concealed . 5. Poor ; destitute ; indigent ; empty ; un ...
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... cover the gunners , and others employed about them , from the enemy's shot , with the guns employed . - 4 . In law , the unlawful beating of another . - 5 . Electrical battery , a number of coated jars placed in such a manner , that ...
... cover the gunners , and others employed about them , from the enemy's shot , with the guns employed . - 4 . In law , the unlawful beating of another . - 5 . Electrical battery , a number of coated jars placed in such a manner , that ...
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... covers the face . BEA VERED , a . Covered with or wearing a beaver . † BE - BLEED , v . t . To make bloody ... cover- ed , surrounded or inclosed . 7. To lay in a stratum ; to stratify ; to lay in order , or flat . BED , v . i ...
... covers the face . BEA VERED , a . Covered with or wearing a beaver . † BE - BLEED , v . t . To make bloody ... cover- ed , surrounded or inclosed . 7. To lay in a stratum ; to stratify ; to lay in order , or flat . BED , v . i ...
Expressions et termes fréquents
acid action affection ancient animal applied arms authority Bacon Belonging bird blood body botany called cause Chaucer church chyle cloth color consisting containing contract Cotgrave court cover Coze crystalography denotes deprive Dict draw dress Dryden earth England fasten figure fish fluid force fowl genus of plants give heat hence heraldry horse Hudibras inclose instrument Johnson kind land language liquor Little manner mark means medicine ment metal Milton mind mineral motion move natural ness one's opposed opposition pain particular person Pertaining piece produce quadruped render resembling round Scots law sense separate Shak ship side sound species Spenser substance thing throw tion tree unite utter v. t. Fr v. t. L v. t. Sax vessel wind word αντι Το
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Page ii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 7 - an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation ; an event which proceeds from an unknown cause, or is an unusual effect of a known cause, and therefore not expected; chance; casualty; contingency.
Page ii - Walker's Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names.
Page 26 - The principal subject is thus kept out of view, and we are left to collect the intentions of the writer or speaker by the resemblance of the secondary to the primary object.
Page 233 - DEMOCRACY, a form of government, in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of the people collectively, or in which the people exercise the powers of legislation.
Page 168 - The struggle between rivals for the same trade at the same time ; the act of seeking or endeavoring to gain what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time.
Page 256 - Any deviation from health in function or structure ; the cause of pain or uneasiness ; distemper ; malady ; sickness ; disorder ; any state of a living body in which the natural functions of the organs are interrupted or disturbed, either by defective or preternatural action, without a disrupture of parts by violence, which is called a wound.
Page 231 - deliberate' (as an adjective) means 'formed, arrived at, or determined upon as a result of careful thought and weighing of considerations; as, a deliberate judgment or plan; carried on coolly and steadily, esp.
Page 211 - A crystal is now defined to be an inorganic body, which, by the operation of affinity, has assumed the form of a regular solid terminated by a certain number of planes or smooth surfaces.
Page 97 - An obligation or deed by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a certain day.