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... TREE , n . The tree which produces the almond . AL / MOND - WIL / LOW , n . A kind of tree . AL / MON - ER , n . An officer whose duty is to distribute char- ity or alms . The grand almoner , in France , is the first ecclesiastical ...
... TREE , n . The tree which produces the almond . AL / MOND - WIL / LOW , n . A kind of tree . AL / MON - ER , n . An officer whose duty is to distribute char- ity or alms . The grand almoner , in France , is the first ecclesiastical ...
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... tree shall not blossom . " Hab . iii . That is , grant , admit , or suppose what follows " the fig - tree shall not blossom . " ALTI - GRADE , n . Rising on high . AL - TIL / O - QUENCE , n . [ L. altus and loquor , loquens . ] Lofty ...
... tree shall not blossom . " Hab . iii . That is , grant , admit , or suppose what follows " the fig - tree shall not blossom . " ALTI - GRADE , n . Rising on high . AL - TIL / O - QUENCE , n . [ L. altus and loquor , loquens . ] Lofty ...
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... tree , [ pyrus malus , from which cider is made . 2. The apple of the eye is the pupil .--- Apple of love , or love apple , the tomato , a species of solanum . APPLE , v . t . To form like an apple . Marshal . APPLE - GRAFT , n . A ...
... tree , [ pyrus malus , from which cider is made . 2. The apple of the eye is the pupil .--- Apple of love , or love apple , the tomato , a species of solanum . APPLE , v . t . To form like an apple . Marshal . APPLE - GRAFT , n . A ...
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... tree , as distinguished from a shrub . - 3 . In mechanics , the principal part of a machine , sustaining the rest . ARBO - RA - RY , a . Belonging to a tree Dict . AR BO - RA - TOR , n . One who plants or who prunes trees . Evelyn ...
... tree , as distinguished from a shrub . - 3 . In mechanics , the principal part of a machine , sustaining the rest . ARBO - RA - RY , a . Belonging to a tree Dict . AR BO - RA - TOR , n . One who plants or who prunes trees . Evelyn ...
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... tree so called . AR NUTS , n . Tall oat grass . † A - ROINT . See ABOYNT . A - ROMA , n . [ Gr . αρωμα . ] The quality of plants which ARO - MA , constitutes their fragrance . AR - O - MATIC , or AR - O - MAT I - CAL , a . Fragrant ...
... tree so called . AR NUTS , n . Tall oat grass . † A - ROINT . See ABOYNT . A - ROMA , n . [ Gr . αρωμα . ] The quality of plants which ARO - MA , constitutes their fragrance . AR - O - MATIC , or AR - O - MAT I - CAL , a . Fragrant ...
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Page ii - Webster's Dictionary of the English Language, Exhibiting the Origin, Orthography, Pronunciation, and Definitions of Words. Abridged from the Quarto Edition of the Author. To which are added a Synopsis of Words differently Pronounced by different Orthoepists ; and Walker's Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names.
Page 219 - That which is due from one person to another, whether money, goods or services; that which one person is bound to pay to another or to perform for his benefit ; that of which payment is liable to be exacted ; due; obligation; liability.
Page 26 - A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and circumstances.
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 - 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 53 - Skill, dexterity, or the power of performing certain actions, acquired by experience, study or observation.
Page 229 - Government by the people; 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 104 - To break loose, to get free by force; to escape from confinement by violence; to shake off restraint To break off, to part; to divide; also, to desist suddenly. To break off from, to part from with violence.
Page 149 - To call for ; to ask or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right or supposed right ; to challenge as a right ; to demand as due.
Page 183 - We say a combination of men to overthrow the Government, or a combination to resist tyranny; another meaning is close union in connection." He defines "conspiracy" a combination of men for an evil purpose; an agreement between two or more persons to commit some crime in concert...