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... expression ; in a stricter sense , any com- position for a single voice . To AIR , ( are ) v . a . To expose to the ... expressing lamentation , pity , or concern ; alas the day ! ah , unhappy day ! alas the while ! ah , un- happy time ...
... expression ; in a stricter sense , any com- position for a single voice . To AIR , ( are ) v . a . To expose to the ... expressing lamentation , pity , or concern ; alas the day ! ah , unhappy day ! alas the while ! ah , un- happy time ...
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... expressions in speech . AMBILOQUY , ( am - bil - o - kwe ) n . s . The use of doubtful expressions in speech . AMBIT , ( am ' - bit ) n . s . The compass or cir- cuit of any thing . In mathematics , The same as the Perimeter , i . e ...
... expressions in speech . AMBILOQUY , ( am - bil - o - kwe ) n . s . The use of doubtful expressions in speech . AMBIT , ( am ' - bit ) n . s . The compass or cir- cuit of any thing . In mathematics , The same as the Perimeter , i . e ...
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... expression of tenderness by gesture ; soft words ; kind speeches ; kind treatment . BLANK , ( blangk ) a . White ; without writ- ing , pale ; confused . Blank - verse , metre without rhyme . BLANK , ( blangk ) n . s . A void space on ...
... expression of tenderness by gesture ; soft words ; kind speeches ; kind treatment . BLANK , ( blangk ) a . White ; without writ- ing , pale ; confused . Blank - verse , metre without rhyme . BLANK , ( blangk ) n . s . A void space on ...
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... expression of os- tentation ; a cause of boasting . BOASTER ( bost ' - er ) n . s . A bragger . BOASTFUL , ( bost - ful ) a . Ostentatious . BOASTING . ( bost - ing ) n . s . An expres- sion of ostentation . BOASTINGLY , ( bost - ing ...
... expression of os- tentation ; a cause of boasting . BOASTER ( bost ' - er ) n . s . A bragger . BOASTFUL , ( bost - ful ) a . Ostentatious . BOASTING . ( bost - ing ) n . s . An expres- sion of ostentation . BOASTINGLY , ( bost - ing ...
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... expressions . CIRCUMLOCUTORY , ( ser - kum - lok ' - u - tur- re ) a . Periphrastical . CIRCUMMURED , ( ser - kum - murd ' ) a . Walled round . CIRCUMNAVIGABLE , ( ser - kum - nav - e- ga - bl ) a . That which may be sailed round . To ...
... expressions . CIRCUMLOCUTORY , ( ser - kum - lok ' - u - tur- re ) a . Periphrastical . CIRCUMMURED , ( ser - kum - murd ' ) a . Walled round . CIRCUMNAVIGABLE , ( ser - kum - nav - e- ga - bl ) a . That which may be sailed round . To ...
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animal applied Belonging bird body bull;-oil;-pound;-thin called Capable cause chyle colour consisting corrupt costiveness cover degree deprive dignity dress fall fat;-me Fate figure fire fish give ground heraldry honour horse join kal-le liquor manner mean measure medicine ment met;-pine mind motion move musick n. s. A kind n. s. A plant n. s. A small n. s. A sort n. s. A species n. s. act n. s. An instrument n. s. In law n. s. pl n. s. The act n. s. The office n. s. The quality n. s. Want nature ness ngt;-tube noise not;-tube pass passion person piece pin;-no plural pound;-thin preter pron publick quantity Relating resembling ship sound stone syllable term thin thing tion tree v. a. Pret v. a. To put v. n. To grow vessel violent woman word Το
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Page 514 - If we search the writings of Virgil, for the true definition of a pastoral, it will be found a poem in which any action or passion is represented by its effects upon a country life.
Page 330 - ... but whose right of inheritance may be defeated by the contingency of some nearer heir being born : as a brother, or nephew, whose presumptive succession may be destroyed by the birth of a child ; or a daughter, whose present hopes may be hereafter cut off by the birth of a son.
Page 474 - An imaginary being supposed to preside over the material and animal world ; the native state or properties of any thing, by which it is discriminated from others...
Page 454 - A place or cavern in the earth, which contains metals or minerals ; a cavern dug under any fortification that it may sink for want of support, or...
Page 116 - A space upon the surface of the earth, measured from the equator to the polar circles ; in each of which spaces the longest day is half an hour longer than in that nearer to the equator.
Page 486 - OATS [a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people], — Croker.
Page 243 - A great circle, whose poles are the poles of the •world. It divides the globe into two equal parts, the northern and southern hemispheres.
Page 85 - A figure in poetry, by which a short syllable after a complete foot is made long ; a pause in verse.
Page 183 - A thing given or forfeited to God for the pacifying his wrath, in case of any misfortune, by which any Christian comes to a violent end, without the fault of any reasonable creature...
Page 247 - The descent or derivation of a word from its original, the deduction of formations from the radical word ; the part of grammar which delivers the inflections of nouns and verbs.