A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from Their Originals, and Illustrated in Their Different Significations by Examples from the Best Writers. To which are Prefixed, a History of the Language and an English Grammar, Volum 2T. Tegg, 1832 |
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... land . Bacon . If thou ken'st from far , Among the Pleiads , a new - kindled star ; ' Tis she that shines in that propitious light . Dryd . We ken them from afar , the setting sun Plays on their shining arms . 2. To know . Obsolete ...
... land . Bacon . If thou ken'st from far , Among the Pleiads , a new - kindled star ; ' Tis she that shines in that propitious light . Dryd . We ken them from afar , the setting sun Plays on their shining arms . 2. To know . Obsolete ...
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... land knighthood confers the title of sir : as , sir Thomas , sir Richard . When the name was not known , it was usual to say sir knight . That same knight's own sword this is of yore , Which Merlin made . Spenser . Spenser . Sir knight ...
... land knighthood confers the title of sir : as , sir Thomas , sir Richard . When the name was not known , it was usual to say sir knight . That same knight's own sword this is of yore , Which Merlin made . Spenser . Spenser . Sir knight ...
Side 18
... LAND . n . s . [ land , Goth . Sax . and so all the Teutonick dialects . ] 1. A country ; a region ; distinct from other countries . The nations of Scythia , like a mountain flood , did overflow all Spain , and quite washed away ...
... LAND . n . s . [ land , Goth . Sax . and so all the Teutonick dialects . ] 1. A country ; a region ; distinct from other countries . The nations of Scythia , like a mountain flood , did overflow all Spain , and quite washed away ...
Side 19
... [ land and lock . ] Shut in , or inclosed with land . There are few natural parts better landlocked , and closed on all sides , than this seems to have Addison on Italy . LA'NDLOPER . n . s . [ land and lopen , Dut . ] been . 2 . All ...
... [ land and lock . ] Shut in , or inclosed with land . There are few natural parts better landlocked , and closed on all sides , than this seems to have Addison on Italy . LA'NDLOPER . n . s . [ land and lopen , Dut . ] been . 2 . All ...
Side 21
... land . Dryden . LA'RCENY . n . s . [ larcin , Fr. latrocinium , Lat . ] Petty theft . Those laws would be very unjust , that should chastize murder and petty larceny with the same punishment . Spectator . LARCH . n . s . [ larix , Lat ...
... land . Dryden . LA'RCENY . n . s . [ larcin , Fr. latrocinium , Lat . ] Petty theft . Those laws would be very unjust , that should chastize murder and petty larceny with the same punishment . Spectator . LARCH . n . s . [ larix , Lat ...
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