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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... plant . Ainsworth . KITTEN . n . s . [ katteken , Dut . It is pro- bable that the true singular is kit , the diminutive of cat , of which the old plu- ral was kitten , or young cats , which was in time taken for the singular , like ...
... plant . Ainsworth . KITTEN . n . s . [ katteken , Dut . It is pro- bable that the true singular is kit , the diminutive of cat , of which the old plu- ral was kitten , or young cats , which was in time taken for the singular , like ...
Side 11
... plant . KNO'TGRASS . n . s . [ knot and grass ; poly- gonum . ] A plant . You minimus of hind'ring knotgrass made . Shak . KNOTTED . adj . [ from knot . ] Full of knots . Drud . The knotted oaks shall show'rs of honey weep . KNOTTINESS ...
... plant . KNO'TGRASS . n . s . [ knot and grass ; poly- gonum . ] A plant . You minimus of hind'ring knotgrass made . Shak . KNOTTED . adj . [ from knot . ] Full of knots . Drud . The knotted oaks shall show'rs of honey weep . KNOTTINESS ...
Side 12
... plant . Divers herbs have joints or knuckles , as it were stops in their germination ; as gilly flowers , pinks , and corn . Bacon . 3 . To KNUCKLE . v . n . [ from the noun . ] To submit : I suppose from an odd custom of striking the ...
... plant . Divers herbs have joints or knuckles , as it were stops in their germination ; as gilly flowers , pinks , and corn . Bacon . 3 . To KNUCKLE . v . n . [ from the noun . ] To submit : I suppose from an odd custom of striking the ...
Side 16
... plant of the stellate kind . Miller . LAID . Preterite participle of lay . Money laid up for the relief of widows and fatherless children . 2 Mac . iii . 10 . A scheme which was writ some years since , and laid by to be ready on a fit ...
... plant of the stellate kind . Miller . LAID . Preterite participle of lay . Money laid up for the relief of widows and fatherless children . 2 Mac . iii . 10 . A scheme which was writ some years since , and laid by to be ready on a fit ...
Side 25
... plant . It is one of the verticillate plants , whose flower consists of one leaf , divided into two lips ; the up- per lip , standing upright , is roundish , and , for the most part , bifid ; but the under lip is cut into three segments ...
... plant . It is one of the verticillate plants , whose flower consists of one leaf , divided into two lips ; the up- per lip , standing upright , is roundish , and , for the most part , bifid ; but the under lip is cut into three segments ...
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