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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... stone , by which corn is ground . It is written likewise quern . It is still used in some parts of Scot- land . To KERN . v . n . [ probably from kernel , or , by change of a vowel , corrupted from corn . ] 1. To harden as ripened corn ...
... stone , by which corn is ground . It is written likewise quern . It is still used in some parts of Scot- land . To KERN . v . n . [ probably from kernel , or , by change of a vowel , corrupted from corn . ] 1. To harden as ripened corn ...
Side 5
... stone of an arch . If bundle of heath or furze . stone be the height of the arch . KIBE . n . s . [ from kerb a cut , Germ . Skin- ner ; from kibwe , Welsh , Minshew . ] An ulcerated chilblain ; a chap in the heel caused by the cold ...
... stone of an arch . If bundle of heath or furze . stone be the height of the arch . KIBE . n . s . [ from kerb a cut , Germ . Skin- ner ; from kibwe , Welsh , Minshew . ] An ulcerated chilblain ; a chap in the heel caused by the cold ...
Side 20
... stone- cutter . Dict . LAPIDARY . n . s . [ lapidaire , Fr. ] One who deals in stones or gems . As a cock was turning up a dunghill , he espied a diamond : Well , says he , this sparkling foolery now to a lapidary would have been the ...
... stone- cutter . Dict . LAPIDARY . n . s . [ lapidaire , Fr. ] One who deals in stones or gems . As a cock was turning up a dunghill , he espied a diamond : Well , says he , this sparkling foolery now to a lapidary would have been the ...
Side 21
... stones of chymists in imitation being easily de- tected by an ordinary lapidist . LAPIS . n . s . [ Lat . ] A stone . LA'PIS Lazuli . Ray . The lapis lazuli , or azure stone , is a copper ore , very compact and hard , so as to take a ...
... stones of chymists in imitation being easily de- tected by an ordinary lapidist . LAPIS . n . s . [ Lat . ] A stone . LA'PIS Lazuli . Ray . The lapis lazuli , or azure stone , is a copper ore , very compact and hard , so as to take a ...
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... stone , and upon that a lay of wood . Mortimer's Husbandry . 2. A wager . It is esteemed an even lay , whether any man lives ten years longer : I suppose it is the same , that one of any ten might die within one year . Graunt . 3 . A ...
... stone , and upon that a lay of wood . Mortimer's Husbandry . 2. A wager . It is esteemed an even lay , whether any man lives ten years longer : I suppose it is the same , that one of any ten might die within one year . Graunt . 3 . A ...
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