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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volum 1 Samuel Johnson Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1773 |
A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ... Samuel Johnson Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1827 |
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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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Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 486 - OATS [a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people], — Croker.
Side 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.
Side 85 - A figure in poetry, by which a short syllable after a complete foot is made long ; a pause in verse.
Side 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...
Side 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.