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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... Boyle . LIXIVIŮM . n . s . [ Lat . ] Lye ; water impregnated with alkaline salt , produc- ed from the ashes of vegetables ; a liquor which has the power of extraction . I made a lixivium of fair water and salt of worm- wood , and having ...
... Boyle . LIXIVIŮM . n . s . [ Lat . ] Lye ; water impregnated with alkaline salt , produc- ed from the ashes of vegetables ; a liquor which has the power of extraction . I made a lixivium of fair water and salt of worm- wood , and having ...
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... Boyle . LUCIFICK . adj . [ lux and facio , Lat . ] Making light ; producing light . When made to converge , and so mixed toge- ther ; though their lucifick motion be continued , yet by interfering , that equal motion , which is the ...
... Boyle . LUCIFICK . adj . [ lux and facio , Lat . ] Making light ; producing light . When made to converge , and so mixed toge- ther ; though their lucifick motion be continued , yet by interfering , that equal motion , which is the ...
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... Boyle . En- There be five ways of majoration of sounds : enclosure simple ; enclosure with dilatation ; com- munication ; reflection concurrent ; and approach to the sensory . Bacon's Nat . Hist . MAJORITY . n . s . [ from major . ] 1 ...
... Boyle . En- There be five ways of majoration of sounds : enclosure simple ; enclosure with dilatation ; com- munication ; reflection concurrent ; and approach to the sensory . Bacon's Nat . Hist . MAJORITY . n . s . [ from major . ] 1 ...
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... Boyle . 2 . Marbled with sage the hardd'ning cheese she press'd , And yellow butter Martin's skill profess'd . Gay . MARBLEHEARTED . adj . [ marble and heart . ] Cruel ; insensible ; hardhearted . Ingratitude ! thou marblehearted fiend ...
... Boyle . 2 . Marbled with sage the hardd'ning cheese she press'd , And yellow butter Martin's skill profess'd . Gay . MARBLEHEARTED . adj . [ marble and heart . ] Cruel ; insensible ; hardhearted . Ingratitude ! thou marblehearted fiend ...
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... Boyle . 2. [ From Max a fight ; or from maca , Sax . one equal to another . ] A contest ; a game ; any thing in which there is contest or opposition . such as soldiers use . Shall we play the wantons with our woes , And make some pretty ...
... Boyle . 2. [ From Max a fight ; or from maca , Sax . one equal to another . ] A contest ; a game ; any thing in which there is contest or opposition . such as soldiers use . Shall we play the wantons with our woes , And make some pretty ...
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