Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages: Wherein the Words are Correctly Explained, Agreeably to Their Different Meanings, and a Great Variety of Terms Relating to the Arts, Sciences, Manufactures, Merchandise, Navigation and Trade, Elucidated |
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adorn agua ancient Andar animals applied Arag arms beasts Belonging bien birds birds of prey blow body burthen cards cattle church cloth coarse coin colour corn Costiveness cover dress Echar fastened fish flax fruit give ground grow Hacer hair head hemp Hombre horses instrument iron kind labour latten leather linen liquor manner maravedis marriage meat ment metal mules musical Naút navio ness one's ornament paint passion person piece plants plied Poét proa pron resembling Roman Catholic church rope rude sail ship silk silver skin sort Spain Spanish stone stuff thing timber tion trees vessel Vulg wild wind wine woman wood wool words worn wound
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Page 324 - SHEET ; a rope fastened to one or both the lower corners of a sail, to extend and retain it in a particular situation. SHEFFIELD...
Page 294 - Electre or amber, which having the quality, when warmed by friction, of attracting bodies, gave to one species of attraction the name of electricity.
Page 189 - Cubit, a measure of length equal to the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger.
Page 61 - A point in the heavens, in which the sun or a planet is at the greatest distance possible from the earth in its whole revolution.
Page 348 - Imagination ; the power by which the mind forms to itself images and representations of things or persons.
Page 243 - The flexible member of the hand by which men catch and hold ; a small measure of extension ; the hand, the instrument of work.
Page 371 - In'step. s. The upper part of the foot where it joins, to the leg.
Page 325 - K-; ii ,iv -;', 1. Sentinel, sentry. 2. A listening place. 3. A nun who is sent with another to the grate, to listen to what is said. 4.
Page 318 - A great circle, whose poles are the poles of the •world. It divides the globe into two equal parts, the northern and southern hemispheres.
Page 369 - A broad strap made fast to the girths under the belly of a horse, which runs between the two forelegs to fasten the other end under the noseband of the bridle.