A Dictionary of the English LanguageAmerican Book Company, 1892 |
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a'shun al-ly angles animal Belonging bĭlĭ-ty bird body Capable church cloth Colloq color consisting containing cover disease dress earth equal er-y expressing fasten fish flowering plant flowers fluid fruit grain ground hold horse I-kal ical inclose insect instrument interj Iz'm kind land larvæ light maize manner mark medicine ment metal mollusk motion move musical ness one's pain person Pertaining piece plant plid prep produce pron quadruped rank resembling Roman Catholic Church sail seed ship shrub shun shund side sing skin soft sound species stone substance surface syllable taining terd thin thing thread tilt hammer timber timz tion tree turn unite utter v. i. To become v. t. imp v. t. To put versed vessel violent wheel wind wood words written
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Page 251 - Fat/ont (pSt'ent or pa'tent), a. Open; evident; apparent ; open to public perusal ; — said of a document conferring some privilege, as, letters patent ; appropriated by letters patent ; restrained from general use. — n. A letter patent, or writing securing to a person, for a term of years, the exclusive right to an invention. — vt To secure the exclusive right of to a person. — Pat'ent-ee
Page 360 - An oath is a solemn affirmation, or declaration, made with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed, and imprecating his vengeance, and renouncing his favor, if what is affirmed is false.
Page viii - Words formed by prefixing one or more syllables to words ending in a double consonant, retain both consonants: as, befall, rebuff. The exceptions are, withal, annul, until; also fulfill and instill, which may be written fulfil, instil.
Page 362 - A short, sharp-pointed nail ; a rope to confine a corner of a sail, also the part of a sail to which the tack is fastened ; the course of a ship in regard to the position of her sails.— vt&i.
Page 216 - Me ltd/I an (me-rldl-an), a. At or pertaining to midday ; pertaining to the highest point attained by the sun, or the highest point of prosperity, success, etc. — n. Midday ; noon ; culmination ; a great circle of the earth, passing through the poles and any given place.
Page 201 - Lime (lim), n. Oxide of calcium ; a caustic substance (quicklime) obtained by calcining limestone or shells, and used, when slacked or wet, as an ingredient of cement, plaster, mortar, etc. — pt To treat or manure with lime ; to cement. Lime'kiln
Page v - J ( = dzh): for g, as In gem, giant; for gi and ge, as in religion, pigeon : for di, as in soldier ; for dg, as in knowledge.
Page 205 - A rhomb; a figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles ; a small cake of sugar, etc.
Page vi - ... buzz. § 4. A consonant standing at the end of a word immediately after a diphthong or double vowel is never doubled. The words ail, peat, haul, door,
Page 317 - A section ; a portion ; a part cut off from a geometrical figure by a line or plane ; esp., that part of a circle contained between a chord and an arc of that circle.