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... drink . Hair , of the head . Hall , a large room . Haul , to pull about . Fain , willingly . Feign , to dissemble Hart , an animal . Heart , the seat of life . Heal , to cure . Heel , of the foot 6 THE YOUNG MAN'S BEST COMPANION .
... drink . Hair , of the head . Hall , a large room . Haul , to pull about . Fain , willingly . Feign , to dissemble Hart , an animal . Heart , the seat of life . Heal , to cure . Heel , of the foot 6 THE YOUNG MAN'S BEST COMPANION .
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... foot or shoe . Hear , to hearken . Here , in this place , Heard , of the verb to hear . Herd , of cattle . Hew , to cut . Hue , shade of colour . Hugh , a man's name . Him , that man . Hymn , a holy song . Hole , a cavity . Whole , not ...
... foot or shoe . Hear , to hearken . Here , in this place , Heard , of the verb to hear . Herd , of cattle . Hew , to cut . Hue , shade of colour . Hugh , a man's name . Him , that man . Hymn , a holy song . Hole , a cavity . Whole , not ...
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... foot . Sole , of a shoe or foot ; a fish . Too , likewise , over . Soul , spirit . Sour , to rise high . Sore , a diseased part . Some , a part of . Sum , of money . Son , a male child . Sun , the luminary that takes the day . Stare ...
... foot . Sole , of a shoe or foot ; a fish . Too , likewise , over . Soul , spirit . Sour , to rise high . Sore , a diseased part . Some , a part of . Sum , of money . Son , a male child . Sun , the luminary that takes the day . Stare ...
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... foot of a word . Semicolon ( ; ) a point over the Comma . Colon ( :) two points . Period ( . ) a single point at the foot of a word . , Example of the Comma ( , ) : There is not any thing in the world , perhaps , that is more talked of ...
... foot of a word . Semicolon ( ; ) a point over the Comma . Colon ( :) two points . Period ( . ) a single point at the foot of a word . , Example of the Comma ( , ) : There is not any thing in the world , perhaps , that is more talked of ...
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... foot of the page . Several of them together denote some- thing defective in that passage of the author . + Obelisk is a mark like a dagger , and refers to the margin , as the Asterism and in dictionaries it signifies the word to be obso ...
... foot of the page . Several of them together denote some- thing defective in that passage of the author . + Obelisk is a mark like a dagger , and refers to the margin , as the Asterism and in dictionaries it signifies the word to be obso ...
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