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, Volume 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805 - English language |
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... Arbuthnot . LA CERATIVE . adj . [ from lacerate . ] Tear ing ; having the power to tear . Some depend upon the intemperament of the part ulcerated , others upon the continual afflux of lacerative humours . Harvey on Consumptions . LA ...
... Arbuthnot . LA CERATIVE . adj . [ from lacerate . ] Tear ing ; having the power to tear . Some depend upon the intemperament of the part ulcerated , others upon the continual afflux of lacerative humours . Harvey on Consumptions . LA ...
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... Arbuthnot . LACTEOUS . adj . [ lacteus . ] Lat . 1. Milky . Though we leave out the lacteous circle , yet are there more by four than Philo mentions . Brown . 2. Lacteal ; conveying chyle . The lungs are suitable for respiration , and ...
... Arbuthnot . LACTEOUS . adj . [ lacteus . ] Lat . 1. Milky . Though we leave out the lacteous circle , yet are there more by four than Philo mentions . Brown . 2. Lacteal ; conveying chyle . The lungs are suitable for respiration , and ...
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... Arbuthnot . The species brought by land - carriage were much better than those which came to Egypt by Arbuthnot . sea . 4. Ground ; surface of the place . Un- usual . Beneath his steely casque he felt the blow , And roll'd with limbs ...
... Arbuthnot . The species brought by land - carriage were much better than those which came to Egypt by Arbuthnot . sea . 4. Ground ; surface of the place . Un- usual . Beneath his steely casque he felt the blow , And roll'd with limbs ...
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... Arbuthnot . 2. Want of matter ; thinness ; poverty . The poor king Reignier , whose large style Agrees not with the leanness of his purse . Shakspeare . To LEAP . V. n . [ hleapan , Saxon ; loup , Scottish . ] 1. To jump ; to move ...
... Arbuthnot . 2. Want of matter ; thinness ; poverty . The poor king Reignier , whose large style Agrees not with the leanness of his purse . Shakspeare . To LEAP . V. n . [ hleapan , Saxon ; loup , Scottish . ] 1. To jump ; to move ...
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... Arbuthnot was yclept . Gay's Pastor . 2. A kind of small water serpent , which fastens on animals , and sucks the blood : it is used to draw blood where the lancet is less safe , whence perhaps the name . I drew blood by leeches behind ...
... Arbuthnot was yclept . Gay's Pastor . 2. A kind of small water serpent , which fastens on animals , and sucks the blood : it is used to draw blood where the lancet is less safe , whence perhaps the name . I drew blood by leeches behind ...
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