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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... Bentley . LACTE SCENCE . n . s . [ lactesco , Lat . ] Ten- dency to milk , or milky colour . This factescence does commonly ensue , when wine , being impregnated with gums , or other vegetable concretions , that abound with sulphu ...
... Bentley . LACTE SCENCE . n . s . [ lactesco , Lat . ] Ten- dency to milk , or milky colour . This factescence does commonly ensue , when wine , being impregnated with gums , or other vegetable concretions , that abound with sulphu ...
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... Bentley . And fire their languid souls with Cato's virtue . Addison . LANGUIDLY.adv . [ from languid . ] Weak- ly ; feebly . The menstruum work'd as languidly upon the coral as it did before . Boyle . LANGUIDNESS . n . s . [ from ...
... Bentley . And fire their languid souls with Cato's virtue . Addison . LANGUIDLY.adv . [ from languid . ] Weak- ly ; feebly . The menstruum work'd as languidly upon the coral as it did before . Boyle . LANGUIDNESS . n . s . [ from ...
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... Bentley LARGESS . n . s . [ largesse , French . ] A pre- sent ; a gift ; a bounty . Our coffers with too great a court , And liberal largess , are grown somewhat light . Shakspeare He assigned two thousand ducats , for a bount to me and ...
... Bentley LARGESS . n . s . [ largesse , French . ] A pre- sent ; a gift ; a bounty . Our coffers with too great a court , And liberal largess , are grown somewhat light . Shakspeare He assigned two thousand ducats , for a bount to me and ...
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... Bentley . LAUDABLE . adj . [ laudabilis , Latin . ] 1. Praiseworthy ; commendable . I'm in this earthly world , where to do harm Is often laudable ; but to do good , sometime Accounted dang'rous folly . Shaksp . Macbeth . Affectation ...
... Bentley . LAUDABLE . adj . [ laudabilis , Latin . ] 1. Praiseworthy ; commendable . I'm in this earthly world , where to do harm Is often laudable ; but to do good , sometime Accounted dang'rous folly . Shaksp . Macbeth . Affectation ...
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... Bentley . 2. Contrariety to rigorous precision ; as , laxity of expression . 3. Looseness ; not costiveness . If sometimes it cause any laxity , it is in the same way with iron unprepared , which will dis- turb some bodies , and work by ...
... Bentley . 2. Contrariety to rigorous precision ; as , laxity of expression . 3. Looseness ; not costiveness . If sometimes it cause any laxity , it is in the same way with iron unprepared , which will dis- turb some bodies , and work by ...
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