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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... Brown . LACTARY . . s . [ lactarium , Lat . ] A dairy - house . LACTATION , n . s . [ lacto , Lat . ] The act or time of giving suck . LA CTEAL . adj . [ from lac , Lat . ] Milky ; conveying chyle of the colour of milk . As the food ...
... Brown . LACTARY . . s . [ lactarium , Lat . ] A dairy - house . LACTATION , n . s . [ lacto , Lat . ] The act or time of giving suck . LA CTEAL . adj . [ from lac , Lat . ] Milky ; conveying chyle of the colour of milk . As the food ...
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... Brown's Vulg . Errours . The right to Pluto's golden palace guides , The left to that unhappy region tends , Which to the depth of Tartarus descends . Dryd . The gods of greater nations dwell around , And , on the right and left , the ...
... Brown's Vulg . Errours . The right to Pluto's golden palace guides , The left to that unhappy region tends , Which to the depth of Tartarus descends . Dryd . The gods of greater nations dwell around , And , on the right and left , the ...
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... brown , almost whitish , resinous , fragrant , and acrid it is the tree which produces mastich , esteemed astringent and bal- samick . Hill . LENTOUS . adj . [ lentus , Latin . ] Viscous ; tenacious ; capable to be drawn out . In this ...
... brown , almost whitish , resinous , fragrant , and acrid it is the tree which produces mastich , esteemed astringent and bal- samick . Hill . LENTOUS . adj . [ lentus , Latin . ] Viscous ; tenacious ; capable to be drawn out . In this ...
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... Brown . ment . The clavicle is inserted into the first bone of the sternon , and bound in by a strong ligamentous membrane . LIGATION . n . s . [ ligatio , Latin . ] 1. The act of binding . 2. The state of being bound . Wiseman . The ...
... Brown . ment . The clavicle is inserted into the first bone of the sternon , and bound in by a strong ligamentous membrane . LIGATION . n . s . [ ligatio , Latin . ] 1. The act of binding . 2. The state of being bound . Wiseman . The ...
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... Brown . LIPPED . adj . [ from lip . ] Having lips . LIPPITUDE . n . s . [ lippitude , Fr. lippitudo , Latin . ] Blearedness of eyes . Diseases that are infectious are , such as are in the spirits and not so much in the humours , and ...
... Brown . LIPPED . adj . [ from lip . ] Having lips . LIPPITUDE . n . s . [ lippitude , Fr. lippitudo , Latin . ] Blearedness of eyes . Diseases that are infectious are , such as are in the spirits and not so much in the humours , and ...
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