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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... Dutch . ] The couch of a boar , or wild beast . Out of the ground uprose , As from his lair , the wild beast , where he wons In forest wild , in thicket , brake or den . Milton . But range the forest by the silver side Of some cool ...
... Dutch . ] The couch of a boar , or wild beast . Out of the ground uprose , As from his lair , the wild beast , where he wons In forest wild , in thicket , brake or den . Milton . But range the forest by the silver side Of some cool ...
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... Dutch . ] 1. A region ; the prospect of a country . Lovely seem'd , That landscape ! and of pure , now purer air , Meets his approach . Milton Milton . The sun scarce uprisen , Shot parallel to th ' earth his dewy ray , Discovering in ...
... Dutch . ] 1. A region ; the prospect of a country . Lovely seem'd , That landscape ! and of pure , now purer air , Meets his approach . Milton Milton . The sun scarce uprisen , Shot parallel to th ' earth his dewy ray , Discovering in ...
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... Dutch . ] 1. Loose ; not filled up ; not stiffened out ; not fat ; not plump ; slender . The commons hast thou rack'd ; the clergy's bags Are lank and lean with thy extortions , Shaksp . Name not Winterface , whose skin's slack , Lank ...
... Dutch . ] 1. Loose ; not filled up ; not stiffened out ; not fat ; not plump ; slender . The commons hast thou rack'd ; the clergy's bags Are lank and lean with thy extortions , Shaksp . Name not Winterface , whose skin's slack , Lank ...
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... Dutch ; laccio , Ítal . ] A catch of a door moved by a string , or a handle . Gay's Pastorals . The latch mov'd up . Then comes rosy health from her cottage of thatch , Where never physician had lifted the latch . Smart . To LATCH . v ...
... Dutch ; laccio , Ítal . ] A catch of a door moved by a string , or a handle . Gay's Pastorals . The latch mov'd up . Then comes rosy health from her cottage of thatch , Where never physician had lifted the latch . Smart . To LATCH . v ...
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... Dutch ; lach , Scottish . ] 1. To make that noise which sudden merriment excites . You saw my master wink and laugh upon you . Shakspeare There's one did laugh in ' s sleep , and one cried , Murther ! They wak'd each other ...
... Dutch ; lach , Scottish . ] 1. To make that noise which sudden merriment excites . You saw my master wink and laugh upon you . Shakspeare There's one did laugh in ' s sleep , and one cried , Murther ! They wak'd each other ...
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