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 3 |
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[ icboureur , French . ] Himself he tied , and wrapt his winges twain 1. One who is employed in coarse and In limy snares , the subtil loops among . Spens . toilsome work . 2. A snare ; a gin . If a stare run most to noblemen and ...
[ icboureur , French . ] Himself he tied , and wrapt his winges twain 1. One who is employed in coarse and In limy snares , the subtil loops among . Spens . toilsome work . 2. A snare ; a gin . If a stare run most to noblemen and ...
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LANGUAGE . n . s . , ( langage , French ; lin . The troops with hate inspir'd , gua , Latin . ) Their darts with clamour at a distance drive , 1. Human speech . And only keep the languish'd war alive . Dryden .
LANGUAGE . n . s . , ( langage , French ; lin . The troops with hate inspir'd , gua , Latin . ) Their darts with clamour at a distance drive , 1. Human speech . And only keep the languish'd war alive . Dryden .
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It does not belong to this place to have the Swearing by heaven ; the poets thi : k this nopoint debated at large . Watts thing , theirplays are so much larded withit.Collier . LA'RDER . n . s . [ lardier , old French ; from LARGELY ...
It does not belong to this place to have the Swearing by heaven ; the poets thi : k this nopoint debated at large . Watts thing , theirplays are so much larded withit.Collier . LA'RDER . n . s . [ lardier , old French ; from LARGELY ...
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[ lateral , French ; late- Such as will lather cold with soap . Barnard ralis , Latin . ] TO LA'THER . J. a . To cover with foam 1. Growing out on the side ; belonging of water and soap . to the side . LA'THER . n . s .
[ lateral , French ; late- Such as will lather cold with soap . Barnard ralis , Latin . ] TO LA'THER . J. a . To cover with foam 1. Growing out on the side ; belonging of water and soap . to the side . LA'THER . n . s .
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[ leton , French ; latoen , More . Dutch ; lattwn , Welsh . ] Brass ; a mixLATITA'TION . 11 , s . ( from larito , Latin . ) ture of copper and calaminaris stone . The state of lying concealed .
[ leton , French ; latoen , More . Dutch ; lattwn , Welsh . ] Brass ; a mixLATITA'TION . 11 , s . ( from larito , Latin . ) ture of copper and calaminaris stone . The state of lying concealed .
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| Title | 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 3 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, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 7 Sep 2006 |
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