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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... French . ] 1. One who is employed in coarse and toilsome work . If a state run most to noblemen and gentle- men , and that the husbandmen be but as their Himself he tied , and wrapt his winges twain In limy snares , the subtil loops ...
... French . ] 1. One who is employed in coarse and toilsome work . If a state run most to noblemen and gentle- men , and that the husbandmen be but as their Himself he tied , and wrapt his winges twain In limy snares , the subtil loops ...
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... French lamper , and was repeated at the end of each couplet at carousals . Trev . ] A personal satire ; abuse ; censure written not to reform but vex . They say my talent is satire ; if so , it is a fruitful age ; they have sown the ...
... French lamper , and was repeated at the end of each couplet at carousals . Trev . ] A personal satire ; abuse ; censure written not to reform but vex . They say my talent is satire ; if so , it is a fruitful age ; they have sown the ...
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... French ; lin- gua , Latin . ] 1. Human speech . We may define language , if we consider it more materially , to be letters , forming and pro- ducing words and sentences ; but if we consider it according to the design thereof , then ...
... French ; lin- gua , Latin . ] 1. Human speech . We may define language , if we consider it more materially , to be letters , forming and pro- ducing words and sentences ; but if we consider it according to the design thereof , then ...
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... French ; from lard . ) The room where meat is kept or salted . This similitude is not borrowed of the larder house , but out of the school house . Ascham . Flesh is ill kept in a room that is not cool ; whereas in a cool and wet larder ...
... French ; from lard . ) The room where meat is kept or salted . This similitude is not borrowed of the larder house , but out of the school house . Ascham . Flesh is ill kept in a room that is not cool ; whereas in a cool and wet larder ...
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... French ; late- ralis , Latin . ] 1. Growing out on the side ; belonging to the side . Why may they not spread their lateral branches till their distance from the centre of gravity depress them ? Ray The smallest vessels , which carry ...
... French ; late- ralis , Latin . ] 1. Growing out on the side ; belonging to the side . Why may they not spread their lateral branches till their distance from the centre of gravity depress them ? Ray The smallest vessels , which carry ...
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