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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... 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 language is apt signs ...
... 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 language is apt signs ...
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... Latin . ] 1. Praise ; honour paid ; celebration . Doubtless , O guest , great laud and praise were mine , Reply'd the swain , for spotless faith divine : If , after social rites , and gifts bestow'd , I stain'd my hospitable hearth with ...
... Latin . ] 1. Praise ; honour paid ; celebration . Doubtless , O guest , great laud and praise were mine , Reply'd the swain , for spotless faith divine : If , after social rites , and gifts bestow'd , I stain'd my hospitable hearth with ...
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... Latin . ] Sluggishness ; slowness . Dict . LINTNER . n . s . A kind of hawk . I should enlarge my discourse to the observa- tion of the haggard , and the two sorts of lentners . Walton's Angler . LENTOR . n . s . [ lentor , Lat ...
... Latin . ] Sluggishness ; slowness . Dict . LINTNER . n . s . A kind of hawk . I should enlarge my discourse to the observa- tion of the haggard , and the two sorts of lentners . Walton's Angler . LENTOR . n . s . [ lentor , Lat ...
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... Latin . ] Draught of a line or lines . There are in the horney ground two white lineations , with two of a pale red . Woodward . LINEN . n.s. [ linum , Latin . ] Cloth made of hemp or flax . Here is a basket , he may creep in ; throw ...
... Latin . ] Draught of a line or lines . There are in the horney ground two white lineations , with two of a pale red . Woodward . LINEN . n.s. [ linum , Latin . ] Cloth made of hemp or flax . Here is a basket , he may creep in ; throw ...
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... Latin . ] Full of tongue ; loquacious ; talkative . LINGUADE NTAL . adj . [ lingua and dens , Latin . ] Uttered by the joint action of the tongue and teeth . The linguadentals , f , v , as also the linguaden- tals , th , dh , he will ...
... Latin . ] Full of tongue ; loquacious ; talkative . LINGUADE NTAL . adj . [ lingua and dens , Latin . ] Uttered by the joint action of the tongue and teeth . The linguadentals , f , v , as also the linguaden- tals , th , dh , he will ...
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