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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... Locke . LA CTEAL . n . 5. The vessel that conveys chyle . The mouths of the lacteals may permit ali- ment , acrimonious or not sufficiently attenuated , to enter in people of lax constitutions , whereas their sphincters will shut ...
... Locke . LA CTEAL . n . 5. The vessel that conveys chyle . The mouths of the lacteals may permit ali- ment , acrimonious or not sufficiently attenuated , to enter in people of lax constitutions , whereas their sphincters will shut ...
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... Locke . LAND - JOBBER . n . s . [ land and job . ] One who buys and sells lands for other men . If your master be a minister of state , let him be at home to none but land - jobbers , or inventors of new funds . Swift . LANDGRAVE . n ...
... Locke . LAND - JOBBER . n . s . [ land and job . ] One who buys and sells lands for other men . If your master be a minister of state , let him be at home to none but land - jobbers , or inventors of new funds . Swift . LANDGRAVE . n ...
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... Locke . LA'STINGLY . adv . [ from lasting . ] Per- petually ; durably . LA'STINGNESS . n . s . [ from lasting . ] rableness ; continuance . Du- All more lasting than beautiful , but that the consideration of the exceeding lastingness ...
... Locke . LA'STINGLY . adv . [ from lasting . ] Per- petually ; durably . LA'STINGNESS . n . s . [ from lasting . ] rableness ; continuance . Du- All more lasting than beautiful , but that the consideration of the exceeding lastingness ...
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... Locke . 1. To put into any state of quiet . They bragged , that they doubted not but to abuse , and lay asleep , the queen and council of England . Bacon . 12. To calm ; to still ; to quiet ; to allay . Friends , loud tumults are not ...
... Locke . 1. To put into any state of quiet . They bragged , that they doubted not but to abuse , and lay asleep , the queen and council of England . Bacon . 12. To calm ; to still ; to quiet ; to allay . Friends , loud tumults are not ...
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... Locke . 25. To impute ; to charge . Preoccupied with what You rather must do , than what you should do , Made you against the grain to voice him consul , Lay the fault on us . Shakspeare . How shall this bloody deed be answered ? It ...
... Locke . 25. To impute ; to charge . Preoccupied with what You rather must do , than what you should do , Made you against the grain to voice him consul , Lay the fault on us . Shakspeare . How shall this bloody deed be answered ? It ...
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