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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... Prior . 2. Requiring labour ; tiresome ; not easy . Do'st thou love watchings , abstinence , and toil , Laborious virtueş all ? learn them from Cato . Addison . LABORIOUSLY . adv . [ from laborious . ] With labour ; with toil . The ...
... Prior . 2. Requiring labour ; tiresome ; not easy . Do'st thou love watchings , abstinence , and toil , Laborious virtueş all ? learn them from Cato . Addison . LABORIOUSLY . adv . [ from laborious . ] With labour ; with toil . The ...
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... Prior . I caused a fomentation to be made , and put on a laced sock , by which the weak parts were strengthened . Wiseman . At this , for new replies he did not stay , But lae'd his crested helm , and strode away . Dry . These glitt ...
... Prior . I caused a fomentation to be made , and put on a laced sock , by which the weak parts were strengthened . Wiseman . At this , for new replies he did not stay , But lae'd his crested helm , and strode away . Dry . These glitt ...
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... Prior . I saw a stage erected about a foot and a half from the ground , capable of holding four of the inhabitants , with two or three ladders to mount it . Gulliver's Travels . 2. Any thing by which one climbs . Then took she help to ...
... Prior . I saw a stage erected about a foot and a half from the ground , capable of holding four of the inhabitants , with two or three ladders to mount it . Gulliver's Travels . 2. Any thing by which one climbs . Then took she help to ...
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... Prior . 4. To scourge with satire . Could pension'd Boileau lash in honest strain , Flatt'rers and bigots ev'n in Louis ' reign . Pope . 5. To tie any thing down to the side or mast of a ship ; properly to lace . To LASH . v . n . To ...
... Prior . 4. To scourge with satire . Could pension'd Boileau lash in honest strain , Flatt'rers and bigots ev'n in Louis ' reign . Pope . 5. To tie any thing down to the side or mast of a ship ; properly to lace . To LASH . v . n . To ...
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... Prior . LAVISH . adj . [ Of this word I have been able to find no satisfactory etymo- logy . It may be plausibly derived from to lave , to throw out ; as profun- dere opes , is to be lavish . ] 1. Prodigal ; wasteful ; indiscreetly ...
... Prior . LAVISH . adj . [ Of this word I have been able to find no satisfactory etymo- logy . It may be plausibly derived from to lave , to throw out ; as profun- dere opes , is to be lavish . ] 1. Prodigal ; wasteful ; indiscreetly ...
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