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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... Woodward . The larger here , and there the lesser lambs , The new - fall'n young herd bleating for their dams . Pope . LESSER . adv . [ formed by corruption from less . ] Some say he's mad ; others , that lesser hate Do call it valiant ...
... Woodward . The larger here , and there the lesser lambs , The new - fall'n young herd bleating for their dams . Pope . LESSER . adv . [ formed by corruption from less . ] Some say he's mad ; others , that lesser hate Do call it valiant ...
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... Woodward . LIGHT . adv . [ for lightly , by colloquial corruption . ] Lightly ; cheaply . Shall we set light by that custom of reading , from whence so precious a benefit hath grown ? Hooker . To LIGHT . V. a . [ from the noun . ] 1. To ...
... Woodward . LIGHT . adv . [ for lightly , by colloquial corruption . ] Lightly ; cheaply . Shall we set light by that custom of reading , from whence so precious a benefit hath grown ? Hooker . To LIGHT . V. a . [ from the noun . ] 1. To ...
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... Woodward . The brook that purls along The vocal grove , now fretting o'er a rock , Gently diffus'd into a limpid plain . Thomson , LIMPIDNESS . n . s . [ from limpid . ] Clear- ness ; purity . LIMPINGLY . adv . [ from limp . ] In a lame ...
... Woodward . The brook that purls along The vocal grove , now fretting o'er a rock , Gently diffus'd into a limpid plain . Thomson , LIMPIDNESS . n . s . [ from limpid . ] Clear- ness ; purity . LIMPINGLY . adv . [ from limp . ] In a lame ...
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... Woodward . LINEATION . n . s . [ lineatio , from linea , 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 ...
... Woodward . LINEATION . n . s . [ lineatio , from linea , 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 ...
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... Woodward . LIQUEFACTION . n . s . [ liquefactio , Lat . liquefaction , Fr. ] The act of melting ; the state of being melted . Heat dissolveth and melteth bodies that keep in their spirits , as in divers liquefactions ; and so doth time ...
... Woodward . LIQUEFACTION . n . s . [ liquefactio , Lat . liquefaction , Fr. ] The act of melting ; the state of being melted . Heat dissolveth and melteth bodies that keep in their spirits , as in divers liquefactions ; and so doth time ...
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