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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... fair water is suddenly poured upon the solution . Boyle on Colours . LACTE SCENT . adj . [ lactescens , Lat . ] Pro- ducing milk , or a white juice . Amongst the pot - herbs are some lactescent plants , as lettuce and endive , which ...
... fair water is suddenly poured upon the solution . Boyle on Colours . LACTE SCENT . adj . [ lactescens , Lat . ] Pro- ducing milk , or a white juice . Amongst the pot - herbs are some lactescent plants , as lettuce and endive , which ...
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... fair , open newel , and a fair landing - place at the top . Bacon . The landing - place is the uppermost step of a pair of stairs , viz . the floor of the room you ascend Moxon . upon . There is a stair - case that strangers are gene ...
... fair , open newel , and a fair landing - place at the top . Bacon . The landing - place is the uppermost step of a pair of stairs , viz . the floor of the room you ascend Moxon . upon . There is a stair - case that strangers are gene ...
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... fair Lavinia , thy surviving wife Shall breed in groves , to lead a solitary life . 1. One that leads , or conducts . 2. Captain ; commander . In my tent I'll draw the form and model of our battle , Limit each leader to his several ...
... fair Lavinia , thy surviving wife Shall breed in groves , to lead a solitary life . 1. One that leads , or conducts . 2. Captain ; commander . In my tent I'll draw the form and model of our battle , Limit each leader to his several ...
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... fair influence Foster'd , illumin'd , cherish'd , kept alive . Shaksp . And since this business so far fair is done , Let us not leave till all our own be won . Shaksp . He began at the eldest , and left at the youngest . Genesis . 2 ...
... fair influence Foster'd , illumin'd , cherish'd , kept alive . Shaksp . And since this business so far fair is done , Let us not leave till all our own be won . Shaksp . He began at the eldest , and left at the youngest . Genesis . 2 ...
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... fair blessing we vouchsafe to send ; Nor can we spare you long , though often we may Dryden . lend . To afford ; to grant in general . Covetousness , like the sea , receives the tribute of all rivers , tho . gh far unlike it in lending ...
... fair blessing we vouchsafe to send ; Nor can we spare you long , though often we may Dryden . lend . To afford ; to grant in general . Covetousness , like the sea , receives the tribute of all rivers , tho . gh far unlike it in lending ...
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