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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... head , and the other at the feet , where the body of Jesus had lain . John . Boyle . The parcels had lain by before they were opened , between four and five years . LAIR . n . s . [ lai , in French , signifies a wild sow , or a forest ...
... head , and the other at the feet , where the body of Jesus had lain . John . Boyle . The parcels had lain by before they were opened , between four and five years . LAIR . n . s . [ lai , in French , signifies a wild sow , or a forest ...
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... head resembling that of a cow , and two short feet , with which it creeps on the shallows and rocks to get food ; but has no fins : the flesh is com- monly eaten . Bailey . LAMINA . n . s . ( Lat . ) Thin plate ; one coat laid over ...
... head resembling that of a cow , and two short feet , with which it creeps on the shallows and rocks to get food ; but has no fins : the flesh is com- monly eaten . Bailey . LAMINA . n . s . ( Lat . ) Thin plate ; one coat laid over ...
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... head ? Dryden . s . [ from the verb . ] Soft LA'NGUISH . n . 5 . appearance . And the blue languish of soft Allia's eye . Pope . - Then forth he walks , Beneath the trembling languish of her beam , • With soften'd soul . Thomson's ...
... head ? Dryden . s . [ from the verb . ] Soft LA'NGUISH . n . 5 . appearance . And the blue languish of soft Allia's eye . Pope . - Then forth he walks , Beneath the trembling languish of her beam , • With soften'd soul . Thomson's ...
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... head , And gave her to his daughters to imbathe In nectar'd lavers strew'd with asphodil . Milton . LA'NKNESS . n.s. [ from lank . ] Want of plumpness . LANNER . N.S. [ lanier , Fr.lannarius , Lat . ] A species of hawk . LA'NSQUENET , n ...
... head , And gave her to his daughters to imbathe In nectar'd lavers strew'd with asphodil . Milton . LA'NKNESS . n.s. [ from lank . ] Want of plumpness . LANNER . N.S. [ lanier , Fr.lannarius , Lat . ] A species of hawk . LA'NSQUENET , n ...
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... head or commander . Would you lead forth your army against the enemy , and seek him where he is to fight ? Spenser . He turns head against the lion's armed jaws ; And being no more in debt to years than thou , Leads antient lords , and ...
... head or commander . Would you lead forth your army against the enemy , and seek him where he is to fight ? Spenser . He turns head against the lion's armed jaws ; And being no more in debt to years than thou , Leads antient lords , and ...
Common terms and phrases
Addison Æneid Ainsworth Arbuthnot Atterbury Bacon Ben Jonson Bentley bird blood body Boyle Brown called cause church chyle Clarendon colour death Dict doth Dryd Dryden Dutch earth Ecclesiasticus eyes fair Fairy Queen father fire French give Glanville hand hast hath heart heav'n honour Hooker Hudibras kind king L'Estrange labour laid land Latin leave light live Locke look loose lord low Latin Maccabees matter means Milt Milton mind Mortimer motion mouth nature ness never night noun o'er optick pain pass passion peace person plant Pope pow'r prince Prior publick Saxon sense Shaks Shaksp Shakspeare shew Sidney soul South Spenser spirit stone sweet Swift Tatler thee thing thou thought Tillotson tion tongue tree unto v. a. mis verb Waller Watts word Wotton young