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 . Jobn . The parcels had lain by before they were opened , between four and five years . Boyle . 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 . Jobn . The parcels had lain by before they were opened , between four and five years . Boyle . 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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... heads to sea , their sterns to Land , And greet with greedy joy th ' Italian strand . Dryden . 3. It is often used in composition , as opposed to sea . The princes delighting their conceits with con- firming their knowledge , seeing ...
... heads to sea , their sterns to Land , And greet with greedy joy th ' Italian strand . Dryden . 3. It is often used in composition , as opposed to sea . The princes delighting their conceits with con- firming their knowledge , seeing ...
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... head ? Dryden . LANGUISH . n . s . [ from the verb . ] Soft 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 Spring ...
... head ? Dryden . LANGUISH . n . s . [ from the verb . ] Soft 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 Spring ...
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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 ...
... 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 ...
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