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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... Latin . ] 1. Praise ; honour paid ; celebration . Doubtless , O guest , great laud and praise were mine , Reply'd ... low - laid mouths each mounting billow laves , Deep in her draught , and warlike in her length , She seems a sea - wasp ...
... Latin . ] 1. Praise ; honour paid ; celebration . Doubtless , O guest , great laud and praise were mine , Reply'd ... low - laid mouths each mounting billow laves , Deep in her draught , and warlike in her length , She seems a sea - wasp ...
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... low Latin . ] 1. The fruit of the lemon - tree . The juice of lemons is inore cooling and astrin- gent than that of ... poor kindred , or a wanting friend . Dry . 2. To suffer to be used on condition that it be restored . 3 . I'll lend ...
... low Latin . ] 1. The fruit of the lemon - tree . The juice of lemons is inore cooling and astrin- gent than that of ... poor kindred , or a wanting friend . Dry . 2. To suffer to be used on condition that it be restored . 3 . I'll lend ...
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... Latin ; liberal , French . ] 1. Not mean ; not low in birth ; not low in mind . 2. Becoming a gentleman . 3. Munificent ; generous ; bountiful ; not parsimonious . Her name was Mercy , well - known over all , To be both gracious , and ...
... Latin ; liberal , French . ] 1. Not mean ; not low in birth ; not low in mind . 2. Becoming a gentleman . 3. Munificent ; generous ; bountiful ; not parsimonious . Her name was Mercy , well - known over all , To be both gracious , and ...
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... Latin . ] To poise ; to balance ; to hold in equipoise . LIBRATION . n . s . [ libratio , Lat . libration , French ... low Lat . ] 1. A man who uses license . Not in use . Wotton . The licentiates somewhat licentiously , lest they should ...
... Latin . ] To poise ; to balance ; to hold in equipoise . LIBRATION . n . s . [ libratio , Lat . libration , French ... low Lat . ] 1. A man who uses license . Not in use . Wotton . The licentiates somewhat licentiously , lest they should ...
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... low Latin . ] 1. Bound by some feudal tenure ; sub- ject : whence liegeman for subject . 2. Sovereign . [ This signification seems to have accidentally risen from the for- mer , the lord of lige men , being by mis- take called liege ...
... low Latin . ] 1. Bound by some feudal tenure ; sub- ject : whence liegeman for subject . 2. Sovereign . [ This signification seems to have accidentally risen from the for- mer , the lord of lige men , being by mis- take called liege ...
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