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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... 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 eke liberal . Spenser . Sparing would ...
... 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 eke liberal . Spenser . Sparing would ...
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... mean , when they cry liberty . Milton . The privilege that ancient poets claim , Now turn'd to license by too just a name . Roscom . Though this be a state of liberty , yet it is not a state of licence ; though man , in that state ...
... mean , when they cry liberty . Milton . The privilege that ancient poets claim , Now turn'd to license by too just a name . Roscom . Though this be a state of liberty , yet it is not a state of licence ; though man , in that state ...
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... mean lampblack . There was no link to colour Peter's hat . Shakspeare , To LINK . v . a . [ from the noun . ] 1. To complicate ; as , the links of a chain . Descending tread us down , Thus drooping ; or with linked thunderbolts Transfix ...
... mean lampblack . There was no link to colour Peter's hat . Shakspeare , To LINK . v . a . [ from the noun . ] 1. To complicate ; as , the links of a chain . Descending tread us down , Thus drooping ; or with linked thunderbolts Transfix ...
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... means and causes of our happiness . Tillotson . 6. To unite or concatenate in a regular series of consequences . These ... mean ; of different and unsuitable parts . Hudibras . A lawless linseywoolsie brother , Half of one order , half ...
... means and causes of our happiness . Tillotson . 6. To unite or concatenate in a regular series of consequences . These ... mean ; of different and unsuitable parts . Hudibras . A lawless linseywoolsie brother , Half of one order , half ...
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... Mean ; low born ; bred on the dung- hil . I pray you now remembrance on the lousy knave mine host . A lousy knave , to have his gibes and his mocke- Shakspeare . ries , LOUT . n . s . [ loete , Dutch . Mr. Lye . ] A mean awkward fellow ...
... Mean ; low born ; bred on the dung- hil . I pray you now remembrance on the lousy knave mine host . A lousy knave , to have his gibes and his mocke- Shakspeare . ries , LOUT . n . s . [ loete , Dutch . Mr. Lye . ] A mean awkward fellow ...
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