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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... ; inattention . Academical disputation gives vigour and brisk- ness to the mind thus exercised , and relieves the languor of private study and meditation . Waits . 3. Softness ; laxity . To isles of fragrance , LAN LAN.
... ; inattention . Academical disputation gives vigour and brisk- ness to the mind thus exercised , and relieves the languor of private study and meditation . Waits . 3. Softness ; laxity . To isles of fragrance , LAN LAN.
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... ness ; nimbleness ; quickness . Not in use . When the mind is quicken'd , The organs though defunct and dead before , Break up their drowsy grave , and newly move With casted slough and fresh legerity . Shaksp LEGGED . adj . ( from leg ...
... ness ; nimbleness ; quickness . Not in use . When the mind is quicken'd , The organs though defunct and dead before , Break up their drowsy grave , and newly move With casted slough and fresh legerity . Shaksp LEGGED . adj . ( from leg ...
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... ness of your grace ; for trouble being gone , com- fort should remain . Shakspeare . It is safer to stand upon our guard against an enemy in the likeness of a friend , than to em- brace any man for a friend in the likeness of an enemy ...
... ness of your grace ; for trouble being gone , com- fort should remain . Shakspeare . It is safer to stand upon our guard against an enemy in the likeness of a friend , than to em- brace any man for a friend in the likeness of an enemy ...
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... ness ; purity . LIMPINGLY . adv . [ from limp . ] In a lame halting manner . LIMY . adj . [ from lime . ] 1. Viscous ; glutinous . Striving more , the more in laces strong Himself he tied , and wrapt his winges twain In limy snares the ...
... ness ; purity . LIMPINGLY . adv . [ from limp . ] In a lame halting manner . LIMY . adj . [ from lime . ] 1. Viscous ; glutinous . Striving more , the more in laces strong Himself he tied , and wrapt his winges twain In limy snares the ...
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... ness or extreme comminution of spirits ; the two first may be joined with a nature liquefiable , the last not . Bacon . 7 LIQUEFY . v . a . [ liquefier , Fr. lique- facio , Lat . ] To melt ; to dissolve . That degree of heat which is in ...
... ness or extreme comminution of spirits ; the two first may be joined with a nature liquefiable , the last not . Bacon . 7 LIQUEFY . v . a . [ liquefier , Fr. lique- facio , Lat . ] To melt ; to dissolve . That degree of heat which is in ...
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