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 3 |
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( from the noun . ] To act of tearing or rending ; the breach sinear over with lacker . made by tearing . What shook the stage , and made the people stare ? The effects are , extension of the great vessels , Cato's long wig , flower'd ...
( from the noun . ] To act of tearing or rending ; the breach sinear over with lacker . made by tearing . What shook the stage , and made the people stare ? The effects are , extension of the great vessels , Cato's long wig , flower'd ...
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v.a. [ from the noun . ] In vain , for no Deiphobus was there . real or metaphorical . Thy gentle eyes send forth a quick'ning spirit , 1. To pierce ; to cut . And feed the dying lamp of lite within me . With his prepared sword he ...
v.a. [ from the noun . ] In vain , for no Deiphobus was there . real or metaphorical . Thy gentle eyes send forth a quick'ning spirit , 1. To pierce ; to cut . And feed the dying lamp of lite within me . With his prepared sword he ...
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To LAPSE , V.K. ( from the noun . ] LA'RCENY . n . s . [ larcin , Fr. latrocinium , 1. To glide slowly ; to fall by degrees . Lat . ] Petty theft . This disposition to shorten our words , by re- Those laws would be very unjust ...
To LAPSE , V.K. ( from the noun . ] LA'RCENY . n . s . [ larcin , Fr. latrocinium , 1. To glide slowly ; to fall by degrees . Lat . ] Petty theft . This disposition to shorten our words , by re- Those laws would be very unjust ...
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I am liable to be charged that I latinize to The god who frights away , much . Dryder With his lath sword , the thieves and birds of prey . Dryden . TO LA'TINIZE . v . n . To give nanes TO LATH . v.a. ( latter , Fr. from the noun . ] ...
I am liable to be charged that I latinize to The god who frights away , much . Dryder With his lath sword , the thieves and birds of prey . Dryden . TO LA'TINIZE . v . n . To give nanes TO LATH . v.a. ( latter , Fr. from the noun . ] ...
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( from the noun . ] To krn beretih weitere lng siihence fore- bind ; to hold in a string . Tara : , se the riserable times wtiereunto we Then should the warlike trarry , like himself , are talon siculi abund . Hooker .
( from the noun . ] To krn beretih weitere lng siihence fore- bind ; to hold in a string . Tara : , se the riserable times wtiereunto we Then should the warlike trarry , like himself , are talon siculi abund . Hooker .
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| Title | 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 3 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, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 7 Sep 2006 |
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