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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... pass their lives on shore . LANDLORD . n . s . [ land and lord . ] 1. One who owns lands or houses , and has tenants ... passes over one pleasing prospect for another . Addison . 2. A picture , representing an extent of space , with the ...
... pass their lives on shore . LANDLORD . n . s . [ land and lord . ] 1. One who owns lands or houses , and has tenants ... passes over one pleasing prospect for another . Addison . 2. A picture , representing an extent of space , with the ...
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... pass . kent . [ lanan , Saxon ; lernen , Dutch . ] 1. To afford or supply , on condition of repayment . In common worldly things ' tis call'd ungrateful With dull unwillingness to pay a debt , Which , with a bounteous hand , was kindly ...
... pass . kent . [ lanan , Saxon ; lernen , Dutch . ] 1. To afford or supply , on condition of repayment . In common worldly things ' tis call'd ungrateful With dull unwillingness to pay a debt , Which , with a bounteous hand , was kindly ...
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... pass the time of sleep . The watchful traveller , Mark . That by the moon's mistaken light did rise , Lay down again , and clos'd his weary eyes . Dryden . Forlorn he must , and persecuted fie ; Climb the steep mountain , in the cavern ...
... pass the time of sleep . The watchful traveller , Mark . That by the moon's mistaken light did rise , Lay down again , and clos'd his weary eyes . Dryden . Forlorn he must , and persecuted fie ; Climb the steep mountain , in the cavern ...
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... pass too soon , and con- tract no ligaturs . Mortimer's Husbandry . LIGHT . n . s . [ leoht , Saxon . ] 1. That material medium of sight ; that body by which we see ; luminous mat- ter . Light is propagated from luminous bodies in time ...
... pass too soon , and con- tract no ligaturs . Mortimer's Husbandry . LIGHT . n . s . [ leoht , Saxon . ] 1. That material medium of sight ; that body by which we see ; luminous mat- ter . Light is propagated from luminous bodies in time ...
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... pass Rhene , or the Danaw , when her barbarous sons Came like a deluge on the south . Milton . T LOITER . v . n . [ loteren , Dutch . ] To linger ; to spend time carelessly ; to idle . Sir John , you loiter here too long , being you are ...
... pass Rhene , or the Danaw , when her barbarous sons Came like a deluge on the south . Milton . T LOITER . v . n . [ loteren , Dutch . ] To linger ; to spend time carelessly ; to idle . Sir John , you loiter here too long , being you are ...
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