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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... tion ; grief uttered in complaints or cries . We , long ere our approaching , heard within Noise , other than the sound of dance , or song ! Torment , and loud lament , and furious rage . Milton . The loud laments arise Of one distress ...
... tion ; grief uttered in complaints or cries . We , long ere our approaching , heard within Noise , other than the sound of dance , or song ! Torment , and loud lament , and furious rage . Milton . The loud laments arise Of one distress ...
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... tion ; commission ; embassy . After a legation , ad res repetendas , and a refu- sal and a denunciation or indiction of a war , the war is no more contined to the place of the qua- rel , but is left at large . Bacon . In attiring , the ...
... tion ; commission ; embassy . After a legation , ad res repetendas , and a refu- sal and a denunciation or indiction of a war , the war is no more contined to the place of the qua- rel , but is left at large . Bacon . In attiring , the ...
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... tion of the haggard , and the two sorts of lentners . Walton's Angler . LENTOR . n . s . [ lentor , Lat . lenteur , Fr. ] 1. Tenacity ; viscosity . LENTOUS . adj . [ lentus , Latin . ) Viscous ; tenacious ; capable to be drawn out . In ...
... tion of the haggard , and the two sorts of lentners . Walton's Angler . LENTOR . n . s . [ lentor , Lat . lenteur , Fr. ] 1. Tenacity ; viscosity . LENTOUS . adj . [ lentus , Latin . ) Viscous ; tenacious ; capable to be drawn out . In ...
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... tion . Licence they mean when they ery liberty . Milton . 6. Leave ; permission . I shall take the liberty to consider a third ground , which , with some men , has the same authority . Locke . LIBIDINOus . n . s . [ libidinosus , Latin ...
... tion . Licence they mean when they ery liberty . Milton . 6. Leave ; permission . I shall take the liberty to consider a third ground , which , with some men , has the same authority . Locke . LIBIDINOus . n . s . [ libidinosus , Latin ...
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... tion in the firmament , whereby the declination of the sun , and the latitude of the stars , change from time to time . Astronomers likewise as- cribe to the moon a libratory motion , or motion of trepidation , which they pretend is ...
... tion in the firmament , whereby the declination of the sun , and the latitude of the stars , change from time to time . Astronomers likewise as- cribe to the moon a libratory motion , or motion of trepidation , which they pretend is ...
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