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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... tongue of one nation as distinct from others . O ! good my lord , no Latin ; I am not such a truant since my coming , As not to know the language I have liv'd in . Shakspeare . He not from Rome alone , but Greece , Like Jason , brought ...
... tongue of one nation as distinct from others . O ! good my lord , no Latin ; I am not such a truant since my coming , As not to know the language I have liv'd in . Shakspeare . He not from Rome alone , but Greece , Like Jason , brought ...
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... tongue . The dogs by the river Nilus ' side being thirsty , lap hastily as they run along the shore . Digby . They had soups served up in broad dishes , and so the fox fell to lapping himself , and bade his guest heartily welcome . L ...
... tongue . The dogs by the river Nilus ' side being thirsty , lap hastily as they run along the shore . Digby . They had soups served up in broad dishes , and so the fox fell to lapping himself , and bade his guest heartily welcome . L ...
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... tongue do Shakspeare . curse . And how in fields the lapwing Tereus reigns , The warbling nightingale in woods complains . Dryden . LAPWORK . n . s . [ lap and work . ] Work in which one part is interchangeably wrapped over the other ...
... tongue do Shakspeare . curse . And how in fields the lapwing Tereus reigns , The warbling nightingale in woods complains . Dryden . LAPWORK . n . s . [ lap and work . ] Work in which one part is interchangeably wrapped over the other ...
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... tongue , before the pharynx . Quincy . There are thirteen muscles for the motion of the five cartilages of the larynx . Der bam . LASCI VIENT . adj . [ lasciviens , Latin . ] Frolicksome ; wantoning . LASCIVIOUS . adj . [ lascivus ...
... tongue , before the pharynx . Quincy . There are thirteen muscles for the motion of the five cartilages of the larynx . Der bam . LASCI VIENT . adj . [ lasciviens , Latin . ] Frolicksome ; wantoning . LASCIVIOUS . adj . [ lascivus ...
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... Tongue . To LAUD . v . a . [ laudo , Lat . ] To praise ; to celebrate . O thou almighty and eternal Creator , having considered the heavens the work of thy fingers , the moon and the stars which thou hast ordain- ed , with all the ...
... Tongue . To LAUD . v . a . [ laudo , Lat . ] To praise ; to celebrate . O thou almighty and eternal Creator , having considered the heavens the work of thy fingers , the moon and the stars which thou hast ordain- ed , with all the ...
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