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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... Word of denial in thy labras here ; Word of denial , froth and scum thou liest . Shak . LABYRINTH . n.s. [ labyrinthus , Lat . ] A maze ; a place formed with inextricable windings . Suffolk , stay ; Thou may'st not wander in that ...
... Word of denial in thy labras here ; Word of denial , froth and scum thou liest . Shak . LABYRINTH . n.s. [ labyrinthus , Lat . ] A maze ; a place formed with inextricable windings . Suffolk , stay ; Thou may'st not wander in that ...
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... word . Locke . LATIN . N. S. An exercise practised by schoolboys , who turn English into La- tin . In learning ... words and phrases , that he might the better deviate from vulgar and ordinary expressions . LA'TINIST . n . s ...
... word . Locke . LATIN . N. S. An exercise practised by schoolboys , who turn English into La- tin . In learning ... words and phrases , that he might the better deviate from vulgar and ordinary expressions . LA'TINIST . n . s ...
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... word I have been able to find no satisfactory etymo- logy . It may be plausibly derived from to lave , to throw out ; as profun- dere opes , is to be lavish . ] 1. Prodigal ; wasteful ; indiscreetly liberal . His jolly brother ...
... word I have been able to find no satisfactory etymo- logy . It may be plausibly derived from to lave , to throw out ; as profun- dere opes , is to be lavish . ] 1. Prodigal ; wasteful ; indiscreetly liberal . His jolly brother ...
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In which the Words are Deduced from Their Originals, and Illustrated in Their Different Significations, by Examples ... word : Dividebantur antiqui Saxones , ut testatur Nithardus , in tres ordines ; Edhilingos , Frilingos & Lazzos ...
In which the Words are Deduced from Their Originals, and Illustrated in Their Different Significations, by Examples ... word : Dividebantur antiqui Saxones , ut testatur Nithardus , in tres ordines ; Edhilingos , Frilingos & Lazzos ...
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... word . Then sell to thy profit both butter and cheese , Who buieth it sooner the more he shall leese . Tusser . No cause , nor client fat , will Chev'ril leese , But as they come on both sides he takes fees ; And pleaseth both for while ...
... word . Then sell to thy profit both butter and cheese , Who buieth it sooner the more he shall leese . Tusser . No cause , nor client fat , will Chev'ril leese , But as they come on both sides he takes fees ; And pleaseth both for while ...
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Addison Æneid Ainsworth Arbuthnot Atterbury Bacon Ben Jonson Bentley bird blood body Boyle Brown called cause church chyle Clarendon colour death Dict doth Dryd Dryden Dutch earth Ecclesiasticus eyes fair Fairy Queen father fire French give Glanville hand hast hath heart heav'n honour Hooker Hudibras kind king L'Estrange labour laid land Latin leave light live Locke look loose lord low Latin Maccabees matter means Milt Milton mind Mortimer motion mouth nature ness never night noun o'er optick pain pass passion peace person plant Pope pow'r prince Prior publick Saxon sense Shaks Shaksp Shakspeare shew Sidney soul South Spenser spirit stone sweet Swift Tatler thee thing thou thought Tillotson tion tongue tree unto v. a. mis verb Waller Watts word Wotton young