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 is too often written launch : it is only a vocal corruption of lance . ] To dart ; to cast as a lance ; to throw ; to let fly . See whose arm can lanch the surer bolt , And who's the better Jove . Dryden and Lee . Me , only me ...
... word is too often written launch : it is only a vocal corruption of lance . ] To dart ; to cast as a lance ; to throw ; to let fly . See whose arm can lanch the surer bolt , And who's the better Jove . Dryden and Lee . Me , only me ...
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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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... word seems formed from the same root with loisir , French , or loose . ] Flimsy ; of weak texture . Not in use . He never leaveth , while the sense itself be left loose and lasy . Ascham's Schoolmaster . LEATHER . N. s . [ leden , Saxon ...
... word seems formed from the same root with loisir , French , or loose . ] Flimsy ; of weak texture . Not in use . He never leaveth , while the sense itself be left loose and lasy . Ascham's Schoolmaster . LEATHER . N. s . [ leden , Saxon ...
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... words . Commentators and lexicographers acquainted with the Syriac language , have given these hints in their writings ... word would analogically be lier ; but this orthogra- phy has prevailed , and the convenience of distinction from ...
... words . Commentators and lexicographers acquainted with the Syriac language , have given these hints in their writings ... word would analogically be lier ; but this orthogra- phy has prevailed , and the convenience of distinction from ...
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