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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... fall aptly . Camden . 2. A degree in Spanish universities . A man might , after that time , sue for the de- gree of licentiate or master in this faculty . Ayliffe . TO LICENTIATE . v . a . [ licentier , Fr. ] To permit ; to encourage by ...
... fall aptly . Camden . 2. A degree in Spanish universities . A man might , after that time , sue for the de- gree of licentiate or master in this faculty . Ayliffe . TO LICENTIATE . v . a . [ licentier , Fr. ] To permit ; to encourage by ...
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... Fall asleep , or hearing die . Shakspeare . 24. To LIE down . To rest ; to go into a state of repose . The leopard shall lie down with the kid . Isaiah . Isaiab . The needy shall lie doren in safety . 25. To LIE down . To sink into the ...
... Fall asleep , or hearing die . Shakspeare . 24. To LIE down . To rest ; to go into a state of repose . The leopard shall lie down with the kid . Isaiah . Isaiab . The needy shall lie doren in safety . 25. To LIE down . To sink into the ...
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... fall in any particular direction : with on . The wounded steed curvets ; and rais'd up- right , Lights on his feet before ; his hoofs behind Spring up in air aloft , and lash the wind . Dryd . 3. To fall ; to strike on : with on . He at ...
... fall in any particular direction : with on . The wounded steed curvets ; and rais'd up- right , Lights on his feet before ; his hoofs behind Spring up in air aloft , and lash the wind . Dryd . 3. To fall ; to strike on : with on . He at ...
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... fall to LOGGERHEADS . To scuffle ; to O go to LOGGERHEADS . To weapons . } Tight without A couple of travellers that took up an ass , fell to loggerheads which should be his master . L'Estrange . LOGGERHEADED . adj . [ from loggerhead ...
... fall to LOGGERHEADS . To scuffle ; to O go to LOGGERHEADS . To weapons . } Tight without A couple of travellers that took up an ass , fell to loggerheads which should be his master . L'Estrange . LOGGERHEADED . adj . [ from loggerhead ...
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... looseness by contraction of the skin and outward parts . Bacon . In pestilent diseases , if they cannot be ex- pelled by sweat , they fall likewise into looseness . Bacon . If he were dead , what would betide of me LOO LOO.
... looseness by contraction of the skin and outward parts . Bacon . In pestilent diseases , if they cannot be ex- pelled by sweat , they fall likewise into looseness . Bacon . If he were dead , what would betide of me LOO LOO.
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