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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... land . Mortimer . LIM LIMEKILN . n . s . [ lime and kiln . ] Kiln where stones are burnt to lime . The counter gate is as hateful to me , as the reek of a lime - kiln . Shakspeare . They were found in a lime - kiln , and having passed ...
... land . Mortimer . LIM LIMEKILN . n . s . [ lime and kiln . ] Kiln where stones are burnt to lime . The counter gate is as hateful to me , as the reek of a lime - kiln . Shakspeare . They were found in a lime - kiln , and having passed ...
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... land . Brown's Vulgar Errours . They esteemed this natural melancholick aci- dity to be the limous or slimy fœculent part of Floyer . the blood . LIMP . adj . [ limpio , Italian . ] 1. Vapid ; weak . Not in use . The chub eats waterish ...
... land . Brown's Vulgar Errours . They esteemed this natural melancholick aci- dity to be the limous or slimy fœculent part of Floyer . the blood . LIMP . adj . [ limpio , Italian . ] 1. Vapid ; weak . Not in use . The chub eats waterish ...
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... born to his loss . Ecclesiasticus . The abatement of price of any of the land- holder's commodities , lessens his income , and is a clear loss . Locke . 2. Miss ; privation . Less of Eden , till one greater man Restore it LOS LOS.
... born to his loss . Ecclesiasticus . The abatement of price of any of the land- holder's commodities , lessens his income , and is a clear loss . Locke . 2. Miss ; privation . Less of Eden , till one greater man Restore it LOS LOS.
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... land . Pope To MADDEN , V. a . To make mad . Such madning draughts of beauty , As for a while o'erwhelm'd his raptur'd thought . Thomson . MADDER . n . 5. [ madene , Sax . ] A plant .. The flower of the madder consists of one single ...
... land . Pope To MADDEN , V. a . To make mad . Such madning draughts of beauty , As for a while o'erwhelm'd his raptur'd thought . Thomson . MADDER . n . 5. [ madene , Sax . ] A plant .. The flower of the madder consists of one single ...
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... land ; Methinks I should not thus be led along , Mail'd up in shame , with papers on my back . Shakspeare . To MAIM ... lands . Dryd . Whilst they have busied themselves in various K 1 Pope . learning , they have been wanting in MAİ ΜΑΙ.
... land ; Methinks I should not thus be led along , Mail'd up in shame , with papers on my back . Shakspeare . To MAIM ... lands . Dryd . Whilst they have busied themselves in various K 1 Pope . learning , they have been wanting in MAİ ΜΑΙ.
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