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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... measure ? Shaksp . Equal in days and nights , except to those Beyond the polar circles ; to them day Had unbenighted shone , while the low sun , To recompense his distance , in their sight Had rounded still th ' horizon , and not known ...
... measure ? Shaksp . Equal in days and nights , except to those Beyond the polar circles ; to them day Had unbenighted shone , while the low sun , To recompense his distance , in their sight Had rounded still th ' horizon , and not known ...
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... measure , save one of the moon , but are artificially made out of these by compounding or dividing them . Holder . 3. To compose : as , parts , materials , or ingredients . One of my fellows had the speed of him ; Who , almost dead for ...
... measure , save one of the moon , but are artificially made out of these by compounding or dividing them . Holder . 3. To compose : as , parts , materials , or ingredients . One of my fellows had the speed of him ; Who , almost dead for ...
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... measure of things necessary be made up . Hooker . Is not the lady Constance in this troop ? -I know she is not ; for this match made up , Her presence would have interrupted much . Shakspeare . On Wednesday the general account is made ...
... measure of things necessary be made up . Hooker . Is not the lady Constance in this troop ? -I know she is not ; for this match made up , Her presence would have interrupted much . Shakspeare . On Wednesday the general account is made ...
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... measure . Drayton . Mushrooms cause the incubus , or the mare in the stomach . Bacon's Nat . History . MARESCHAL . n . s . [ mareschal , Fr. de- rived by Junius from mare , the female of a horse . ] A chief commander of an army . O ...
... measure . Drayton . Mushrooms cause the incubus , or the mare in the stomach . Bacon's Nat . History . MARESCHAL . n . s . [ mareschal , Fr. de- rived by Junius from mare , the female of a horse . ] A chief commander of an army . O ...
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... measure of the worth of men as well L'Estrange . as of fishes . He that wants a vessel , rather than lose his rate . market , will not stick to have it at the market- Locke . MARKET - TOWN , n.s. A town that has the privilege of a ...
... measure of the worth of men as well L'Estrange . as of fishes . He that wants a vessel , rather than lose his rate . market , will not stick to have it at the market- Locke . MARKET - TOWN , n.s. A town that has the privilege of a ...
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