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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... side . Tasser's Husbandry . A stroke of satire ; a sarcasm . The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well . L'Estrange To LASH . v . a . [ from the noun . ] 1. To strike with any thing pliant ...
... side . Tasser's Husbandry . A stroke of satire ; a sarcasm . The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well . L'Estrange To LASH . v . a . [ from the noun . ] 1. To strike with any thing pliant ...
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... side of a double door . Swift . The two leaves of the one door were folding . 1 Kings . 4. Any thing foliated , or thinly beaten . Eleven ounces two pence sterling ought to be of so pure silver , as is called leaf silver , and then the ...
... side of a double door . Swift . The two leaves of the one door were folding . 1 Kings . 4. Any thing foliated , or thinly beaten . Eleven ounces two pence sterling ought to be of so pure silver , as is called leaf silver , and then the ...
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... side which is opposite to the wind , as the lee shore is that the wind blows on . To be under the lee of the shore ... side . Dryden . A may side , so that she will make little or no LEC ...
... side which is opposite to the wind , as the lee shore is that the wind blows on . To be under the lee of the shore ... side . Dryden . A may side , so that she will make little or no LEC ...
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... side , so that she will make little or no way . Dict . If we , in the bay of Biscay , had had a port un- der our ler , that we might have kept our trans- porting ships with our men of war , we had taken the Indian fleet . Raleigh . The ...
... side , so that she will make little or no way . Dict . If we , in the bay of Biscay , had had a port un- der our ler , that we might have kept our trans- porting ships with our men of war , we had taken the Indian fleet . Raleigh . The ...
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... side , The pilot knew not how to guide . LEFT . The participle preter . of leave . Alas , poor lady ! desolate and ... side , whereby custom helpeth ; for we see , that some are left - handed , which are such as have used the left hand ...
... side , The pilot knew not how to guide . LEFT . The participle preter . of leave . Alas , poor lady ! desolate and ... side , whereby custom helpeth ; for we see , that some are left - handed , which are such as have used the left hand ...
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