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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... stone wall , the space of twenty - four paces fran it , will be beaten into a thin plate . 2. Heavy ; unwilling ... stones . Ben Jonson . LE ADWORT . n . s . [ plumbago . ] A plant . LEAF . n . s . leaves , plural . " [ leaf , Ċ axon ...
... stone wall , the space of twenty - four paces fran it , will be beaten into a thin plate . 2. Heavy ; unwilling ... stones . Ben Jonson . LE ADWORT . n . s . [ plumbago . ] A plant . LEAF . n . s . leaves , plural . " [ leaf , Ċ axon ...
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... stones of the field ; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee . Job . Go break thy league with Baasha ... stone that was used to be erected at the end of every league . Camden . 2. A measure of length , containing three ...
... stones of the field ; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee . Job . Go break thy league with Baasha ... stone that was used to be erected at the end of every league . Camden . 2. A measure of length , containing three ...
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... stone for a week , receives from this fine sentence . Tillotson . As a man should always be upon his guard against the vices to which he is most exposed , so we should take a more than ordinary care not LIEGER . n.s. [ more properly ...
... stone for a week , receives from this fine sentence . Tillotson . As a man should always be upon his guard against the vices to which he is most exposed , so we should take a more than ordinary care not LIEGER . n.s. [ more properly ...
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... stone , that we are to understand by it in general any stone that , upon a proper degree of heat , becomes a white calx , which will make a great ebullition and noise on being thrown into water , falling into a loose white powder at the ...
... stone , that we are to understand by it in general any stone that , upon a proper degree of heat , becomes a white calx , which will make a great ebullition and noise on being thrown into water , falling into a loose white powder at the ...
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... stone , whereby Helenus the pro- LITHONTRI PTICK . n . s . [ os and prow ; phet foretold the destruction of Troy . Brown . lithontriptique , Fr. ] Any medicine pro- per to dissolve the stone in the kidneys LITHO TOMIST . n . s . [ os ...
... stone , whereby Helenus the pro- LITHONTRI PTICK . n . s . [ os and prow ; phet foretold the destruction of Troy . Brown . lithontriptique , Fr. ] Any medicine pro- per to dissolve the stone in the kidneys LITHO TOMIST . n . s . [ os ...
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