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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... trees fall off the leaves at autumn ; and if not kept back by cold , would leef about the solstice . Brown . LEAFLESS . adj . [ from leaf . ] Naked of leaves . Bare honesty , without some other adornment , being looked on as a leafless tree ...
... trees fall off the leaves at autumn ; and if not kept back by cold , would leef about the solstice . Brown . LEAFLESS . adj . [ from leaf . ] Naked of leaves . Bare honesty , without some other adornment , being looked on as a leafless tree ...
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... tree that bears lemons . Thomson . The lemon tree hath large stiff leaves ; the flower consists of many leaves , which expand in form of a rose : the fruit is almost of an oval fi- gure , and divided into several cells , in which are ...
... tree that bears lemons . Thomson . The lemon tree hath large stiff leaves ; the flower consists of many leaves , which expand in form of a rose : the fruit is almost of an oval fi- gure , and divided into several cells , in which are ...
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... trees weep amber on the banks of Po , While by our oaks the precious loads are born , And realms commanded which those trees adorn . Pope . 7. Before a thing in the passive voice , let implies command . Let not the objects which ought ...
... trees weep amber on the banks of Po , While by our oaks the precious loads are born , And realms commanded which those trees adorn . Pope . 7. Before a thing in the passive voice , let implies command . Let not the objects which ought ...
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... trees after they be of some growth , and thereby letting forth gum or tears . Bacon . Hudibras . And if I knew which way to do't , Your honour safe , I'd let you out . The letting out our love to mutable objects doth but enlarge our ...
... trees after they be of some growth , and thereby letting forth gum or tears . Bacon . Hudibras . And if I knew which way to do't , Your honour safe , I'd let you out . The letting out our love to mutable objects doth but enlarge our ...
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... trees and shrubs near home , for bees to pitch on at their swarming , that they may not be in danger of being lost for want of a lighting place . Mortimer's Husbandry . To LIGHTEN . v . n . [ lit , ligt , Saxon . ] 1. To flash , with ...
... trees and shrubs near home , for bees to pitch on at their swarming , that they may not be in danger of being lost for want of a lighting place . Mortimer's Husbandry . To LIGHTEN . v . n . [ lit , ligt , Saxon . ] 1. To flash , with ...
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