A new universal etymological technological, and pronouncing dictionary of the English language, 1. köideHenry George Collins, 1848 |
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... ancient common law of England , if a person guilty of any felony , excepting sacrilege , fled to a parish church or churchyard for sanctuary , he might , within forty days after , go clothed in sackcloth before the coroner , confess the ...
... ancient common law of England , if a person guilty of any felony , excepting sacrilege , fled to a parish church or churchyard for sanctuary , he might , within forty days after , go clothed in sackcloth before the coroner , confess the ...
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... ancient posture of leaning at meals . ACCUMB , ak - kumb ' , v . n . ( accumbo , Lat . ) To lie at the table according to the ancient manner . ACCUMBENCY , ak - kum'ben - se , s . The act of leaning . ACCUMBENT , ak - kum'bent , a ...
... ancient posture of leaning at meals . ACCUMB , ak - kumb ' , v . n . ( accumbo , Lat . ) To lie at the table according to the ancient manner . ACCUMBENCY , ak - kum'ben - se , s . The act of leaning . ACCUMBENT , ak - kum'bent , a ...
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... ancient ceremony of presenting arms to one for his merit or valour , which laid the per- son under an obligation to defend the giver . Adoption by baptism , is the spiritual affinity which is contracted by godfathers and godchildren in ...
... ancient ceremony of presenting arms to one for his merit or valour , which laid the per- son under an obligation to defend the giver . Adoption by baptism , is the spiritual affinity which is contracted by godfathers and godchildren in ...
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... ancient Franks on the first day of the year , from the Druidical custom of cutting the misletoe on the first day of the year , and consecrating it by the cry of aguillaneuf . This day is still observed in some parts of France . AGUISE ...
... ancient Franks on the first day of the year , from the Druidical custom of cutting the misletoe on the first day of the year , and consecrating it by the cry of aguillaneuf . This day is still observed in some parts of France . AGUISE ...
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... ancient , as Aldborough . Al in the composition of words from the Latin is used for ad , as , allero , alludo , for adlero , adludo . ALA , ala , s . ( Latin , a wing . ) In Botany , a term used for the hollow which either the leaf , or ...
... ancient , as Aldborough . Al in the composition of words from the Latin is used for ad , as , allero , alludo , for adlero , adludo . ALA , ala , s . ( Latin , a wing . ) In Botany , a term used for the hollow which either the leaf , or ...
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Page 112 - For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one ; the glory equal, the- majesty coeternal.
Page 112 - Faith ; which Faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly. And the Catholic Faith is this : that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the substance.
Page 112 - WHOSOEVER will be saved : before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic Faith. Which Faith, except every one do keep whole and undefiled : without doubt he shall perish everlastingly.
Page 33 - And when thou think'st of her eternity, Think not that death against her nature is; Think it a birth : and when thou go'st to die, Sing like a swan, as if thou went'st to bliss.
Page 361 - If a right cone with a circular base be cut at right angles to the base by a plane passing through the apex, the section will be a triangle. If the cone be cut through both sides by a plane parallel to the base, the section will be a circle.
Page 132 - French bailler, to deliver, is a delivery of goods in trust, upon a contract expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed on the part of the bailee.
Page 199 - Dioecia, stamens and pistils, like the former in separate flowers, but on two separate plants. 23. Polygamia, stamens and pistils separate in some, flowers, united in others, either on one, two, or three distinct plants.
Page 33 - Have you the heart? When your head did but ache, I knit my handkerchief about your brows, (The best I had, a princess wrought it me) And I did never ask it you again ; And with my hand at midnight held your head, And, like the watchful minutes to the hour, Still and anon cheer'd up the heavy time, Saying, What lack you? and, Where lies your grief?
Page 47 - whispers through the trees': If crystal streams 'with pleasing murmurs creep,' The reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with