A new universal etymological technological, and pronouncing dictionary of the English language, 1. köideHenry George Collins, 1848 |
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... sense ) ; bost down ; to bring low ; to humble . ABATOIR - ABBREVIATOR . and placed in front of ramparts , to prevent assail- ints from mounting the walls . ABATOIR , ab'a - twawr , 8. ( French . ) A general slaughter - house for cattle ...
... sense ) ; bost down ; to bring low ; to humble . ABATOIR - ABBREVIATOR . and placed in front of ramparts , to prevent assail- ints from mounting the walls . ABATOIR , ab'a - twawr , 8. ( French . ) A general slaughter - house for cattle ...
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... sense or sound reason ; opposed to manifest truth . Absurdum , or reductio ad absur- dum , a Latin phrase used in geometry to denote a mode of demonstration , in which the truth of a proposition is demonstrated , not by a direct proof ...
... sense or sound reason ; opposed to manifest truth . Absurdum , or reductio ad absur- dum , a Latin phrase used in geometry to denote a mode of demonstration , in which the truth of a proposition is demonstrated , not by a direct proof ...
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... sense is primary or secondary - it is poster or less , as in the word ac'la - ma ” shun , ma ng the primary , ac the secondary . When an accent is placed on a vowel , it has its long name ad , as in recent ; when placed on a consonant ...
... sense is primary or secondary - it is poster or less , as in the word ac'la - ma ” shun , ma ng the primary , ac the secondary . When an accent is placed on a vowel , it has its long name ad , as in recent ; when placed on a consonant ...
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... sense ) ; the meaning or sense in which a word or expression is understood or generally received ; reception in general , whether good or bad . - Not used in this sense . ACCEPTER , ak - sep'tur , s . One who accepts . An ACCEPTOR ...
... sense ) ; the meaning or sense in which a word or expression is understood or generally received ; reception in general , whether good or bad . - Not used in this sense . ACCEPTER , ak - sep'tur , s . One who accepts . An ACCEPTOR ...
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... sense , as , the adhesion of iron to the magnet , the adherence of a partizan . In Physics , that tendency by which two bodies are attached to one another , in virtue of the power of attraction , when they are placed in contact . In ...
... sense , as , the adhesion of iron to the magnet , the adherence of a partizan . In Physics , that tendency by which two bodies are attached to one another , in virtue of the power of attraction , when they are placed in contact . In ...
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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