A dictionary of the English language. Abstracted from the folio ed., by the author. To which is prefixed, an English grammar. To this ed. are added, a history of the English language [&c.].1768 |
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... Dryden . AUCTIONIER . f . [ from auction . ] The perfon that manages an auction . AUCTIVE . 4. [ from au & us , Lat . ] Of an in- creafing quality . AUCUPATION . S. [ aucupatio , Lat . ] Fowling bird - catching . ; AUDACIOUS . a ...
... Dryden . AUCTIONIER . f . [ from auction . ] The perfon that manages an auction . AUCTIVE . 4. [ from au & us , Lat . ] Of an in- creafing quality . AUCUPATION . S. [ aucupatio , Lat . ] Fowling bird - catching . ; AUDACIOUS . a ...
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... Dryden . To BACK . . a . 1. To mount a horse . Shakefp . 2. To break a horse . Rofcommon . 3. To place upon the back . Shakefp . 4. To maintain ; to ftrengthen . South . 3. To justify ; to fup- port . Boyle . 6. To fecond . Dryden . TO ...
... Dryden . To BACK . . a . 1. To mount a horse . Shakefp . 2. To break a horse . Rofcommon . 3. To place upon the back . Shakefp . 4. To maintain ; to ftrengthen . South . 3. To justify ; to fup- port . Boyle . 6. To fecond . Dryden . TO ...
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... Dryden . BAY . S. [ baye , Dutch . ] An opening into the land . Bacon . BAY . The fate of any thing furrounded by enemies . Swift , Thomson . BAY . . In architecture , a term used to fignify the magnitude of a building . Bays are from ...
... Dryden . BAY . S. [ baye , Dutch . ] An opening into the land . Bacon . BAY . The fate of any thing furrounded by enemies . Swift , Thomson . BAY . . In architecture , a term used to fignify the magnitude of a building . Bays are from ...
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... Dryden . 2. Having fharp prickles , as corn . Milton . 3. Barbed or jagged . Dryden . BE'ARDLESS . a . { from beard . ] 1. Without a beard , Camden . 2. Youthful . Dryden , BEARER . . [ from to bear . ] 1. A carrier of any thing . Swift ...
... Dryden . 2. Having fharp prickles , as corn . Milton . 3. Barbed or jagged . Dryden . BE'ARDLESS . a . { from beard . ] 1. Without a beard , Camden . 2. Youthful . Dryden , BEARER . . [ from to bear . ] 1. A carrier of any thing . Swift ...
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... Dryden . 2. In the front of ; not behind . Par . Left . 3. In the prefence of Dryden . 4. In fight of Shakesp . 5. Under the cognizance of . Ayliffe . 6. In the power of . Dryden . 7. By the impulse of fomething be hind . Shakefp . 8 ...
... Dryden . 2. In the front of ; not behind . Par . Left . 3. In the prefence of Dryden . 4. In fight of Shakesp . 5. Under the cognizance of . Ayliffe . 6. In the power of . Dryden . 7. By the impulse of fomething be hind . Shakefp . 8 ...
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