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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... Sidney's work for the boundary , beyond which I make few excurfions . From the authors which rofe in the time of Elizabeth , a fpeech might be formed adequate to all the purposes of use and ele- gance . If the language of theology were ...
... Sidney's work for the boundary , beyond which I make few excurfions . From the authors which rofe in the time of Elizabeth , a fpeech might be formed adequate to all the purposes of use and ele- gance . If the language of theology were ...
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... Sidney . 2. Bustle ; tumult ; business . Locke . 3. More tumult and show of bufinefs , than the affair is worth . L'Eftrange . ADOLESCENCE . f . [ adolefcentia , Lat . ] The age fucceeding childhood , and fucceeded by puberty . Bentley ...
... Sidney . 2. Bustle ; tumult ; business . Locke . 3. More tumult and show of bufinefs , than the affair is worth . L'Eftrange . ADOLESCENCE . f . [ adolefcentia , Lat . ] The age fucceeding childhood , and fucceeded by puberty . Bentley ...
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... Sidney . ASSAPA'NICK .. The flying squirrel . ASSA'RT . f . [ essart , Fr. ] An offence commit- ted in the foreft , by plucking up woods by the roots . Corvell . ASSA'SSIN . 2. [ affafin , Fr. ] A murder- ASSASSINATE . er ; one that ...
... Sidney . ASSAPA'NICK .. The flying squirrel . ASSA'RT . f . [ essart , Fr. ] An offence commit- ted in the foreft , by plucking up woods by the roots . Corvell . ASSA'SSIN . 2. [ affafin , Fr. ] A murder- ASSASSINATE . er ; one that ...
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... Sidney , Prior , Watts . A'WKWARDNESS . f . [ from awkward . ] In- elegance ; want of gentility . Watts . AWL . S. [ æle , ale , Sax . ] A pointed instrument to bore holes . Mortimer . A'WLESS . a . [ from aque , and the negative kefs ...
... Sidney , Prior , Watts . A'WKWARDNESS . f . [ from awkward . ] In- elegance ; want of gentility . Watts . AWL . S. [ æle , ale , Sax . ] A pointed instrument to bore holes . Mortimer . A'WLESS . a . [ from aque , and the negative kefs ...
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... Sidney . 2. A Turkish punishment of beating an offender on his feet . } TO BASTINADE . 2 v . a . [ from the noun ; TO BASTINADO . baftonner , Fr. ] To beat . Arbuthnot . BASTION .. [ baftion Fr. ] a huge mafs of earth , ufually faced ...
... Sidney . 2. A Turkish punishment of beating an offender on his feet . } TO BASTINADE . 2 v . a . [ from the noun ; TO BASTINADO . baftonner , Fr. ] To beat . Arbuthnot . BASTION .. [ baftion Fr. ] a huge mafs of earth , ufually faced ...
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