A New School Dictionary of the English Language: Embracing a Carefully Prepared Vocabulary of Words in Popular Use, Together with Tables Exhibiting the Pronunciation of Ancient and Modern Bibliographical and Geographical Names, Scripture Proper Names, Christian Names, &c., &cJ.B. Lippincott, 1908 - 391 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 9
... given to u thus situated by all the principal orthoepists . Y , at the end of a word , preceded by a conso- nant , is commonly pronounced short and indis- tinct , like indistinct e ; as , policy , palpably , lately , colony , & c . The ...
... given to u thus situated by all the principal orthoepists . Y , at the end of a word , preceded by a conso- nant , is commonly pronounced short and indis- tinct , like indistinct e ; as , policy , palpably , lately , colony , & c . The ...
Σελίδα 12
... given to n in many words , when this letter precedes k , c or g hard , qu , or x . It is accurately expressed as it is writ- ten , when g follows n at the end of a word , as king , hany ; but in other cases the sound of g is interposed ...
... given to n in many words , when this letter precedes k , c or g hard , qu , or x . It is accurately expressed as it is writ- ten , when g follows n at the end of a word , as king , hany ; but in other cases the sound of g is interposed ...
Σελίδα 21
... Given up ; cor- rupted in a high degree ; very wicked . - SYN . Vicious ; corrupt ; profligate ; flagitious . 4 - băn dọn - měnt , n The act of abandoning ; the state of being abandoned . [ low . A - base ' , v . a . To humble ; to ...
... Given up ; cor- rupted in a high degree ; very wicked . - SYN . Vicious ; corrupt ; profligate ; flagitious . 4 - băn dọn - měnt , n The act of abandoning ; the state of being abandoned . [ low . A - base ' , v . a . To humble ; to ...
Σελίδα 23
... given in knighting . Ac - com'mo - date , v . a . To supply ; to fit ; to adjust . Ac - com'mo - dat - ing , a . Willing to oblige ; dis- posed to be kind . 4c - com - mo - da'tion , n . Provision of conveni- ences ; fitness ...
... given in knighting . Ac - com'mo - date , v . a . To supply ; to fit ; to adjust . Ac - com'mo - dat - ing , a . Willing to oblige ; dis- posed to be kind . 4c - com - mo - da'tion , n . Provision of conveni- ences ; fitness ...
Σελίδα 27
... given to a person from some event or illustrious action . Ag - nos'tic , n . One who neither affirms nor de- nies , but declares his ignorance . Agnus De'i ( L. " Lamb of God " ) , n . ( Eccl . ) A figure of a lamb bearing the cross . A ...
... given to a person from some event or illustrious action . Ag - nos'tic , n . One who neither affirms nor de- nies , but declares his ignorance . Agnus De'i ( L. " Lamb of God " ) , n . ( Eccl . ) A figure of a lamb bearing the cross . A ...
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accent ancient animal Ba'al Belonging bird body Capable cloth coin color cubic cubic centimetre daughter denotes diphthong disease Dry Measure female fish flower fruit Gold grain Greek horse instrument interj Jupiter kind king Latin Latin Union letter manner mark measure medicine metal Milrei mollusk musical ness noise Noting ornament Për person Pertaining piece plant prep Priam pron quadruped Relating resembling ship short shrub soft sort sound species stone stringed instrument substance syllable thin thing tion tree TRIPHTHONGS Trojan war v. a. imp v. a. To bring v. a. To call v. a. To cover v. a. To form v. a. To give v. a. To lay v. a. To put v. a. To take v. n. To grow v. n. To move versed vessel vowel Want wind woman wood words
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Σελίδα 387 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard...
Σελίδα 378 - Edinburgh MRCVS . . Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons MRI . . Member of the Royal Institution MRIA . . Member of the Royal Irish Academy...
Σελίδα 375 - Bachelor of Arts. Bart, or Bt., Baronet. BC, Before Christ. BCL, Bachelor of Civil Law. BD, Bachelor of Divinity.
Σελίδα 382 - Three. IV, Four. V, Five. VI, Six. VII, Seven. VIII, Eight. IX, Nine. X, Ten. XI, Eleven. XII, Twelve.' XIII, Thirteen. XIV, Fourteen. XV, Fifteen. XVI, Sixteen. XVII, Seventeen. XVIII, Eighteen. XIX, Nineteen. XX, Twenty. XXX, Thirty. XL, Forty. L, Fifty. LX, Sixty. LXX, Seventy. LXXX, Eighty. XC, Ninety. C, One hundred.
Σελίδα 383 - The sign of division is written thus, -7-, and, placed between two numbers or quantities, shows that the one on the left is to be divided by the one on the right.
Σελίδα 8 - The sound of e is generally suppressed in the preterites of verbs, and in participles, in ed, when the e is not preceded by d or t ; as feared, praised, tossed, &c., pronounced feard, praisd, tost.
Σελίδα 369 - A husbandman, but afterward king of Phrygia, remarkable for tying a knot of cords, on which the empire of Asia depended, in so intricate a manner, that Alexander, unable to unravel it, cut it asunder.
Σελίδα 372 - Clymenc,who asked the guidance of his father's chariot for one day, as a proof of his divine descent ; but unable to manage the horses, set the world on fire, and was therefore struck by Jupiter with a thunderbolt into the river Po.
Σελίδα 386 - The length of a pendulum beating seconds in a vacuum at the level of the sea in the latitude of London.
Σελίδα 379 - ... qe, quod est, which is QED, quod erat demonstrandum, which was to be demonstrated QEF, quod erat faciendum, which was to be done...