The Imperial dictionary, on the basis of Webster's English dictionary, Volumen11882 |
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... formerly prevailed is some- what difficult to decide . In Anglo - Saxon the letter a represented at least two princi- pal sounds , a shorter and a longer ( the latter often marked with an accent ) . The shorter was no doubt similar in ...
... formerly prevailed is some- what difficult to decide . In Anglo - Saxon the letter a represented at least two princi- pal sounds , a shorter and a longer ( the latter often marked with an accent ) . The shorter was no doubt similar in ...
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... formerly or still to some extent in use in Holland and various coun- tries of northern Europe , usually containing about 30 gals . more or less . Aardvark ( ärd'värk ) , n . [ D. aarde , earth , and varken , a pig . ] The ground - hog ...
... formerly or still to some extent in use in Holland and various coun- tries of northern Europe , usually containing about 30 gals . more or less . Aardvark ( ärd'värk ) , n . [ D. aarde , earth , and varken , a pig . ] The ground - hog ...
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... formerly applied , especially in the Eastern church , to monks , superiors of monks , and other ecclesiastics . In the Syriac , Coptic , and Ethiopic Churches it is given to the bishops , who in turn be- stow it , by way of distinction ...
... formerly applied , especially in the Eastern church , to monks , superiors of monks , and other ecclesiastics . In the Syriac , Coptic , and Ethiopic Churches it is given to the bishops , who in turn be- stow it , by way of distinction ...
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... formerly strung and employed as beads for rosaries , necklaces , & c . Its root is used in the West Indies as liquorice is with us . Abscess ( ab'ses ) , n . [ L. abscessus , a going away , and in medical language an abscess , from ...
... formerly strung and employed as beads for rosaries , necklaces , & c . Its root is used in the West Indies as liquorice is with us . Abscess ( ab'ses ) , n . [ L. abscessus , a going away , and in medical language an abscess , from ...
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... formerly used of one who joined a piratical expedition ; to turn pirate : probably from the parties sharing as in a commercial ven- ture . I hope it is no new thing for gentlemen of fortune who are going on the account , to change a ...
... formerly used of one who joined a piratical expedition ; to turn pirate : probably from the parties sharing as in a commercial ven- ture . I hope it is no new thing for gentlemen of fortune who are going on the account , to change a ...
Términos y frases comunes
acid action allied ammonia anapestic anat ancient angle animals anti antimony arch argali arms attached axis Bacon Bailey ball belonging birds body called cause Chaucer chiefly church colour common comp consisting containing court Dryden England English feet fishes flowers formerly fruit G. C. Lewis genus genus of plants give Goth Greek hence Icel kind land larvæ leaves Lord Macaulay manner means ment metal metron Milton molluscs name given native nature Naut noun object one's opposed origin ornament person Pertaining Pope Prefix priv produced Rare resembling root Scotch Scotland Scots law sense Shak ship side sometimes species Spenser stamens star stone substance taining Tennyson term applied thing thou tion tree v. t. pret verb vessel word
Pasajes populares
Página 183 - In darkness, and with dangers compassed round And solitude ; yet not alone while thou £ Visit'st my slumbers nightly, or when morn Purples the east : still govern thou my song, Urania, and fit audience find, though few...
Página 180 - Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he...
Página 43 - The eternal regions. Lowly reverent Towards either throne they bow, and to the ground With solemn adoration down they cast Their crowns inwove with amarant and gold ; Immortal amarant, a flower which once In Paradise fast by the tree of life Began to bloom ; but soon for man's offence To heaven removed, where first it grew, there grows, And flowers aloft shading the fount of life...
Página 191 - ... little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, — in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.
Página 198 - At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. *Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.
Página 151 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats; For I am armed so strong in honesty, That they pass by me as the idle wind, Which I respect not.
Página 42 - And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
Página 52 - But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
Página 132 - Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Página 123 - O good old man ; how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world, When service sweat for duty, not for meed...