The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language: A Complete Encyclopedic Lexicon, Literary, Scientific, and Technological, Volumen3Blackie & son; New-York, The Century Company, 1883 |
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... Words consisting of more than one syllable receive an accent , as the first syllable of the word labour , the second of delay , and the third of comprehension . accented syllable is the most prominent part of the word , being made so by ...
... Words consisting of more than one syllable receive an accent , as the first syllable of the word labour , the second of delay , and the third of comprehension . accented syllable is the most prominent part of the word , being made so by ...
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... word is origin- ally Teutonic or Romance . ] 1. A thin narrow board or slip of wood that is nailed to the rafters of a building to support the tiles or covering . - 2 . A thin narrow slip of wood that is nailed to the studs to support ...
... word is origin- ally Teutonic or Romance . ] 1. A thin narrow board or slip of wood that is nailed to the rafters of a building to support the tiles or covering . - 2 . A thin narrow slip of wood that is nailed to the studs to support ...
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... word . ] 1. Unnatural sleepiness ; morbid drowsiness ; continued or profound sleep , from which a person can scarcely be awaked . 2. Dulness ; inaction ; inattention . Europe lay then under a deep lethargy . Atterbury . Lethargy ( leth ...
... word . ] 1. Unnatural sleepiness ; morbid drowsiness ; continued or profound sleep , from which a person can scarcely be awaked . 2. Dulness ; inaction ; inattention . Europe lay then under a deep lethargy . Atterbury . Lethargy ( leth ...
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... words , their derivation and sig- nification ; that branch of learning which treats of the proper signification and just application of words . Lexicon ( leks'i - kon ) , n . [ Gr . lexikon , from lexis , a speaking , speech , a word ...
... words , their derivation and sig- nification ; that branch of learning which treats of the proper signification and just application of words . Lexicon ( leks'i - kon ) , n . [ Gr . lexikon , from lexis , a speaking , speech , a word ...
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... words ; not figuratively ; as , a man and his wife cannot be literally one flesh . ( b ) With close ad- herence to words ; word by word ; exactly ; as , the prophecy has been literally accom- plished . So wild and ungovernable a poet ...
... words ; not figuratively ; as , a man and his wife cannot be literally one flesh . ( b ) With close ad- herence to words ; word by word ; exactly ; as , the prophecy has been literally accom- plished . So wild and ungovernable a poet ...
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