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A smaller English dictionary - Página 247
por John Ogilvie - 1872 - 472 páginas
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A Popular and Complete English Dictionary,: I-Z

John Boag - 1848 - 744 páginas
...bruised with a pestle. A short piece of ordnance, used for throwing bombs.— [D. mortel; Fr. mortier.] A mixture of lime and sand with water, used as a cement for uniting stones and bricks in walls. MOHIEB, mûr' tur, [Fr. mortur,] n. A lamp or light. ota. MoftTGAGE. mor'g.'ije, [Fr. morí and gaye,]...
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Technologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen, französischen und ..., Volumen2

J. A. Beil - 1855 - 756 páginas
...Puluerprobir-Morser * Mortier-£prouvette, m., mortier d'6preuve. See Coehorn-mortar, Epronvette. Mortar, s. (a mixture of lime and sand with water, used as a cement for uniting stones and bricks in walls) (Mas.) * Der Mortel, die Mauerspeise * Mortier, m. See Cement, Concrete, Lime. To mix or to temper...
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A dictionary of the derivations of the English language

English language - 1872 - 426 páginas
...piece of ordnance for throwing bombs, shells, &c. Mortar, (mor'tar) n. [It. mortario, L. mortarium.] A mixture of lime and sand with water, used as a cement for uniting stones and bricks in wails. iKortgan, (mor'guj) n. [F. mort, dead, L. mortuus, and gage, L. t-ai, vadis, pledge.] A conveyance...
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The Imperial dictionary, on the basis of Webster's English dictionary, Volumen4

John Ogilvie - 1883 - 834 páginas
...carcasses, shells, Ac., so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil above described.— 3. A mixture of lime and sand with water, used as a cement for uniting stones and bricks in walls. The proportions vary from 1 J part of sand to 1 part of lime to 4 nnd 5 parta of snnd to 1 of lime....
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The National Standard Encyclopedia: A Dictionary of Literature, the Sciences ...

1884 - 718 páginas
...chemists. A short piece of ordnance, thick nnd wide, used for throwing bombs, c.ircasses, »hells, ate. A mixture of lime and sand with water. used as a cement for uniting stones ana bricks iü walls. Mortar-vessel, -ves-el. A stronglybuilt gun-boat, the armament of which is usually...
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The National Standard Encyclopedia: A Dictionary of Literature, the Sciences ...

1888 - 716 páginas
...chemists. A short piece of ordnance, thick and wide, used for throwing bombs, carcasses, sheila, «fcc. A mixture of lime and sand with water, used as a cement for uniting stones nnd bricks In walls. Mortar-vessel, -ves-el. A strongly built gun-boat, tho armament of which Is usually...
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An English Dictionary, Etymological, Pronouncing, and Explanatory

John Ogilvie - 1908 - 488 páginas
...stone, ic., in which niMtttOM are bruised with a i>estle; a short piece of ordnance with a large bon- resembling in shape a mortar in which substances are...trough; a mixture of lime and sand with water, used aa a cement for uniting stones and bricks in walls. [Fr. mortitr— L. mordeo, to bite.] Mortgage,...
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Webster's Practical Dictionary: A Practical Dictionary of the English ...

Noah Webster - 1910 - 538 páginas
...ordnance,, with larfTe bore, for throwing bombs, Bhells, etc., at h ig" Mortar. 0 Ah angles of elevation, mixture of lime and sand with water, used as a cement for uniting stones and bricks in walls. Mor'tise, mOr'tis, «. A cavity cut into a piece of timber, or other material, esp. one to receive...
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A Study of Words

Ernest Murray Blackburn - 1911 - 242 páginas
...mortar, used to throw shells. mortar, ».2, Fr. mortier, Ger. Mortel, lit. ' stuff pounded together,' a mixture of lime and sand with water, used as a cement. Mortgage, n., [lit. 'a dead pledge,' from Fr. mort dead + gage pledge], a handing over of property...
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Winston's Cumulative Loose-leaf Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive ..., Volumen7

Thomas Edward Finegan - 1922 - 652 páginas
...the rate of mortality. TVTn-r-rar (mor'tàr), a mixture of sand .ШОТЫЫ with g].,)«.,} ]jme and water, used as a cement for uniting stones and bricks in walls. The proportions vary from 1% part of sand and 1 part of lime to 4 or 5 parts sand and 1 of lime. _...
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