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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... moon ; a snowy - white substance resem- bling chalk . It consists almost wholly of alumina , saturated with carbonic acid . Lacmus ( lak'mus ) . See LITMUS . Laconian ( la - kōʻni - an ) , n . An inhabitant of Laconia , a division of ...
... moon ; a snowy - white substance resem- bling chalk . It consists almost wholly of alumina , saturated with carbonic acid . Lacmus ( lak'mus ) . See LITMUS . Laconian ( la - kōʻni - an ) , n . An inhabitant of Laconia , a division of ...
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... moon : opposed to priming of the tide , which denotes the acceleration of the tide- wave , or amount of shortening of the tide- day in the second and fourth quarters of the moon . Lag ( lag ) , v.i. pret . & pp . lagged ; ppr . lag ging ...
... moon : opposed to priming of the tide , which denotes the acceleration of the tide- wave , or amount of shortening of the tide- day in the second and fourth quarters of the moon . Lag ( lag ) , v.i. pret . & pp . lagged ; ppr . lag ging ...
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... moon through the benighted sky , While by its beams the wary sailor steers . Addison . 2. In arch . ( a ) an erection on the top of a dome , on the roof of an apartment , or in similar situations , to give light , to promote venti ...
... moon through the benighted sky , While by its beams the wary sailor steers . Addison . 2. In arch . ( a ) an erection on the top of a dome , on the roof of an apartment , or in similar situations , to give light , to promote venti ...
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... moon . Cornhill Magazine . Lapling ( lap'ling ) , n . [ From lap . ] One who indulges in ease and sensual delights ... moons can canker love . Tennyson . A popular ecclesiastical historian of the last century . has resorted to the ...
... moon . Cornhill Magazine . Lapling ( lap'ling ) , n . [ From lap . ] One who indulges in ease and sensual delights ... moons can canker love . Tennyson . A popular ecclesiastical historian of the last century . has resorted to the ...
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... moon , an apparent irregularity of the moon's motion , whereby those parts very near the border of the lunar disc alternately become visible and invisible , indicating , as it were , a sort of vibratory motion of the lunar globe . The ...
... moon , an apparent irregularity of the moon's motion , whereby those parts very near the border of the lunar disc alternately become visible and invisible , indicating , as it were , a sort of vibratory motion of the lunar globe . The ...
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