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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... one's self in a horizontal or nearly horizontal position : often with down . Lie down ; lay thine ear close to the ground and list if thou canst hear the tread of travellers . Shak . 3. To rest in an inclining posture ; to lean ; to ...
... one's self in a horizontal or nearly horizontal position : often with down . Lie down ; lay thine ear close to the ground and list if thou canst hear the tread of travellers . Shak . 3. To rest in an inclining posture ; to lean ; to ...
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... one's work , to exert all one's strength or powers in the performance of one's work . So many workers ; and no mercenary mock workers , bat real ones that lie freely to it ; each patriot stretches himself against the stubborn glebe ...
... one's work , to exert all one's strength or powers in the performance of one's work . So many workers ; and no mercenary mock workers , bat real ones that lie freely to it ; each patriot stretches himself against the stubborn glebe ...
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... one's heart's blood . Byron . Life - estate ( lif'es - tät ) , n . An estate that continues during the life of the possessor . Life - everlasting ( lif'ev - ér - last'ing ) , n . A plant of the genus Gnaphalium ; cudweed . See ...
... one's heart's blood . Byron . Life - estate ( lif'es - tät ) , n . An estate that continues during the life of the possessor . Life - everlasting ( lif'ev - ér - last'ing ) , n . A plant of the genus Gnaphalium ; cudweed . See ...
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... one's own good , or frustrating one's own purposes . - To bring to light , to bring to knowledge , detection , or discovery . - To come to light , to be de- tected ; to be discovered or found . Light ( lit ) , a . 1. Bright ; clear ...
... one's own good , or frustrating one's own purposes . - To bring to light , to bring to knowledge , detection , or discovery . - To come to light , to be de- tected ; to be discovered or found . Light ( lit ) , a . 1. Bright ; clear ...
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... one's head into the lion's mouth , to put one's self into a position of great danger . Lion - ant ( li'on - ant ) , n . A large species of ant of the genus Myrmeleon , family Myr- meleonidæ . Called otherwise Ant - lion . See ANT - LION ...
... one's head into the lion's mouth , to put one's self into a position of great danger . Lion - ant ( li'on - ant ) , n . A large species of ant of the genus Myrmeleon , family Myr- meleonidæ . Called otherwise Ant - lion . See ANT - LION ...
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acid Addison allied ancient animal Bacon belonging birds body called Chaucer chiefly church colour common comp consisting containing Dryden earth English fish flowers genus genus of plants Goth hand hence Hudibras Hydrozoa Icel insects kind labour land larvæ leaves libration light lime lithos living lock loose lord magnetic mammals manner marriage mastic matter means measure ment metal metron middle milk Milton mind mineral molluscs monos moon moral motion mould mouth name given native Naut ness one's person Pertaining piece Pope Rare resembling root Scotch Scotland Scots law sense Shak ship soft sometimes South species Spenser spirit stamens stone substance taining Tennyson term applied thing thou tion tree v.t. pret vessel wood word wrong