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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... comp . Goth . hlahjan , O.H.G. hlahhan , Icel . hlæja , D. lagchen , G. 21 lachen , to laugh . In pronunciation the final consonantal sound has changed from guttural to labial in England - not in Scot- land ; compare in this respect ...
... comp . Goth . hlahjan , O.H.G. hlahhan , Icel . hlæja , D. lagchen , G. 21 lachen , to laugh . In pronunciation the final consonantal sound has changed from guttural to labial in England - not in Scot- land ; compare in this respect ...
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... ( comp . E. elope , interlope ) ; Icel hlaupa , to leap , and later to run ; Dan . lobe , to run ; Goth . us - hlaupan , to spring up ; G. laufen , to run . Allied to Gr . kraipnos , karpalimos , swift , rushing along ; L. carpentum , a ...
... ( comp . E. elope , interlope ) ; Icel hlaupa , to leap , and later to run ; Dan . lobe , to run ; Goth . us - hlaupan , to spring up ; G. laufen , to run . Allied to Gr . kraipnos , karpalimos , swift , rushing along ; L. carpentum , a ...
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... comp . Sc . leggin , Icel . lögg , the ledge or rim at the bottom of a cask . ] 1. A shelf on which articles may be placed ; anything which re- sembles such a shelf . The lowest ledge or row should be merely of stone . Wotton . 2. A ...
... comp . Sc . leggin , Icel . lögg , the ledge or rim at the bottom of a cask . ] 1. A shelf on which articles may be placed ; anything which re- sembles such a shelf . The lowest ledge or row should be merely of stone . Wotton . 2. A ...
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... comp . sigla á hlé , to sail to leeward , hlé - borth , G. lee- bord , lee - board ; connected with Goth . hlija , a tent ; comp . Sc . lythe , sheltered , or a spot sheltered from the wind , also W. clyd , shel- tering , warm . ] The ...
... comp . sigla á hlé , to sail to leeward , hlé - borth , G. lee- bord , lee - board ; connected with Goth . hlija , a tent ; comp . Sc . lythe , sheltered , or a spot sheltered from the wind , also W. clyd , shel- tering , warm . ] The ...
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... comp . hinder , from hind . ] To re- tard ; to hinder ; to impede ; to interpose obstructions to . Mine ancient wound is hardly whole , And lets me from the saddle . Tennyson .. Let ( let ) , n . A retarding ; hinderance ; ob- stacle ...
... comp . hinder , from hind . ] To re- tard ; to hinder ; to impede ; to interpose obstructions to . Mine ancient wound is hardly whole , And lets me from the saddle . Tennyson .. Let ( let ) , n . A retarding ; hinderance ; ob- stacle ...
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