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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... wood ashes through which water letches or passes , and thus imbibes the alkali . - 2 . A letch - tub . Letch ( lech ) ... wood ( let'èr - wud ) , n . The heart- wood of a tree of the genus Brosimum ( B. Aubleti ) , belonging to the bread ...
... wood ashes through which water letches or passes , and thus imbibes the alkali . - 2 . A letch - tub . Letch ( lech ) ... wood ( let'èr - wud ) , n . The heart- wood of a tree of the genus Brosimum ( B. Aubleti ) , belonging to the bread ...
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... woods . [ Scotch . ] Lever ( lē'ver ) , n . [ Fr. levier , from lever , L. levo , to raise . ] 1. In mech . a bar of metal , wood , or other substance turning on a sup- port called the fulcrum or prop , and used to overcome a certain ...
... woods . [ Scotch . ] Lever ( lē'ver ) , n . [ Fr. levier , from lever , L. levo , to raise . ] 1. In mech . a bar of metal , wood , or other substance turning on a sup- port called the fulcrum or prop , and used to overcome a certain ...
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... wood , and aloes . ] Aloes wood or agallochum , a sweet - scented tree allied to sandal - wood . It is the resinous wood of Aquilaria Agal- locha , which was once generally valued for use as incense , but now esteemed only in the East ...
... wood , and aloes . ] Aloes wood or agallochum , a sweet - scented tree allied to sandal - wood . It is the resinous wood of Aquilaria Agal- locha , which was once generally valued for use as incense , but now esteemed only in the East ...
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... wood ( le'ma - wud ) , n . A fine South American dyewood , used in dyeing red and peach colour . It is the heart - wood of Cas- alpinia echinata . Called also Pernambuco- wood , Nicaragua - wood , Peach - wood , and Brazil or Brazil - wood ...
... wood ( le'ma - wud ) , n . A fine South American dyewood , used in dyeing red and peach colour . It is the heart - wood of Cas- alpinia echinata . Called also Pernambuco- wood , Nicaragua - wood , Peach - wood , and Brazil or Brazil - wood ...
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... wood , more or less heart - shaped and serrate leaves , and small cymes of cream - coloured fragrant flowers hanging on an axillary peduncle , which is united to a leaflike bract . The common lime or linden tree is the T. europaea . It ...
... wood , more or less heart - shaped and serrate leaves , and small cymes of cream - coloured fragrant flowers hanging on an axillary peduncle , which is united to a leaflike bract . The common lime or linden tree is the T. europaea . It ...
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