The American Encyclopaedic Dictionary: A ... Work of Reference to the English Language Defining Over 250,000 Words ... Containing Over One Hundred Maps and Diagrams and Nearly Four Thousand Illustrations, Band 2R.S. Peale and J.A. Hill, 1897 |
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... Figuratively : 1. A coffin . ( Poetic . ) " And the fair wreath , by Hope entwined , Lies withered on thy bier . " Hemans : To the Memory of General Sir E - d P - k - m . B. Bot .: Ranged in two rows , the one opposite to also ...
... Figuratively : 1. A coffin . ( Poetic . ) " And the fair wreath , by Hope entwined , Lies withered on thy bier . " Hemans : To the Memory of General Sir E - d P - k - m . B. Bot .: Ranged in two rows , the one opposite to also ...
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... Figuratively : Used- ( 1 ) Of anything in nature coming into existence : " No kindly showers fall on our barren earth , To hatch the seasons in a timely birth . " - Dryden . ( 2 ) In a spiritual sense . [ See II . ] II . Theology . New ...
... Figuratively : Used- ( 1 ) Of anything in nature coming into existence : " No kindly showers fall on our barren earth , To hatch the seasons in a timely birth . " - Dryden . ( 2 ) In a spiritual sense . [ See II . ] II . Theology . New ...
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... ( Figuratively ) : Persons morally black black - guard ( ck silent ; u silent ) , v . t . & i . blackness of darkness forever . " - Jude 13 . [ From blackguard , s . & a . ( q . v . ) ] A. Trans .: To call one a blackguard or to use such ...
... ( Figuratively ) : Persons morally black black - guard ( ck silent ; u silent ) , v . t . & i . blackness of darkness forever . " - Jude 13 . [ From blackguard , s . & a . ( q . v . ) ] A. Trans .: To call one a blackguard or to use such ...
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... Figuratively : ( 1 ) To cause to lose its original appearance of dark turpitude and look morally white or pure . " And sin's black dye seems blanch'd by age to virtue . " boll , boy ; pout , jowl ; cat , Dryden . 515 ( 2 ) To represent ...
... Figuratively : ( 1 ) To cause to lose its original appearance of dark turpitude and look morally white or pure . " And sin's black dye seems blanch'd by age to virtue . " boll , boy ; pout , jowl ; cat , Dryden . 515 ( 2 ) To represent ...
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... Figuratively : ( 1 ) Pestilential effects produced on animals or plants ; blight . ( 2 ) Judgment from God , specially the simoon ( ? ) . If so , then it should be transferred to A. I. 1. ( 1 ) . " By the blast of God they perish , and ...
... Figuratively : ( 1 ) Pestilential effects produced on animals or plants ; blight . ( 2 ) Judgment from God , specially the simoon ( ? ) . If so , then it should be transferred to A. I. 1. ( 1 ) . " By the blast of God they perish , and ...
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