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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... butter , and flavoring ingredients are used . Plain biscuits are more nutritious than an equal weight of bread , but owing to their hardness and dryness , they should be more thoroughly masticated to insure their easy digestion . When ...
... butter , and flavoring ingredients are used . Plain biscuits are more nutritious than an equal weight of bread , but owing to their hardness and dryness , they should be more thoroughly masticated to insure their easy digestion . When ...
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... butter in the black dog's house : A pro- verbial phrase signifying utterly gone . ( Scott : Antiquary , ch . xxxviii . ) black - draught , s . A name for a purgative med . icine in common use . It is made of an infusion of senna with ...
... butter in the black dog's house : A pro- verbial phrase signifying utterly gone . ( Scott : Antiquary , ch . xxxviii . ) black - draught , s . A name for a purgative med . icine in common use . It is made of an infusion of senna with ...
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... Butter - bird . It is the Emberiza oryzivora of Linnæus , Icterus agripennis of Bona- parte , and Dolichonyx oryzivorus of Swainson . It feeds on rice and other cereals , and is in turn itself extensively shot for food . When returning ...
... Butter - bird . It is the Emberiza oryzivora of Linnæus , Icterus agripennis of Bona- parte , and Dolichonyx oryzivorus of Swainson . It feeds on rice and other cereals , and is in turn itself extensively shot for food . When returning ...
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... butter , s . Min .: The same as Butyrellite ( q . v . ) . bog - cutting , a . through a bog . Bog - cutting plow : 553 bog - jumper , bog jumper , s . The Bittern ( Bo- taurus stellaris ) . ( Scotch . ) bog - land , bog land , s . & a ...
... butter , s . Min .: The same as Butyrellite ( q . v . ) . bog - cutting , a . through a bog . Bog - cutting plow : 553 bog - jumper , bog jumper , s . The Bittern ( Bo- taurus stellaris ) . ( Scotch . ) bog - land , bog land , s . & a ...
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... butter mixed in a due proportion . " -- Browne : Vulgar Errors . * bom - bil - l - ous , * bom - byl - l - oŭs , a . [ From Low Lat . bombilo . ] [ BOMBILATE . ] Emitting a humming or murmuring sound . not by " The wherne or burret ...
... butter mixed in a due proportion . " -- Browne : Vulgar Errors . * bom - bil - l - ous , * bom - byl - l - oŭs , a . [ From Low Lat . bombilo . ] [ BOMBILATE . ] Emitting a humming or murmuring sound . not by " The wherne or burret ...
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