Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language: Abridged for the Use of Schools : to which is Annexed an Abridgment of Walker's Key to the Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper NamesR.S. Davis, 1838 - 400 Seiten |
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... light ephemeral sheet of news has corrected errours in Grammar , as well as in Politicks , by slyly marking them in Italicks . Nor has the improvement stopped here . While Johnson and Lowth have been insensibly operating on the ...
... light ephemeral sheet of news has corrected errours in Grammar , as well as in Politicks , by slyly marking them in Italicks . Nor has the improvement stopped here . While Johnson and Lowth have been insensibly operating on the ...
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... light , to ease , to soften . Alleviation , âl - lé - vè - à ́shûn . s . that by which Alkahest , al'kâ - hest . s a universal dissolvent . any pain is eased , or fault extenuated . Alkalescent , ål - kâ - lês / sent . a . that has a ...
... light , to ease , to soften . Alleviation , âl - lé - vè - à ́shûn . s . that by which Alkahest , al'kâ - hest . s a universal dissolvent . any pain is eased , or fault extenuated . Alkalescent , ål - kâ - lês / sent . a . that has a ...
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... light . Anaclaticks , an - å - klâtiks . s . the doctrine of Anadi losis , an - â - de - pló'sis . s . reduplication ; a figure in rhetorick Anagram , ân'â - grâm . s . a conceit arising from the letters of a name transposed so as to ...
... light . Anaclaticks , an - å - klâtiks . s . the doctrine of Anadi losis , an - â - de - pló'sis . s . reduplication ; a figure in rhetorick Anagram , ân'â - grâm . s . a conceit arising from the letters of a name transposed so as to ...
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... light . Beamy , bè'mè . a . radiant , shining . [ horse bean . Bean , bene . s . the common garden bean , the Bear , båre . v . a . to carry as a burden , or in Beauteous , bi'tshè - ûs . a . fair ; elegant . the mind , to endure ; to ...
... light . Beamy , bè'mè . a . radiant , shining . [ horse bean . Bean , bene . s . the common garden bean , the Bear , båre . v . a . to carry as a burden , or in Beauteous , bi'tshè - ûs . a . fair ; elegant . the mind , to endure ; to ...
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... light vessel ; a coat of mail . Brewing , broding . s . quantity of liquor Bribe , bribe . s . a gift to pervert the judg- ment . Bright , brite . a . shining , clear ; witty . Brighten , britn v . a . to make bright ; to make luminous ...
... light vessel ; a coat of mail . Brewing , broding . s . quantity of liquor Bribe , bribe . s . a gift to pervert the judg- ment . Bright , brite . a . shining , clear ; witty . Brighten , britn v . a . to make bright ; to make luminous ...
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animal Ba'al bår belonging bird body censure cloth coarse colour diphthong fire fish fül går gåte horse instrument interj kår kind Kirjath lår liquor loose manner ment motion musick ness noise opticks pain pår pass peevish person piece plant plur prep pron pronounced publick quick relating resembling round ship soft sorrow sound stone syllable tår thin thing tion tree v. a. pret v. a. to bring v. a. to cover v. a. to draw v. a. to dress v. a. to give v. a. to lay v. a. to mark v. a. to place v. a. to put v. a. to strike v. a. to take v. a. to throw v. a. to turn v. n. to fall v. n. to grow vessel violence vowel wind woman wood word
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Seite 29 - That part of the orbit of a planet in which it is at the point remotest from the sun.
Seite 198 - The muscle which by its contraction and dilation propels the blood through the course of circulation, and is therefore considered as the source of vital motion , the chief part, the vital part ; the inner part of any thing...
Seite 121 - It, s. three fourths of an inch ; the twelfth part of the diameter of the sun or moon ; any number expressed by a single figure. Di gi ta ted, dlj' è Ча-tèd, a. branched out into divisions like fingers. Dig ni fy, dig" né 'fi, va to advance, prefer, exalt ; to honour.
Seite 131 - D.og-days, d&g'daze. *. the days in which the dog-star rises and sets with the sun. Doge, doje.
Seite 438 - Words of two syllables, either Greek or Latin, whatever be the quantity in the original, have, in English pronunciation, the accent on the first syllable: and if a single consonant come between two vowels, the consonant goes to the last syllable, and the vowel in the first is long ; as Cato, Ceres, Comas, &c.5 See Principles of English Pronunciation prefixed to the Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, No.
Seite 132 - A book made by order of William the Conqueror, In which the estates of the kingdom were registered. DOOR, dire, a.
Seite 165 - In architecture, an ornament of carved work in the form of a wreath or garland of flowers, or leaves twisted together.
Seite 437 - ... 1. Every vowel with the accent on it at the end of a syllable is pronounced, as in English, with its first long open sound : thus, Philome'la, Orion, Pho'cion, Lu'cifer have the accented vowels sounded exactly as in the words me'tre, spider, no'ble, tutor.
Seite 183 - A military punishment in which the criminal running between the ranks receives a lash from each man.