The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, Parte9William Dwight Whitney Century Company, 1889 |
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... grass - green variety and in height of hornblende ) . See hypersthenite . gabbroic ( gab - ro'ik ) , a . [ < gabbro + -ic . ] Of from 33 inches to 5 or 6 feet , or of the nature of gabbro : as , gabbroic rocks . filled with It is ...
... grass - green variety and in height of hornblende ) . See hypersthenite . gabbroic ( gab - ro'ik ) , a . [ < gabbro + -ic . ] Of from 33 inches to 5 or 6 feet , or of the nature of gabbro : as , gabbroic rocks . filled with It is ...
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... grass , corn , or trees have failed . Halli- well ( spelled gaul ) .- 5 . In the southern United States , a low spot , as near the mouth of a river , where the soil under the matted surface has been washed away , or has been so ...
... grass , corn , or trees have failed . Halli- well ( spelled gaul ) .- 5 . In the southern United States , a low spot , as near the mouth of a river , where the soil under the matted surface has been washed away , or has been so ...
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... grass ( ga - la'tä - gras ) , n . [ Sp . galleta , hard - tack . ] A very coarse , hard bunch - grass of the southwestern United States . galleting , galletting ( gal'et - ing ) , n . [ Verbal n . of gallet , v . ] The act of inserting ...
... grass ( ga - la'tä - gras ) , n . [ Sp . galleta , hard - tack . ] A very coarse , hard bunch - grass of the southwestern United States . galleting , galletting ( gal'et - ing ) , n . [ Verbal n . of gallet , v . ] The act of inserting ...
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... grass ( gal'o - grás ) , n . Hemp , as being made into halters for the gallows . [ Old slang . ] gallows ( gal'oz or gal'us ) , n . [ < ME . galows , galowes , galous , galewes , galwes , rarely or never in sing . galwe , < AS . galga ...
... grass ( gal'o - grás ) , n . Hemp , as being made into halters for the gallows . [ Old slang . ] gallows ( gal'oz or gal'us ) , n . [ < ME . galows , galowes , galous , galewes , galwes , rarely or never in sing . galwe , < AS . galga ...
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... grass ( gä'mä - grås ) , n . A tall , stout , and exceedingly productive grass , Tripsacum dacty- loides , cultivated in Mexico and elsewhere in southern North America , in the West Indies , and to some extent in Europe . It bears ...
... grass ( gä'mä - grås ) , n . A tall , stout , and exceedingly productive grass , Tripsacum dacty- loides , cultivated in Mexico and elsewhere in southern North America , in the West Indies , and to some extent in Europe . It bears ...
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Página 2575 - to be the advantage or benefit which is acquired by an establishment beyond the mere value of the capital, stock, funds, or property employed therein, in consequence of the general public patronage and encouragement which it receives from constant or habitual customers, on account of its local position, or common celebrity, or reputation for skill or affluence, or punctuality, or from other accidental circumstances, or necessities, or even from ancient partialities or prejudices.
Página 2617 - So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round: And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
Página 2423 - When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
Página 2612 - So he turned and went away in a rage. And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done it ? how much rather, then, when he saith to thee, Wash and be clean...
Página 2539 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in— glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy.
Página 2506 - Was it the proud full sail of his great verse, Bound for the prize of all too precious you, That did my ripe thoughts in my brain inhearse, Making their tomb the womb wherein they grew ? Was it his spirit, by spirits taught to write Above a mortal pitch, that struck me dead ? No, neither he, nor his compeers by night Giving him aid, my verse astonished. He, nor that affable familiar ghost Which nightly gulls him with intelligence, As victors, of my silence cannot boast...
Página 2587 - Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Página 2574 - But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up, 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Página 2561 - Angels and ministers of grace defend us! Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damn'd, Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked, or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee...
Página 2574 - Mark you this, Bassanio, The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul, producing holy witness, Is like a villain with a smiling cheek ; A goodly apple rotten at the heart: O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath ! Shy.