A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from Their Originals, and Illustrated in Their Different Significations, by Examples from the Best Writers, to which are Prefixed a History of the Language, and an English Grammar, Volumen4Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805 |
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... wind , and carries on the vessel on the water . He came too late ; the ship was under sail . Shakspeare . They loosed the rudder - bands , and hoisted up the main - sail to the wind . Acts . The galley born from view by rising gales ...
... wind , and carries on the vessel on the water . He came too late ; the ship was under sail . Shakspeare . They loosed the rudder - bands , and hoisted up the main - sail to the wind . Acts . The galley born from view by rising gales ...
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... wind ! Shakspeare . Come , seeling night , Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day . Shaksp . SCA'RFSKIN.n . s . [ scarf and skin . ] The cuticle ; the epidermis ; the outer scaly integuments of the body . The scarfskin , being uppermost ...
... wind ! Shakspeare . Come , seeling night , Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day . Shaksp . SCA'RFSKIN.n . s . [ scarf and skin . ] The cuticle ; the epidermis ; the outer scaly integuments of the body . The scarfskin , being uppermost ...
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... winds and thunders cleanse the air , So working seas settle and purge the wine . Dav . Amphibious , between sea ... Wind blowing from the sea . Hedges , in most places , would be of great ad- vantage to shelter the grass from the ...
... winds and thunders cleanse the air , So working seas settle and purge the wine . Dav . Amphibious , between sea ... Wind blowing from the sea . Hedges , in most places , would be of great ad- vantage to shelter the grass from the ...
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... wind , The god appear'd . Pope . SE'AGREEN . n . s . Saxifrage . A plant . SEAGULL . n . s . [ sea and gull . ] A water- fowl . Seagulls , when they flock together from the sea towards the shores , foreshow rain and wind . Bacon ...
... wind , The god appear'd . Pope . SE'AGREEN . n . s . Saxifrage . A plant . SEAGULL . n . s . [ sea and gull . ] A water- fowl . Seagulls , when they flock together from the sea towards the shores , foreshow rain and wind . Bacon ...
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... wind primarily tend downwards , though other accidental causes im- pel it secondarily to a sloping motion . Digby . He confesses that temples are erected , and festivals kept , to the honour of saints , at least 2. Solitude ; retirement ...
... wind primarily tend downwards , though other accidental causes im- pel it secondarily to a sloping motion . Digby . He confesses that temples are erected , and festivals kept , to the honour of saints , at least 2. Solitude ; retirement ...
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