Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language1832 |
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animal båll belonging bird body censure cloth coarse colour consisting diphthong errour fåll får fåt fât;-mè Fåte fire fish ground hinder horse instrument interj kind Kirjath liquor loose manner mean ment mêt pine mêt;-pine motion môve musick når native ness nỏ noise nỗr nôt tùbe oblique opticks pain pass passion peevish person pertaining piece pîn plant plne pôånd thin prep pron pronounced publick quick relating resembling sharp ship soft sorrow sound stone superiour syllable tåb tåbe thing tion tree v. a. pret v. a. to bring v. a. to cover v. a. to give v. a. to lay v. a. to mark v. a. to put v. a. to strike v. a. to take v. a. to throw v. n. to fall v. n. to grow vessel violence vowels wind woman wood word
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Page 6 - A vowel is a simple sound, formed by a continued effusion of the breath, and a certain conformation of the mouth, without any alteration in the position, or any motion of the organs of speech, from the moment the vocal sound commences till it ends.
Page 17 - A an article set before nouns of the singular ^ number ; as, a man, a tree. Before a word beginning with a vowel, it is written an ; as, an ox. A is sometimes a noun, as great A. A is placed before a participle, or participial noun^ as, a hunting, a begging. A has a signification denoting proportions as> '^'le \anoWd has a hundred a .year.
Page 41 - That part of the orbit of a planet in which it is at the point remotest from the sun.
Page 70 - The garment worn by men over the lower part of the body ; lo wear the breeches, is, in a wile, to usurp the authority of the.
Page 56 - Basin, bi'-sn. s. a small vessel to hold water for washing, or other uses ; a small pond ; a part of the sea enclosed in rocks.
Page 10 - Diphllumgs and Triphthongs. A diphthong is the union of two vowels in the same syllable. Diphthongs are divided into two classes, proper and improper. Proper diphthongs are those in which both the vowels are sounded : as, at in aim, if in bier, ey in they, ou in found, eu in feud, oi in voice, oo in moon, oy in boy. Improper...
Page 300 - Physiognomy, fizh-e-og'-nA-me. s. the art of discovering the temper and foreknowing the fortune by the features of the face ; the cast of the look.
Page 190 - A military punishment in which the criminal running between the ranks receives a lash from each man.
Page 327 - refrangibility of the rays of light is their disposition to be refracted or turned out of their way, in passing out of one transparent body or medium into another.
Page 95 - Comb, kóme. s. an instrument for the hair ; the crest of a cock ; the cavities in which bees lodge their honey.