An American Dictionary of the English Language: Exhibiting the Origin, Orthography, Pronunciation, and Definitions of Words |
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... PIECE , n . A piece performed after a play ; a farce or other entertainment . AFTER - PROOF , n . Subsequent proof or evidence ; quali- ties known by subsequent experience . AFTER - RE - PENT'AŃCE , n . Subsequent repentance . AFTER ...
... PIECE , n . A piece performed after a play ; a farce or other entertainment . AFTER - PROOF , n . Subsequent proof or evidence ; quali- ties known by subsequent experience . AFTER - RE - PENT'AŃCE , n . Subsequent repentance . AFTER ...
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... piece of music adapted to words ; also , the peculiar modulation of the notes , which gives music its character ; as , a soft air . A song or piece of poetry for singing ; the leading part of a tune . 5. The peculiar look , appearance ...
... piece of music adapted to words ; also , the peculiar modulation of the notes , which gives music its character ; as , a soft air . A song or piece of poetry for singing ; the leading part of a tune . 5. The peculiar look , appearance ...
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... piece of curved timber , just above the foremost end of the keel . 5. A platform , or flooring of plank , at the entrance of a dock , on which the dock gates are shut . 6. A piece of leather to be drawn before a person in a gig . * A ...
... piece of curved timber , just above the foremost end of the keel . 5. A platform , or flooring of plank , at the entrance of a dock , on which the dock gates are shut . 6. A piece of leather to be drawn before a person in a gig . * A ...
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... piece of ord- nance , carrying a twelve pound shot . ASPIC , n . A species of lavender , a plant . AS - PIRANT , n . One who aspires , breathes after , or seeks with eagerness . ASPI - RATE , v . t . [ L. aspiro . ] To pronounce with a ...
... piece of ord- nance , carrying a twelve pound shot . ASPIC , n . A species of lavender , a plant . AS - PIRANT , n . One who aspires , breathes after , or seeks with eagerness . ASPI - RATE , v . t . [ L. aspiro . ] To pronounce with a ...
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... piece of ordnance , so called from its supposed resemblance to the serpent of that name , or from its size . BASIN , ( ba'sn ) n . [ Fr. bassin . ] 1. A hollow vessel or dish , to hold water for washing , and for various other uses ...
... piece of ordnance , so called from its supposed resemblance to the serpent of that name , or from its size . BASIN , ( ba'sn ) n . [ Fr. bassin . ] 1. A hollow vessel or dish , to hold water for washing , and for various other uses ...
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A-BLE acid action affection ancient animal applied arms authority avri Bacon Belonging Ben Jonson bird blood body botany called cause Chaucer church chyle cloth color consisting containing contract Cotgrave court cover crystalography denotes deprive Dict draw dress Dryden earth England fasten figure fish fluid force fowl genus of plants give heat hence heraldry horse Hudibras inclose instrument Johnson kind land language liquor Little manner mark means medicine ment metal Milton mind mineral motion move natural ness one's opposed opposition pain particular person Pertaining piece pret produce quadruped render resembling round Scots law sense separate Shak ship side sound species Spenser substance thing throw tion tree unite utter v. t. Fr v. t. L v. t. Sax vessel wind word