Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language1845 |
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a.not animal bår beat belonging bird body censure cloth coarse colour degree enclose errour fåll får fât-mè fåt—mè Fåte fire fish fruit ground horse instrument kind liquor loose manner mean ment mêt-pine motion môve musick når ness noise nôr nôt-tube nôt—tùbe opticks pain pass passion person piece pin-nò plant prep pron publick quick relating resembling s.an s.one s.the act sharp ship soft sorrow sound stone syllable tåb 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 put v. a. to strike v. a. to take v. a. to throw v. a.to v. n. to fall v. n. to grow vessel violence wind woman wood word
Popular passages
Page 28 - That part of the orbit of a planet in which it is at the point remotest from the sun.
Page 29 - A point in the heavens, in which the sun or a planet is at the greatest distance possible from the earth in its whole revolution.
Page 166 - A fugitive, a runaway; that part of a machine which, by being put into a more rapid motion than the other parts, equalizes and regulates the motion of the rest.
Page 28 - A figure in grammar that takes away a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word. APHELION, â-féilé-Sn, s.
Page 178 - A military punishment in which the criminal running between the ranks receives a lash from each man.
Page 54 - A loud noise; a hollow iron ball, or shell, filled with gunpowder, and furnished with a vent for a fusee, or wooden tube, filled with combustible matter , to be thrown out from a mortar.
Page 147 - The act of contracting or affiancing a man and woman to each other. ESPOUSAL, e-sp6u'zdl. a. Used in the act of espousing or betrothing. To ESPOUSE, e-spouze'.
Page 82 - Comb, com, n. (S. come) an instrument for the hair ; the crest of a cock ; the cavities in which bees lodge their honey ; * dry measure.—», to divide, clean, and adjust the hair ; to lay smooth and straight.
Page 50 - A kind of hard dry bread, made to be carried to sea ; a composition of fine flour, almonds, and sugar.
Page 24 - ANAMORPHOSIS, 4n-S-m6r-f6'sls. s. Deformation ; perspective projection, so that at one point of view it shall appear deformed, in another an exact representation.