The household English dictionaryT. Nelson and sons, 1872 - 241 páginas |
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animal Ba'al beat belonging bird bird of prey body censure cheat church chyle cloth colour corn corrupt deceive disease Faery Queen false fasten fellow fire fish flower force fruit head herb honour horse horse soldier instrument interj iron Jupiter kind Kirjath land light liquor loose manner marriage mean measure medicine metal noise Norse mythology nymph Oceanides ornament pain pass person pertaining piece plant play plunder prep pret preterite pron quick relating resembling Right Honourable Roman mythology round rude ship skilled soft soldier sort sound spirit stone stringed musical thin thing tion tree v. a. to bring v. a. to cover v. a. to draw v. a. to give v. a. to put v. a. to strike v. a. to take v. a. to turn vessel wicked wind woman wood word
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Página 55 - Di"git, a, three quarters of an inch ; the twelfth part of the diameter of the sun or moon ; any number under ten.
Página 175 - The part of any solid body remaining after the rest is taken away," is a flattering description of one of our stumps of the thigh. It is in reality with us barely more than a peg whereon to hang an artificial limb. In youth, in middle age, in advanced years, it never improves. It never can be more than a shortened bone, with shortened and shrivelled materials around...
Página 180 - In rhetoric, a figure by which a part is taken for the whole, or the whole for a part.
Página 215 - The Sons of Dukes and Marquises, and the eldest Sons of Earls, have, by courtesy, the titles of Lord and Right Honourable; and all the Daughters have those of Lady and Right Honourable. The younger Sons of Earls, and the Sons and Daughters of Viscounts...
Página 220 - Pro bo'-no pub'-li-co, for the public good. Pro et con, for and against. Pro for'-ma, for form's sake. Pro hac vi'-ce, for this time. Pro re na'-ta, for the occasion. Pro tem'-po-re, for the time.
Página 225 - ... the great object of ambition both to masters and pupils. Nor can it be otherwise so long as the universities recognise the ancient tongues as the only sound basis of a liberal education. For a further notice of the grammar schools of Great Britain, see PUBLIC SCHOOLS, NATIONAL EDUCATION. GRAMME is the standard unit of French measures of weight, and is the weight of a cubic centimetre of distilled water at 0°...
Página 220 - Manes. Departed spirits. Maximum. The greatest. Memento mori. Remember death. Meum et tuum. Mine and thine. Minimum. The least. Multum in parvo. Much in little.
Página 222 - Tant mieux. — So much the better. Tant pis. — So much the worse.
Página 32 - . a clergyman who performs divine service in the army or navy, or in a nobleman's or a private family. Chaplaincy, Chaplainship, e. the office or revenue of a chaplain. Chap'let, в. a wreath for the head. Chap'man, я.
Página 137 - Perch, s. a fish ; a measure of five yards and a half; a bird's roost Perch, v.