The Comprehensive Standard Dictionary of the English Language: Designed to Give the Orthography, Pronunciation, Meaning, and Etymology of about 38,000 Words and Phrases in the Speech and Literature of the English-speaking Peoples, 800 Pictorial IllustrationsFunk & Wagnalls Company, 1902 - 533 pages |
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A"TED act or process action al-ly animal bear become bird body CA"TED cause Celt Characterized CING cloth collectively Colloq color condition Corr cover cuttlefish especially expression facio fasten fish flowers fluid force Freq fruit FY"ING Gael give Gr.L+F Gram head hence herb hold horse illus Imitative interj IZED L.LL L.LL+F L.OF LA"TED lego light liquid LL.F LL.OF mammal manner mark measure ment metal METRIC SYSTEM mollusk move nature Naut ness nouns object one's oneself person or thing Pertaining piece plant plural practise præ prefix prep Prob produce pron rank Relating resembling RIES ship shrub side sing skin sound substance sudden suffix surface taining tending TING tion tree utter verb vessel word
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Page 285 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 285 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 285 - Cubic Measure 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) =1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.) 128 cubic feet = 1 cord (cd...
Page 285 - TABLE. 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.). 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.). 5i yards, or 16$ feet = 1 rod (rd.).
Page 285 - Liquid Measure 60 minims = 1 fluid dram (f 3) 8 fluid drams = 1 fluid ounce (f J) 16 fluid ounces = 1 pint (O.) 8 pints = 1 gallon (cong...
Page 113 - CHAPTER XIV RETAIL CREDIT, AND COLLECTIONS * Credits. Meaning of credit. — Some of the important definitions of credit are : ( 1 ) belief in the truth of a statement or in the sincerity of a person; (2) reputation derived from the good opinion or confidence of others; (3) in bookkeeping, the entry to an account of any amount paid by a debtor on account of his debt. Credit is not necessarily confined to dollar value. A man or a woman making sincere statements of fact which are proved true receives...
Page 197 - ... base is a polygon, and whose convex surface is composed of triangles which terminate in a common point called the vertex. 443. A Cone is a solid whose base is a circle, and whose convex surface tapers uniformly to a point called the vertex. 444. The Frustum of a Pyramid or Cone is that which remains after cutting off the upper part by a plane parallel to the base. 445. The Height of any of the solids here defined is the perpendicular distance from the highest point to the base.
Page 285 - TABLE. 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.). 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.). 24 hours = 1 day (dy.). 7 days = 1 week (wk.). 365 days = 1 common year (yr.). 366 days = 1 leap year. 100 years = 1 century.
Page 216 - ... This rule we observe in the discrimination between insanity and shamming. The condition of insanity may also consist of an exaggeration of the ordinary normal condition of some persons, and even then the individual may have crossed the shadowy line between sanity and insanity. Habit is defined as " a tendency toward an action or condition which by repetition has become spontaneous.
Page 232 - An hyperbola is defined as being a plane curve such that the difference of the distances from any point in the curve to two fixed points is equal to a given distance.