The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language: Designed to Give the Orthography, Pronunciation, and Meaning of about 35,000 Words and Phrases in the Speech and Literature of the English-speaking Peoples |
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aisle animal artistic AT"EDd AT"ING become bird body būrn cause chin cloth collectively Colloq color conj cover denoting disease e-ness färe fast fasten feud final fish flowering plant flowers fruit give habit herb horse IESZ illus instrument interj IZ"ING IZED land light liquid mant mark means ment metal METRIC METRIC SYSTEM move musical Myth n=sing Naut ness net,ēr net,ōr nouns obey object one's person or thing Pertaining piece plant plural police prefix prep prēy produce pron RIES RIESZ rûle ship shon shrub side sing skin sound substance sudden suffix surface taining Tending thin TIESZ tion tiur tree utter verb vessel vowel wood words Το
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Page 316 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 316 - 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...
Page 316 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = l pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal...
Page 553 - Words of one syllable or words of more than one syllable accented on the last syllable, ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant when adding a suffix beginning with a vowel.
Page 534 - APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 20 grains (gr) . 1 scruple (3) 3 scruples 1 dram (3) 8 drams 1 ounce ( 5 ) 12 ounces .... 1 pound (fit)) Apothecaries' weight is used in prescriptions. Drugs are bought and sold by avoirdupois weight. The grain, the ounce, and the pound apothecaries' weight are the same as the corresponding denominations of troy weight.
Page 79 - CALORIE (kal'6 ri): the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water one degree centigrade...
Page 535 - TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight (dwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.).
Page 316 - 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 320 - Metric system. A system of weights and measures depending upon the meter, in which the original factors are derived from the meter. The system includes measures of length, of which the meter is the unit; measures of surface, of which the are is the unit ; measures of capacity of which the liter is the unit; and weights, of which the gram is the unit (Standard) Metric ton.
Page 553 - The final e mute of a primitive word, is generally omitted before an additional termination beginning with a vowel : as, rate, ratable ; force, forcible ; rave, raving; eye, eying. Exc. — Words ending in ce...