Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language: Abridged for the Use of Schools : to which is Annexed an Abridgment of Walker's Key to the Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper NamesR.S. Davis, 1837 - 400 pages |
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animal Ba'al bår belonging bird body censure cloth coarse colour diphthong enclose errour fire fish går horse instrument interj kår kind Kirjath lår liquor loose manner mean ment motion musick ness noise oblique opticks pain pass passion peevish person piece plant plur prep pron pronounced publick quick relating resembling round sharp ship soft sorrow sound stone syllable tår 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 mark v. a. to place v. a. to put v. a. to strike v. a. to take v. a. to throw v. n. to fall v. n. to grow v. n. to move vessel violence vowel wind woman wood word
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Page 2 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
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Page 121 - It, s. three fourths of an inch ; the twelfth part of the diameter of the sun or moon ; any number expressed by a single figure. Di gi ta ted, dlj' è Ча-tèd, a. branched out into divisions like fingers. Dig ni fy, dig" né 'fi, va to advance, prefer, exalt ; to honour.
Page 45 - Beard, bierd. s. the hair that grows on the lips and chin ; sharp prickles growing upon the ears of corn; a barb on an arrow.
Page 2 - WALKER'S BOSTON SCHOOL DICTIONARY. Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language. Abridged for the use of Schools throughout the United Slates. To which is annexed, an Abridgment of WALKER'S KEY to the pronunciation of Greek, Latin and Scripture Proper Names. Boston stereotype edition. 3j...
Page 230 - Inserted out of the common order, to preserve the equation of time, as the twenty-ninth of February in a leap year is an Intercalary day.
Page 63 - A figure in poetry, by which a short syllable after a complete foot is made long ; a pause in verse.
Page 44 - Sculpture, the figures of which do not stand out from the ground in their full proportion. BASSET, bis'-sit, ». 99.
Page 1 - Boston schools, with great care, has so long been used, that it is only necessary for the publisher to keep it in a respectable dress, to ensure it a general circulation. The price of the work, neatly bound in leather...
Page 317 - . a. to put in the first powder, to put powder in the pan of a gun ; to lay the first colours on in painting.