Chamber's Etymological Dictionary of the English LanguageW. & R. Chambers, 1868 - 583 pages |
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akin to Gr allied animal atum bear belonging bend bird body bring called cause Celt church cloth colour conn consisting containing cover draw dress Dutch entis facio fär fasten fate fish flow flowers fold fruit Gael genus give Goth gram grow head hèr horse instrument inter kind land light liquid low L manner mark ment metal metron mind moon mōte move müte n.pl ness old E old Fr old Ger one's orig ornament pa.p pa.t pain person pertaining piece plant pr.p priv prob produce pron prov quadruped relating resembling root round Scot seize shew shine ship skin soft sound speak species stone substance superl thing throw tion tree utter v.t. lit vessel word writing
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Page 284 - ... [cook.] the part of the limb of an animal cut off at the joint. — adj. joined, united, or combined : shared among more than one. — vt to unite by joints: to fit closely : to provide with joints : to cut into joints, as an animal.
Page 58 - IrMthleH, brcthles, adj. { without yc out of breath; dead ; breath-suspending. — n. breatb/lenneis. breathe, br5/A, vt to draw in and expel breath or air from the lungs ; to take breath ; fig. to live ; to rest. — vt to draw in and expel from the lungs as air; to infuse by breathing ; to give out by breathing ; to give vent to ; to utter softly or in private : — -Pr.p.
Page 178 - . orig. phantasy; that faculty of the mind by which it recalls, represents, or makes to appear past images or impressions ; an image or representation thus formed in the mind ; an unreasonable or capricious opinion ; a whim ; capricious inclination or liking. — adj. pleasing to, or guided by fancy or caprice.
Page 69 - Africa; which approaches most nearly to man, and &, three or four feet in height, [supposed to be a native name of the animal.] Chin, chin, n. the jutting part of the face, below the mouth ; the lower jaw. [AS cinn, cinne; Ice., Ger.
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Page 68 - ... written cheque) ; any counter-register used as security; a checkered cloth, [from the practice of the Court of Exchequer, where accounts were settled by means of counters on a checkered cloth.] checker, chequer...
Page 228 - Harem, ha'rem, n. the portion of a house allotted to females in the East, forbidden to all males except the husband : the collection of wives belonging to one man. | Ar.
Page 344 - .. the tiùng knotted or fastened together; a knob: in astr., the two points at which the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic : in bot., the joint of a stem: the plot of a piece in poetry.
Page 78 - Cochineal, koch'inël, n. a scarlet dye-stuff consisting of the dried bodies of certain insects gathered from the Cactus plant in Mexico, the WT Indies, &c.