A dictionary of the English language. Abstracted from the folio ed., by the author. To which is prefixed, an English grammar. To this ed. are added, a history of the English language [&c.].1768 |
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... noife ; namely , fp the emiffion , ar the more acute noife ; and , the mute confonant , intimates its being fuddenly terminated ; but adding , is made the Thus cariophyllus , flos ; gerofilo , Ital . giriflee , frequentative fparkle ...
... noife ; namely , fp the emiffion , ar the more acute noife ; and , the mute confonant , intimates its being fuddenly terminated ; but adding , is made the Thus cariophyllus , flos ; gerofilo , Ital . giriflee , frequentative fparkle ...
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... noife by the at of fame inftrument striking against it , Hol der . 2. It is tied for any thing in the form of a at the cups of flowers . Stakefp . 3. A imall the globe of metal perforated , and contain- ing in it a folid ball ; which ...
... noife by the at of fame inftrument striking against it , Hol der . 2. It is tied for any thing in the form of a at the cups of flowers . Stakefp . 3. A imall the globe of metal perforated , and contain- ing in it a folid ball ; which ...
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... noife . To re- Dirbam . BLUR . f . [ borra , Span . a blot . ] A blot ; a stain . South . To BLUR . v . a . [ from the noun . ] 1. To blot ; to efface . Locke . 2. To stain . Hudibras . To BLURT . v . a . To let fly without think- ing ...
... noife . To re- Dirbam . BLUR . f . [ borra , Span . a blot . ] A blot ; a stain . South . To BLUR . v . a . [ from the noun . ] 1. To blot ; to efface . Locke . 2. To stain . Hudibras . To BLURT . v . a . To let fly without think- ing ...
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... noife . Bacon . 2. A hollow iron ball , or fhell , filled with gunpowder , and furnished with a vent for a fusee , or wooden tube , filled with com- bustible matter ; to be thrown out from a mortar . Roque . To BOMB . v . a . To attack ...
... noife . Bacon . 2. A hollow iron ball , or fhell , filled with gunpowder , and furnished with a vent for a fusee , or wooden tube , filled with com- bustible matter ; to be thrown out from a mortar . Roque . To BOMB . v . a . To attack ...
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... noife . Brown . BOMBY'CINOUS . adj . [ bombycinus , Lat . ] Silk- en , made of filk . BONAROBA . [ Ital . ] A whore . Shakesp . BONA'SUS . [ Lat . A kind of buffalo . BONCHRETIEN . f . [ French . ] A fpecies of pear , fo called ...
... noife . Brown . BOMBY'CINOUS . adj . [ bombycinus , Lat . ] Silk- en , made of filk . BONAROBA . [ Ital . ] A whore . Shakesp . BONA'SUS . [ Lat . A kind of buffalo . BONCHRETIEN . f . [ French . ] A fpecies of pear , fo called ...
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