A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from Their Originals, and Illustrated in Their Different Significations, by Examples from the Best Writers, to which are Prefixed a History of the Language, and an English Grammar, Band 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805 |
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... turn on all hands to see if there were any thing left which might have the least appearance of information . Pope . 2. To beat ; to belabour . Take , shepherd , take a plant of stubborn oak , And labour him with many a sturdy stroke ...
... turn on all hands to see if there were any thing left which might have the least appearance of information . Pope . 2. To beat ; to belabour . Take , shepherd , take a plant of stubborn oak , And labour him with many a sturdy stroke ...
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... turn round like grindle stones . Ben Jonson . LE ADWORT . n . s . [ plumbago . ] A plant . LEAF . n . s . leaves , plural . " [ leaf , Šaxon ; leef , Dutch . ] 1. The green deciduous parts of plants and flowers . This is the state of ...
... turn round like grindle stones . Ben Jonson . LE ADWORT . n . s . [ plumbago . ] A plant . LEAF . n . s . leaves , plural . " [ leaf , Šaxon ; leef , Dutch . ] 1. The green deciduous parts of plants and flowers . This is the state of ...
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... turn'd to license by too just a name . Roscom . Though this be a state of liberty , yet it is not a state of licence ; though man , in that state , have an uncontroulable liberty to dispose of his person or possessions , yet he has not ...
... turn'd to license by too just a name . Roscom . Though this be a state of liberty , yet it is not a state of licence ; though man , in that state , have an uncontroulable liberty to dispose of his person or possessions , yet he has not ...
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... Turn forth her silver lining on the night ? Milton . The fold in the gristle of the nose is covered with a lining , which differs from the facing of the tongue . Grew . The gown with stiff embroid'ry shining , Looks charming with a ...
... Turn forth her silver lining on the night ? Milton . The fold in the gristle of the nose is covered with a lining , which differs from the facing of the tongue . Grew . The gown with stiff embroid'ry shining , Looks charming with a ...
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... Turn'd to the sun she casts a thousand dyes , And as she turns the colours fall or rise . Dunciad . If your dinner miscarries , you were teized by the footmen coming into the kitchen ; and to prove it true , throw a ladleful of broth on ...
... Turn'd to the sun she casts a thousand dyes , And as she turns the colours fall or rise . Dunciad . If your dinner miscarries , you were teized by the footmen coming into the kitchen ; and to prove it true , throw a ladleful of broth on ...
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