An American Dictionary of the English Language: Exhibiting the Origin, Orthography, Pronunciation, and Definition of Words |
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A-BLE A-TURE acid action ancient animal applied appointed arch authority Bacon Belonging blood body botany called cause Chaucer church chyle cloth color common consisting containing contract court cover crystalography denotes deprive DI-RECT Dict discourse dress Dryden earth Encyc England English figure fish fixed force genus of plants give heat hence heraldry Hudibras inclosed instrument Johnson kind land language liquor Little manner mark means medicine ment metal Milton mind mineral natural ness NOAH WEBSTER one's opposed opposition orthography pain particular person Pertaining piece pret pronunciation quadruped quantity reciprocal pronoun reduce render resembling Scots law sense separate Shak ship sound species Spenser substance Synopsis thing throw tion tree unite v. t. Fr v. t. L v. t. Sax vessel words writing