A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: Abridged for the Use of Schools. To which is Annexed, an Abridgement of Walker's Key to the Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names |
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Common terms and phrases
animal Ba'al bår belonging bird body censure cloth coarse colour diphthong fire fish fruit går gåte horse instrument interj kawz kind Kirjath lence liquor loose manner marcasite mean medicine 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 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 join v. a. to lay v. a. to put v. a. to strike v. a. to take v. a. to throw v. a. to turn v. n. to fall v. n. to grow v. n. to move våle vessel violence vowel wind woman wood word
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