Glossary of Terms and PhrasesHenry Percy Smith D. Appleton, 1883 - 521 pages |
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... English or other , as are among the more uncommon in current literature , and require , not for the scientific but for the ordinary reader , explanations , for the want of which the meaning of a sentence or a paragraph , even the drift ...
... English or other , as are among the more uncommon in current literature , and require , not for the scientific but for the ordinary reader , explanations , for the want of which the meaning of a sentence or a paragraph , even the drift ...
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... English . = ( Agr . ) Agriculture . ( Eng . Hist . ) = English History . ( Alchem . ) Alchemy . ( Entom . ) Entomology . ( Algeb . ) Algebra . ( Ethn . ) Ethnology . [ Amer . ] American . ( Elym . ) Etymology . ( Anat . ) Anatomy . fam ...
... English . = ( Agr . ) Agriculture . ( Eng . Hist . ) = English History . ( Alchem . ) Alchemy . ( Entom . ) Entomology . ( Algeb . ) Algebra . ( Ethn . ) Ethnology . [ Amer . ] American . ( Elym . ) Etymology . ( Anat . ) Anatomy . fam ...
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... English . Mechanics . Medieval Latin . metaphorical . Meteorology . p.p. p . part . pron . ( Pros . ) ( Physiol . ) Physiology . plu . plural . ( Poct . ) Poetry . [ Pol . ] [ Port . ] meton . ( Metr . ) ( Mil . ) metonymy . Metric ...
... English . Mechanics . Medieval Latin . metaphorical . Meteorology . p.p. p . part . pron . ( Pros . ) ( Physiol . ) Physiology . plu . plural . ( Poct . ) Poetry . [ Pol . ] [ Port . ] meton . ( Metr . ) ( Mil . ) metonymy . Metric ...
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... English Church Union ; A.P.U.C. , Association for Promoting Unity of Christendom . - - ४ - Botany : & , male ; 9 , female ;, hermaph . or bisexual ; , polygamous ; & , dioecious ; , monoecious ; or O , annual ; or , biennial ; 24 ...
... English Church Union ; A.P.U.C. , Association for Promoting Unity of Christendom . - - ४ - Botany : & , male ; 9 , female ;, hermaph . or bisexual ; , polygamous ; & , dioecious ; , monoecious ; or O , annual ; or , biennial ; 24 ...
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... English acre , the Irish nearly 162 . Acre - fight . A border combat between the English and the Scotch . Acre , God's . ground . [ Ger . Gottes - acker . ] A burial- Acrita [ Gr . & кpiтоs , not exercising judgment , i.e. being almost ...
... English acre , the Irish nearly 162 . Acre - fight . A border combat between the English and the Scotch . Acre , God's . ground . [ Ger . Gottes - acker . ] A burial- Acrita [ Gr . & кpiтоs , not exercising judgment , i.e. being almost ...
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Common terms and phrases
Acanthopterygii Accipitres acid America Anat ancient applied Arch Astron axis birds bishop body called Canonical hours Celt centre century Chem circle coin colour common corr court curve denote earth Eccl Eleusinian Mysteries England English Entom escutcheon feet fish formerly French Geol Greek head heat Hence Hind Hist Horace horse Ichth inches India Indian instrument iron kind king land Latin Church light Littré Lord lower magnetic Manichæans mast Math means measure ment metal molluscs motion Music Myth name given Naut O.Fr officer Onomatop Oolite origin Ornith person piece plane plants Rhet right angles Roman rope round sail Scotland ship side sometimes spec stone substance supposed surface term tion tree vessel vide wheel wind wood word Zool