Glossary of Terms and PhrasesHenry Percy Smith D. Appleton, 1883 - 521 pages |
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... nature of the things named , At the same time , the amount of general added to glossarial information must necessarily be very different . in different cases . Words , therefore , are omitted ( 1 ) of whose actual signification there is ...
... nature of the things named , At the same time , the amount of general added to glossarial information must necessarily be very different . in different cases . Words , therefore , are omitted ( 1 ) of whose actual signification there is ...
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... Natural History . ( Scot . Law . ) Scotch Law . ( Naut . ) = Nautical . [ Semit . ] Semitic . neg . = negative . sing . singular . neut . = neuter . [ Skt . ] Norm . Fr. = Norman French . [ Slav . ] [ Norw . ] = Norwegian . [ Sp ...
... Natural History . ( Scot . Law . ) Scotch Law . ( Naut . ) = Nautical . [ Semit . ] Semitic . neg . = negative . sing . singular . neut . = neuter . [ Skt . ] Norm . Fr. = Norman French . [ Slav . ] [ Norw . ] = Norwegian . [ Sp ...
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... natural group to which they apparently belong ; e.g. Lemurs compared with Quadrumăna . [ L. aberrantem , part . of Aberration ; Annual A .; Chromatic A .; Circle of A .; Diurnal A .; Planetary A .; Spherical △ . [ L. aberratio , -nem ...
... natural group to which they apparently belong ; e.g. Lemurs compared with Quadrumăna . [ L. aberrantem , part . of Aberration ; Annual A .; Chromatic A .; Circle of A .; Diurnal A .; Planetary A .; Spherical △ . [ L. aberratio , -nem ...
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... natural divisions . Abigail . A waiting - maid ( ? from Abigail Hill , afterwards Mrs. Masham ; rather than from Nabal's wife ; see Latham's Dict . , s.v. ) . Abiit , excessit , ēvāsit , ērūpit . [ L. , he has gone away , retired ...
... natural divisions . Abigail . A waiting - maid ( ? from Abigail Hill , afterwards Mrs. Masham ; rather than from Nabal's wife ; see Latham's Dict . , s.v. ) . Abiit , excessit , ēvāsit , ērūpit . [ L. , he has gone away , retired ...
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... natural means ; in Eng . Law , Accretion . Accessory stops . ( Mus . ) Pedals , e.g. couplers , composition pedals , which act mechanically upon others , and have no pipes in connexion with them . Acciatura . ( Appoggiatura ...
... natural means ; in Eng . Law , Accretion . Accessory stops . ( Mus . ) Pedals , e.g. couplers , composition pedals , which act mechanically upon others , and have no pipes in connexion with them . Acciatura . ( Appoggiatura ...
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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