Webster's pronouncing dictionary of the English language. Critically revised, with diss. by P.A. Nuttall

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Página 3 - As a rock on the sea-shore he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves disturbeth him not. He raiseth his head like a tower on a hill, and the arrows of fortune drop at his feet. In...
Página 4 - Latin ad verbum) is a word appended "to a verb," to express some circumstance relating to it ; that is, to qualify it, or define the manner how. — The PREPOSITION (from the Latin prcepositum) is a word "placed before...
Página 176 - Time, (tim) n. a part of duration ; season; age; the present life ; measure of sounds ; — vt to adapt to the occasion ; to mark the time of. Time-keeper, (tlm'kep-er) n.
Página 3 - The piety of a child is sweeter than the incense of Persia, offered to the sun ; yea, more delicious than odours, wafted from a field of Arabian spices by the western gales. Be grateful then to thy father, for he gave thee life ; and to thy mother, for she sustained thee.
Página 3 - PUNCTUATION. PUNCTUATION' is the art of pointing written composition in such a manner as may naturally lead to its proper meaning, construction, and delivery.
Página 3 - PUNCTUATION is the art of marking in writing the several pauses, or rests, between sentences, and the parts of sentences, according to their proper quantity or proportion, as they are expressed in a, just and accurate pronunciation.
Página 2 - II usually drops one 2 on becoming part of a compound word; as all, always; fill, fulfil; full, fruitful; till, until. But there are some exceptions to this rule; as recall, refill, uphill; which retain the orthography of their monosyllabic roots.
Página 190 - Veterinary, (vet'er-in-ar-e) a. pertaining to the art of healing the diseases of domestic animals. Veto, (vö'tö) n.

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