The Royal Standard English Dictionary: In which the Words are Not Only Rationally Divided Into Syllables, Accurately Accented, and Their Part of Speech Properly Distinguished; But Likewise by a Key to this Work ... It Exhibits Their True Pronunciation According to the Present Practice of Men of Letters, Eminent Orators, and Polite Speakers in London ... To which is Added the Proper Names of Persons and Places in the Old and New Testaments ...

... mean , plebeian Vůl - gări - ty , f . meanness , state of the lowest Vulgár ... Waddle , v . n . to walk like a duck Wade , v . n . to walk through water ... Wâlk , f . act of walking , path to walk in Walk , v . n . to walk leifurely by ...

The Royal Standard English Dictionary: In which the Words are Not Only Rationally Divided Into Syllables, Accurately Accented, and Their Part of Speech Properly Distinguished; But Likewise by a Key to this Work, Comprising the Various Sounds of the Vowels and Consonants ... It Exhibits Their True Pronunciation, According to the Present Practice ... To which is Added the Proper Names of Persons and Places in the Old and New Testaments ...

William Perry

Encyclopedias and dictionaries

... planet Tran - si'tion , s . change , passage , removal Trănʼsi - tive , a . having power to pass Tran'si - to - ri - ly , ad . with short continuance Trăn'sí - to - ri - nèss , s . short continuance Trănʼsi - to - ry , a . continuing a ...

The Royal Standard English Dictionary: In which the Words are Not Only Rationally Divided Into Syllables, Accurately Accented, and Their Part of Speech Properly Distinguished, But Likewise, by a Key to this Work ... : to which is Added the Scripture Proper Names ...

William Perry

... nis , Sin - curi - ty , s . purity of mind , cover with leat - li ver , gild with filver honey Silvér - beat - ér ... egrade , depress , diminith , fup- mefe ; t fallgradually , to decline Sina , a , ex mot from fin , pure , holy 零 ...

A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names: In which the Words are Accented and Divided Into Syllables Exactly as They Ought to be Pronounced, According to Rules Drawn from Analogy and the Best Usuage to which are Added Terminational Vocabularies of Hebrew, Greek and Latin Proper Names, in which the Words are Arranged According to Their Final Syllables, and Classed According to Their Accents; by which the General Analogy of Pronunciation May be Seen at One View, and the Accentuation of Each Word More Easily Remembered. Concluding with Observations on the Greek and Latin Accents and Quantity; with Some Probable Conjectures on the Method of Freeing Them from Obscurity and Confusion in which They are Involved, Both by the Ancients and Moderns

Bible

... verb , in which our tongue is remark ably defcient , still it is doubtful whether this distinction be of any real ... prophecy and the verb to prophesy follow this analogy , only by writing the noun with head the verb with the s , and ...

A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin and Scripture Proper Names: In which the Words are Accented and Divided Into Syllables Exactly as They Ought to be Pronounced, According to Rules Drawn from Analogy and the Best Usage : to which are Added, Terminational Vocabularies of Hebrew, Greek and Latiln Proper Names, in which the Words are Arranged According to Their Final Syllables, and Classed According to Their Accents : by which the General Analogy of Pronunciation May be Seen at One View, and the Accentuation of Each Word More Earily Remembered : Concluding with Observations on the Greek and Latin Accent and Quantity : with Some Probable Conjectures on the Method of Freeing Them from the Obscurity and Confusion in which They are Involved, Both by the Ancients and Moderns ...

... Laodicea , Chaldea , Judea , Arimathea , Idumea , Cæsarea , Berea , Iturea , Osea , Hosea , Omega , Hasupha . Accent the Antepenultimate . Cenchrea , Sabtecha . ASHA ISHA USHA Accent the Penultimate . Elisha , Jerusha . Accent the ...

A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names: In which the Words are Accented and Divided Into Syllables Exactly as They Ought to be Pronounced, According to Rules Drawn from Analogy and the Best Usage, to which are Added, Terminational Vocabularies of Greek, Hebrew, and Latin Proper Names, ...

... Gadarenes , Agarenes , Hagarenes . Accent the Penultimate . Philistines , ( pronounced like Philistins ) . ITES ( Pronounced in one syllable . ) [ Words of this termination have the accent of the words from which they are formed , which ...

A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names: In which the Words are Accented and Divided Into Syllables ... To which are Added Terminational Vocabularies of Hebrew, Greek, and Latin Proper Names ... Concluding with Observations on the Greek and Latin Accent and Quantity ...

Classical languages

... ( Pronounced in two syllables . ) Accent the pe penultimate . Seleucia , Japhia , Adalia , Bethulia , Nethania , Chenania ... Abiezrite , Gittite , Hittite , Hivite , Buzite . * For the pronunciation of the final a in this selection , see ...

A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names: In which the Words are Accented and Divided Into Syllables Exactly as They Ought to be Pronounced ... To which are Added, Terminational Vocabularies of Hebrew, Greek, and Latin Proper Names ... Concluding with Observations on the Greek and Latin Accent and Quantity ...

... Eteocles , Sophocles , Pythocles , Diocles , Philocles , Damocles , Democles , Phanocles , Xenocles , Hierocles , Androcles , Man- drocles , Patrocles , Metrocles , Lamprocles , Cephisocles , Nes- tocles , Themistocles . ELES ILES OLES ...

The New Universal Etymological English Dictionary: Containing An Additional Collection of Words, with Their Explications and Etymologies from the Ancient British, Teutonick, Dutch, Saxon, Danish, French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Chaldee, &c. Each in Its Proper Character. Also An Explication of Hard and Technical Words, Or Terms, in All Arts and Sciences ; with Accents Directing to Their Proper Pronunciation, Shewing Both the Orthography and Orthoepia of the English Tongue. Illustrated With Some Hundred Cuts, Giving a Clearer Idea of Those Figures, Not So Well Apprehended by Verbal Description. Likewise A Collection and Explanation of Words and Phrases Used in Our Antient Charters, Statutes, Writs, Old Records and Processes at Law. Also The Theogony, Theology, and Mythology of the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, &c. Being an Account of Their Deities, Solemnities, Divinations, Auguries, Oracles, and Hieroglyphicks. A Work Useful for Such as Would Understand what They Read and Hear, Speak what They Mean, and Write True English. To which is Added, a Dictionary of Cant Words

... crochet , and two semi - quavers a quaver . MIN'NIMS ( fo called of minimus ... MINION of the largest Size ( with Gun- ners ) a piece of ordnance of three ... pattern or model , as he is a mirrour of virtue and patience . MIR'ROURS , are ...

A Dictionary of the English Language, Containing the Pronunciation, Etymology, and Explanation of All Words Authorized by Eminent Writers: to which are Added, a Vocabulary of the Roots of English Words, and an Accented List of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names

Alexander Reid

... words is admirable for many purposes of expression , but it is a great mistake to suppose that it can be made universal . There has been a sort of fashion in this matter , and with many being mere fashion was likely to be carried too ...

A Dictionary of the English Language, containing the pronunciation, etymology and explanation of all words authorized by eminent writers. To which are added, a vocabulary of the roots of English words and an accented list of proper names

Alexander REID (LL.D.)

... sumo ) to sup- pose ; to affirm without proof ; to venture without leave ... reward . v . to set a price on ; to value . Priçe'less , a . without price ... points . Prick'song , n . a song set to music . Pride , n . ( S. pryt ) inordinate ...

The New Spelling Dictionary: Teaching to Write and Pronounce the English Tongue with Ease and Propriety; in which Each Word is Accented Accoring to Its Just and Natural Pronounciation; the Part of Speech is Properly Distinguished, and the Various Significations are Range in One Line. with a List of Proper Names of Men and Women. The Whole Compiled and Digested in a Manner Entirly New, to Make it a Complete Pocket Companion for Those who Read Milton, Pope, Addison, Shakespeare, Tillotson and Locke, Or Other English Authors of Repute in Prose Or Verse: and in Particular to Assist Young People, Artificers, Tradesmen and Foreigners, Desirous to Understand what They Speak, Read and Write. To which is Prefixed, a Grammatical Introduction to the English Tongue. By the Rev. John Entick, A.M. Editor of Littleton's Latin and English Dictionary, and Schrevelius's Greek Lexicon

John Entick

... web footed Páimiftry , f . a telling fortunes by the hands Pálming , a ... v.n.to write pamphlets Pamphleteer , f . a writer of pamphlets Pan , f . a ... violet Pandect , f . a complete treatise Pandem'ic , a . incident to a whole people ...

Dictionarium Britannicum, Or, A More Compleat Universal Etymological English Dictionary Than Any Extant: Containing Not Only the Words, and Their Explication, But Their Etymologies ... Also Explaining Hard and Technical Words ... Illustrated with Near Five Hundred Cuts ... Likewise a Collection and Explanation of Words and Phrases Us'd in Our Antient Charters, Statutes, Writs ... Also the ... Mythology of the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, &c. ... to which is Added a Collection of Proper Names of Persons and Places in Great-Britain ...

... Hard and Technical Words ... Illustrated with Near Five Hundred Cuts ... Pillar ; alto a fhouldering Piece or Bracket , a little Bracket or Confole ... BDOMANCY [ whydovarea of μóroßd Lead , and Hart , Gr . Divination ] a diving , by ...

The Universal Etymological English Dictionary:: comprehending the derivations of the generality of words in the English tongue, either ancient or modern, from the ancient British, Saxon, Danish, Norman, and modern French, Teutonick, Dutch, Spanish, Italian ; as also from the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew languages, each in their proper characters ; and also a brief and clear explication of all difficult words, derived from any of the aforesaid languages, and terms of art, relating to anatomy, botany, physick, pharmacy, surgery, chymistry, philosophy, divinity, mathematicks, grammar, logick, rhetorick, musick, heraldry, maritime affairs, military discipline, horsemanship, hunting, hawking, fowling, fishing, gardening, husbandry, handicrafts, confectionary, carving, cookery, &c ; together with a large collection and explication of words and phrases used in our ancient statutes, charters, writs, old records, and processes in law ; and the etymology, and interpretation of the proper names of men, women, and remarkable places in Great-Britain ; also the dialects of our different countries ; containing many thousand words more than either Harris, Philips, Kersey, or any English dictionary before extant ; to which is added, a collection of our most common proverbs, with their explication and illustration ; the whole work compiled and methodically digested, as well for the entertainment of the curious, as the information of the ignorant ; and for the benefit of young students, artificers, tradesmen, and foreigners, who are desirous thoroughly to understand what they speak, read, or write

John WALKER (the Philologist.)

... L. DIVINE [ divinus , L. ] belonging to God , heavenly . F. A DIVINE , a Clergyman . To DIVINE [ divinare , L. ] to foretel , to guefs , to foothfay . DIVIN'ELY , in a heavenly Manner . A DIVIN'ER [ divinator , L. ] a Conjurer , a ...

A key to the classical pronunciation of Greek and Latin proper names ... with references to rules, which show the analogy of pronunciation. To which is added a complete vocabulary of Scripture proper names ... concluding with observations on the Greek and Latin accent and quantity, etc

... Laodicea , Stratonicea , Cymodocea , Medea , Ligea , Argea , Amathea , Alphea , Erythea , Ethalea , Malea , Heraclea , Amphi- clea , Theoclea , Agathoclea , Androclea , Euryclea , Penthesilea , Achillea , Asbamea , Alcidamea , Cadmea ...

Linguae Britannicae Vera Pronunciatio : Or, a New English Dictionary. Containing I. An Explanation of All English Words Used by the Best Writers;...II. The Language from which Each Word is Derived. III. The Part of Speech to which it Belongs. IV. A Supplement of Upwards of 4000 Proper Names.In which Every Words Has Not Only the Com

James Buchanan

... L. Dive , ( V. ) 1. To go under water . 2. To penetrate or fearch narrowly into a business , & c . Diver , ( S. ) 1 ... Divine , ( V. ) 1. To foretel . guefs or conjecture . L. Divi'ne , ( S. ) A clergyman . Divine , ( A. ) Heavenly ...

The Scripture Lexicon, Or, A Dictionary of Above Three Thousand Proper Names of Persons and Places, Mentioned in the Bible: With the Description of the Greater Part of Them, Divided Into Syllables : with Their Proper Accentuations...

Peter Oliver

... proper names of perfons , places , and of feveral objects of importance in facred writ - it was felected from a large work under compilation , on a more ex- tenfive fcale ; and it was judged that it might be of use , not only to young ...

An Easy and Complete Introduction to Reading: Containing a Copious Alphabet, Tables of Words from One to Six and Seven Syllables, Collections of Verses from Scripture, Select Fables, Stories, Moral Sentences, and Pieces of Poetry, with Tables of Scripture Proper Names, and Others ; Properly and Methodically Digested... To which is

Peter Maclaurin

... Table 1. Table II . & c . But this does not hinder the Propriety of cal- ling them Tables , when I have Occafion to speak of fuch Collections , in fome Parts of the Performance . a & ja je ji jo ka ke ki ko ju jy [ 4 ]

A New Critical Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language: Adapted to the Present State of Literature and Science: the Additions of Todd and Webster, and Many Words in Modern Use Included in Former Dictionaries. Exhibiting the Pronunciation of Words in Unison with More Accurate Schemes of Sounds Than Any Yet Furnished, According to Principles Carefully and Laboriously Investigated : Explaining Their Meaning by Classification and Mutual Reference, as Well as by Improved Definitions; and Accompanied by I. Hints for Surmounting Defects of Utterance, Foreign, Provincial, Vulgar, and Impedimental. II. An Etymological Index of Common Terminations. III. A Key to the Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names. IV. A Brief Appendix on the Pronunciation of Modern Foreign Names

Benjamin Humphrey Smart

... list , s . One who monopolizes . There are two words older than this , Monop ... word of one syllable . Mon ' - o - syl - lab " -ic , 88 , a . Consisting of a ... MOOD = mood , s . Mode , of which word it is another form , and often used ...

The Universal Etymological English Dictionary: Containing an Additional Collection of Words (not in the First Volume) with Their Explications and Etymologies ... Also an Explication of Hard and Technical Words, Or Terms, in All Arts and Sciences ... Illustrated with Above Five Hundred Cuts ... Likewise a Collection and Explanation of Words and Phrases Us'd in Our Ancient Charters, Statues [sic], Writs ... To which is Added, an Additional Collection of Proper Names of Persons and Places in Great Britain ... : Vol. II.

Dictionaries. - Biography

... Chymifts ] a quali ty oppofite to volatility . FIXT Bodies [ in the general ] are fuch as neither fire nor any corrofive has fuch effect on as to reduce or refolve them Rr into into their component elements , i . e . ab- FI FI.

The Comprehensive Dictionary of Biography; Embracing a Series of Original Memoirs of the Most Distinguished Persons of All Countries, Living and Dead. To which is Added, a Classified List of the Most Distinguished Persons of All Times, Arranged Chronologically. Illustrated by ... Portraits, Etc

Dictionaries. - Biography. before him , his own manuscript , the ink of which ... music , and he had sedulously studied its theory . He wrote very many hymns and set them to music . In 1523 he published his first hymn with music in a single ...

A dictionary, Spanish and English, and English and Spanish: containing the signification of words, with their different uses; the terms of arts, sciences, and trades; the constructions, forms of speech, idioms used in both languages, and several thousand words more than any other dictionary; with their proper, figurative, burlesque, and cant significations, &c. Also the Spanish words accented and spelled according to the modern observations of the Royal Spanish academy of Madrid

Hipólito San Joseph Giral del Pino

Cant

... VATE'A , vid . BATE'A . VATE'L , vid . BATE ́L . VATERI'A , vid . BATERIʼA . VATIA'NO , NA , adj . obf . well ac ... YA , let him , or let it go . Vid . IR . VA'YA , f . f . a rude way among young people , of putting upon firangers , or ...

A Dictionary of the Scripture Proper Names: Wherein the Words are Accentuated, and Divided Into Syllables, with the Pronunciation and Meaning Annexed, to which are Prefixed Remarks, Respecting the Pronunciation, Etymology, and Accentuation, of the English Language