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Webster's High School Dictionary:

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American Book Company, 1892 - English language - 530 pages
  

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Page 251 - Maim," as a noun, is there defined the same as mayhem : ' ' The privation of the use of a limb or member of the body by which one is rendered unable to defend himself or to annoy his adversary.
Page 155 - Field (fold), n. A piece of inclosed land ; a wide extent ; an expanse ; a battle ground or battle. — Field day. A day when troops are drawn out for instruction in field exercises ; a day of excitement ; a gala day. — Field marshal. A commander ui an army ; the highest military rank in European armies.
Page 301 - Par'al lei (paVal-lSl), a. Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; having the same direction or tendency ; like; similar, —n. A line Parallel...
Page xxvi - ... infer*, inferred', inferring. The derivatives of the word gas (except gassed, gassing, and gassy) are written with but one s ; as, gaseous, gaseity, gasify. Excellence, as being from the Latin excellens, retains the double I, though one / has been dropped from the termination of excel'.
Page xxi - ACCENT. Accent is a particular stress or effort of voice upon certain syllables of words, which distinguishes them from the others by a greater distinctness and loudness of pronunciation. Accent is of two kinds, primary, as in in-tend', where the full force of the voice is on the last syllable, and...
Page xxviii - The why's and wherefore's of the question." § 19. Nouns ending in y preceded by a consonant form their plural by adding es and changing y into i : as, mercy, -mercies ; sky, skies ; pity, pities.
Page 431 - An oath is a solemn affirmation, or declaration, made with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed, and imprecating his vengeance, and renouncing his favor, if what is affirmed is false.
Page 304 - It is usually carried by the purchaser, and is presented for record when the purchases are made. PATENT. — An official document securing to a person for a term of years, the exclusive right to an invention. PAWN. — A deposit or pledge, given as security for a loan. The term only applies to chattels or money, and not to real estate. PAYEE. — The one to whom payment is to be made; especially in whose favor a paper is drawn. PAYER. — The one who pays or is under obligations to pay. PERSONAL...
Page 432 - A syllable, in the spoken language, is one or more elementary sounds pronounced by a single impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or a part of a word.
Page xxviii - ... when a definite number is mentioned ; pease, the same in bulk, or spoken of collectively ; pennies, the coins, especially when a definite number is mentioned ; pence, the amount reckoned by these coins.

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