The American Definition Spelling Book: In which the Words are Not Only Rationally Divided Into Syllables, Accurately Accented, the Various Sounds of the Vowels Represented by Figures, and Their Parts of Speech Properly Distinguished, But the Definition Or Signification Affixed to Each Word : Carefully Revised and Compared with the Most Approved Authorities : Designed for the Use of Schools |
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ABNER KNEELAND America animal Asia Atlantic ocean beast belonging bil i ty bird body bounded north breadth broad called capital cheat cloth color Connecticut consonant contains DEFINITION SPELLING BOOK derivatives follow diphthong District of Maine divided dress east longitude Europe fish foot full accent Great-Britain gulf half accent Hampshire horse inhabitants insect instrument intj island kind king land liquor Lower Canada mark Massachusetts Mediterranean ment merry miles long mouth musical New-York noise north latitude Pacific ocean participle past Pennsylvania plant plural post town prep pronounced province province of Greece quick relating ri ous river rule Russia short sound silent simple sound situated soft South America speech substance syllables TABLE Territory thin thing tion title of honor tive tree Vermont vessel vowel wicked woman wood young
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Page 188 - Tobal, and from thence to the river Oby, which falls into the Frozen ocean. On the east It is bounded by the Pacific ocean, or South...
Page 188 - It is bounded by the Frozen ocean on the north ; on the west it is separated from Africa by the Red sea, 'and from Europe by the Levant or Mediterranean, the Archipelago, the Hellespont, the sea of Marmora, the...
Page 203 - Mary's river, and by the course of the said river to the Atlantic ocean ; and to the east and south by the » Atlantic ocean and the gulf of Florida, including all islands within six leagues of the sea coast.
Page 14 - Italic letters have uo sound. S, when printed in Italic, is not silent, but pronounced like z, as in devise, pronounced devize. The letter e at the end of words of more syllables than one, is almost always silent ; but serves often to lengthen a foregoing vowel, as in bid, bide : to soften c, as in notice : or to soften g, as in homage : or to change the sound of th from the first to the second, as in bath, bathe. In the following work, when e final lengthens the foregoing vowel, that is, gives it...
Page 191 - This country is bounded north by Scotland, east by the German Ocean, south by the English channel, which separates it from France, and west by St.
Page 9 - The only difference in the sound that can be made by the same configuration of the parts of the mouth is to prolong or shorten the same sound. According to this principle we observe that late and let being pronounced with the same aperture of the mouth, and with the same disposition of the organs . . . must contain the same vowel. The same rule will apply to the other examples
Page 201 - THIS large country has never been perfeclly explored by any European nation. It is supposed to be about 1400 miles long, and 900 broad ; situated between the equator and 20 degrees south latitude. It is bounded north by Terra Firma, and Guiana ; east by Brazil ; south by Paraguay ; and west by Peru. It receives its name from the river Amazon, which, with its innumerable branches, waters the whole territory. The air is cooler in this country than could be expected, considering it is situated in the...
Page 205 - Plantations; it originally consisted of two plantations, or provinces. This state is bounded north and east by Massachusetts, south by the Atlantic ocean, and west by Connecticut ; length 49 miles ;. breadth 29; square miles 1350 ; population in 1810, 76,931; in 1820, 83,059, including 48 slaves ; in 1830,97,212, including 14 slaves', lat. 41° 22' to 42° 3
Page 195 - Asia, extending without interruption from the Baltic sea on the west, to the Pacific ocean on the east, and from the Frozen ocean on the north to the Chinese empire, Tartary, Persia, and Turkey on the south. It lies between 39° 30
Page 14 - ... in devise, pronounced devize. The letter e at the end of words of more syllables than one, is almost always silent ; but serves often to lengthen a foregoing vowel, as in bid, bide : to soften c, as in notice : or to soften g, as in homage : or to change the sound of th from the first to the second, as in bath, bathe. In the following work, when e final lengthens the foregoing vowel, that is, gives it its first sound, it is printed in a Roman character, as in fate : but in all other cases it...