Nelson's New Dictionary of the English Language: With the Derivations and Meanings of Over 25,000 Words and an Appendix Containing Words and Phrases from the Latin and Greek, and Modern Foreign Languages. Definitions and Spelling According to Webster. Modernized and Adapted to the Present TimeThomas Nelson & sons, 1922 - 602 sivua |
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Sivu 563 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
Sivu 605 - In law, the change of a penalty or punishment from a greater to a less, as when death is commuted to transportation.
Sivu 590 - East, or an inn for the reception of travellers and the caravans. The building commonly forms a square, in the middle of which is a spacious court, and under the arches or piazzas that surround it, there runs a bank, raised some feet above the ground, where the merchants and travellers take up their lodgings, the beasts of burden being tied to the foot of the bank.
Sivu 582 - Brigantines are used principally bj the corsairs or sea brigands, for the purposes of piracy. Among British seamen this is a square-rigged vessel with two masts, and is distinguished by having her mainsails set near in the plane of her keel, whereas the mainsails of larger ships are hung athwart. Bring-to. In nautical language, to check a vessel's course, when advancing, by regulating the sails, so that they shall counteract each other, and keep the ship almost stationary. Brisket, bris-kit (French,...