Dictionary of the Synonymous Words and Technical Terms in the English Language (Classic Reprint)
Dictionary of the Synonymous Words and Technical Terms in the English Language (Classic Reprint)

Author: James Leslie

Publisher:

Published: 2017-07-27

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780282629304

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Excerpt from Dictionary of the Synonymous Words and Technical Terms in the English LanguageAfter much care and labour, the following arrangement is now laid before the Public, viz. That having any common or simple word in memory, every word which is synonymous with that in question is instantly exhibited under it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Dictionary of the Synonymous Words and Technical Terms in the English Language
Dictionary of the Synonymous Words and Technical Terms in the English Language

Author: James Leslie

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9781230154381

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1806 edition. Excerpt: ...intreasure, to stow; to lay up treasure, to thesaurise; to lay out money, to disburse or dispurse; to lay on, to inflict, to impose; to lay flat (fall down) to prostrate. LAYER, S. Stratum; the act of laying layer upon layer, stratification. LAZINESS, s. Indolence, pigricude, torpor, torpitude, accidie. LAZY, a. Indolent, lither, murcid, retchless, desidiose, desidious; lazy fellow, grouthead, lounger, lubbard or lubber, loord, lungis, micher; lazy and very haughty person, lordan or lordant. LEAD. s. Old name given to white lead, ceruse, psimmytheon or psimmythium; red lead, minium; lead and silver as found in their native mixture, plumbagine; one who works in lead, plumber. LEADER, s. Chieftain, demagogue, premier. LEADING p. (Principal or chief) especial, inductive; the act of leading back, retroduction. LEAF. s. Large leaf used for that of a ledger, folio, (see book); any plant which springs from the seed, with only one leaf, monocotyledon or monophyllon. LEAGUE, s. Conjunction, alliance, combination, confederacy; relating to a league, federal. LEAN, a. To make lean, to emaciate, to macerate; lean, gaunt, meager, haggard, marcid, macilent, tabid. LEANING./. The ancient posture of leaning at meals, accubation; fitted to a leaning posture, discubitory; the act of leaning at meat, discumbency; the act of leaning or lying, recubation, recumbency. LEANNESS, s. Marcor, marcidity, macritude. LEAP-YEAR. s. Bissextile or intercallary; the adding of a day to the year as in leapyear, embolism; leap from one thing to another, transilience; leap, croupade, curvet, gambol; a skip or leap from one horse tu another, desulture; sort of leap in which the heels are over the head, summersault or summerset. LEAPING. . Salient, saltant; of or...

Dictionary of the Synonymous Words and Technical Terms in the English Language - Primary Source Edition
Dictionary of the Synonymous Words and Technical Terms in the English Language - Primary Source Edition

Author: James Leslie

Publisher: Nabu Press

Published: 2014-01-14

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 9781293530573

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Words and Their Meaning
Words and Their Meaning

Author: Howard Jackson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-03

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1317887573

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In this book, the development of the English dictionary is examined, along with the kinds of dictionary available, the range of information they contain, factors affecting their usage, and public attitudes towards them. As well as an descriptive analysis of word meaning, the author considers whether a thematic, thesaurus-like presentation might be more suited than the traditional alphabetical format to the description of words and their meaning.

Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary

Author: John A. Simpson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2002-04-18

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780195218893

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The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150 to the present day. The Dictionary defines over 500,000 words, making it an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, pronunciation, and history of the English language. This new upgrade version of The Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM offers unparalleled access to the world's most important reference work for the English language. The text of this version has been augmented with the inclusion of the Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series (Volumes 1-3), published in 1993 and 1997, the Bibliography to the Second Edition, and other ancillary material. System requirements: PC with minimum 200 MHz Pentium-class processor; 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended); 16-speed CD-ROM drive (32-speed recommended); Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 200, or XP (Local administrator rights are required to install and open the OED for the first time on a PC running Windows NT 4 and to install and run the OED on Windows 2000 and XP); 1.1 GB hard disk space to run the OED from the CD-ROM and 1.7 GB to install the CD-ROM to the hard disk: SVGA monitor: 800 x 600 pixels: 16-bit (64k, high color) setting recommended. Please note: for the upgrade, installation requires the use of the OED CD-ROM v2.0.

Dictionary of English Synonyms
Dictionary of English Synonyms

Author: Thomas Fenby

Publisher:

Published: 2008-06

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9781436821919

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.