Download or read book Dictionary of the Synonymous Words and Technical Terms in the English Language written by James Leslie (of Edinburgh.) and published by . This book was released on 1806 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Dictionary of the Synonymous Words and Technical Terms in the English Language Classic Reprint written by James Leslie and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Dictionary of the Synonymous Words and Technical Terms in the English Language After 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 Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.

Download or read book Dictionary of the Synonymous Words and Technical Terms in the English Language written by James Leslie and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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...

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