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71

abdicant
[.] AB'DICANT, a. [See Abdicate.] Abdicating; renouncing.

327

acanaceous
[.] ACANA'CEOUS, a acana'shus. [Gr. a prickly shrub.] [.] Armed with prickles. A class of plants are called acanaceae.

328

acantha
[.] ACANTH'A, n. [Gr. a spine or thorn.] [.] In botany, a prickle; in zoology, a spine or prickly fin; an acute process of the vertebers.

329

acanthaceous
[.] ACANTHA'CEOUS, a. Armed with prickles, as a plant.

330

acantharis
[.] ACAN'THARIS, n. In entomology, a species of Cimex, with a spinous thorax, and a ciliated abdomen, with spines; found in Jamaica.

331

acanthine
[.] ACANTH'INE, a [See acanthus.] [.] Pertaining to the plant, acanthus. The acanthine garments of the ancients were made of the down of thistles, or embroidered in imitation of the acanthus.

332

acanthopterygious
[.] ACANTHOPTERYG'IOUS, a [Gr. a thorn, and a little feather, from a feather.] [.] In zoology, having back fins which are hard, bony and pricky, a term applied to certain fishes.

333

acanthus
[.] ACANTH'US, n. [G. and L. acanthus, from a prickle or thorn. See acantha.] [.] 1. The plant bear's breech or brank ursine; a genus of several species, receiving their name from their prickles. [.] 2. In architecture, an ornament resembling the foliage or leaves ...

334

acanticone
[.] ACAN'TICONE, n. See Pistacite.

1210

african
[.] AF'RICAN, a. Pertaining to Africa. [.] AF'RICAN, n. A native of Africa. [.] This name is given also to the African marygold.

1547

alcanna
[.] ALCAN'NA, n. A plant; and a powder, prepared from the leaves of the Egyptian privet, used by the Turkish females to give a golden color to the nails and hair. Infused in water it forms a yellow color; with vinegar, it forms a red. From the berries is extracted an ...

1901

almacantar
[.] AL'MACANTAR, n. [See almucantar.]

1928

almucantar
[.] AL'MUCANTAR, n. A series of circles of the sphere passing through the center of the sun, or of a star, parallel to the horizon. It is synonymous with a parallel of altitude, whose common zenith is the vertical point.

2177

american
[.] AMER'ICAN, a. Pertaining to America. [.] AMER'ICAN, n. A native of America; originally applied to the aboriginals, or copper-colored races, found here by the Europeans; but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America. [.] The name American must ...

2178

americanism
[.] AMER'ICANISM, n. The love which American citizens have to their own country, or the preference of its interests. Analogically, an American idiom.

2179

americanize
[.] AMER'ICANIZE, v.t. To render American; to naturalize in America.

2515

anglican
[.] AN'GLICAN, a. [L. icus, in publicus, and all similar adjectives. From ing, was formed Angles, the English, to which is added this common affix, ic. Ing is annexed to many English names, as Reading, Basing, Kittering, towns situated on flat land.] [.] English; pertaining ...

2717

antelucan
[.] ANTELU'CAN, a. [L. antelucanus, of ante, before, and lux, light.] [.] Being before light; a word applied to assemblies of christians, in ancient times of persecution, held before light in the morning.

2780

antiamerican
[.] ANTIAMER'ICAN, a. Opposed to America, or to the true interests or government of the United States; opposed to the revolution in America.

2784

antibasilican
[.] ANTIBASIL'ICAN, a. s as z. [Gr. a palace; L. royal, a hall of justice.] Opposed to royal state and magnificence.

3217

applicant
[.] AP'PLICANT, n. One who applies; one who makes request; a petitioner. [.] The applicant for a cup of water declares himself to be the Messias. [.] The court require the applicant to appear in person.

3370

araucanian
[.] ARAUCA'NIAN, a Pertaining to the Araucanians, a tribe of aboriginals, inhabiting Arauco, in Chili.

3405

arcane
[.] ARCA'NE, a. [L. arcanus.] Hidden, secret. [Not much used.]

3406

arcanum
[.] ARCA'NUM, n. [L.] A secret; generally used in the plural, arcana, secret things, mysteries.

3507

archpublican
[.] ARCHPUB'LICAN, n. The distinguished publican.

3674

armorican
[.] ARMOR'ICAN, a. [.] Designating the northwestern part of France, formerly called Armorica, afterward Bretague, or Britanny. This part of France is peopled by inhabitants who speak a dialect of the Celtic. It is usually supposed their ancestors were refugees or ...

5075

barracan
[.] BAR'RACAN, n. A thick, strong stuff, something like camelot; used for clokes, surtouts,and other outer garments.

5298

bbarbacan
[.] B'BARBACAN, n. [.] 1. A fortification or outer defense to a city or castle, consisting of an elevation of earth about three feet high, along the foot of the rampart. [.] 2. A fortress at the end of a bridge, or at the outlet of a city, having a double wall with ...

7575

bucaneer
[.] BUCANEE'R,

7576

bucanier
[.] BUCANIE'R, n. Primarily, a buccaneer is said to one who dries and smokes flesh or fish after the manner of the Indians. The name was first given to the French settlers in Haiti or Hispaniola, whose business was to hunt wild cattle and swine. It was afterwards applied ...

8223

can
[.] CAN, n. A cup or vessel for liquors, in modern times made of metal; as a can of ale. [.] CAN, v.i. pret. could, which is from another root. [See Could.] [.] 1. To be able; to have sufficient strength or physical power. One man can lift a weight which another ...

8224

can-buoy
[.] CAN-BUOY, n. In seamanship, a buoy in form of a cone, made large, and sometimes painted, as a mark to designate shoals, &c.

8225

can-hook
[.] CAN-HOOK, n. An instrument to sling a cask by the ends of its staves, formed by reeving a piece of rope through two flat hooks, and splicing its ends together.

8226

canadian
[.] CANADIAN, a. Pertaining to Canada, an extensive country on the north of the United States. [.] CANADIAN, n. An inhabitant or native of Canada.

8227

canail
[.] CANAIL, n. The coarser part of meal; hence, the lowest people; less; dregs; offscouring.

8228

canakin
[.] CANAKIN, n. A little can or cup.

8229

canal
[.] CANAL, n. [.] 1. A passage for water; a water course; properly, a long trench or excavation in the earth for conducting water, and confining it to narrow limits; but the term may be applied to other water courses. It is chiefly applied to artificial cuts or passages ...

8230

canal-coal
[.] CANAL-COAL. [See Cannel-coal.]

8231

canaliculate
[.] CANALICULATE,

8232

canaliculated
[.] CANALICULATED, a. Channelled; furrowed. In botany, having a deep longitudinal groove above, and convex underneath; applied to the stem, leaf, or petiole of plants.

8233

canary
[.] CANARY, n. [.] 1. Wine made in the Canary isles. [.] 2. An old dance. Shakespeare has used the word as a verb in a kind of cant phrase.

8234

canary-bird
[.] CANARY-BIRD, n. A singing bird from the Canary isles, a species of Fringilla. The bill is conical and straight; the body is yellowish white; the prime feathers of the wings and tail are greenish. These birds are now bred in other countries.

8235

canary-grass
[.] CANARY-GRASS, n. A plant, the Phalaris, whose seed are collected for canary-birds.

8236

cancel
[.] CANCEL, v.t. [.] 1. To cross the lines of a writing, and deface them; to blot out or obliterate. [.] 2. To annul, or destroy; as, to cancel an obligation or a debt.

8237

cancelated
[.] CANCELATED, a. Cross-barred; marked with cross lines.

8238

cancelation
[.] CANCELATION, n. The act of defacing by cross lines; a canceling.

8239

canceled
[.] CANCELED, pp. Crossed; obliterated; annulled.

8240

canceling
[.] CANCELING, ppr. Crossing; obliterating; annulling.

8241

cancer
[.] CANCER, n. [.] 1. The crab or crab-fish. This genus of animals have generally eight legs, and two claws which serve as hands; two distant eyes, supported by a kind of peduncles, and they are elongated and movable. They have also two clawed palpi, and the tail ...

8242

cancerate
[.] CANCERATE, v.i. To grow into a cancer; to become cancerous.

8243

canceration
[.] CANCERATION, n. A growing cancerous, or into a cancer.

8244

cancerous
[.] CANCEROUS, a. Like a cancer; having the qualities of a cancer.

8245

cancerousness
[.] CANCEROUSNESS, n. The state of being cancerous.

8246

cancriform
[.] CANCRIFORM, a. [.] 1. Cancerous. [.] 2. Having the form of a cancer or crab.

8247

cancrine
[.] CANCRINE, a. Having the qualities of a crab.

8248

cancrite
[.] CANCRITE, n. A fossil or petrified crab.

8249

candent
[.] CANDENT, a. Very hot; heated to whiteness; glowing with heat.

8250

candicant
[.] CANDICANT, a. Growing white.

8251

candid
[.] CANDID, a. [.] 1. White. [.] 2. Fair; open; frank; ingenuous; free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice, or without partiality or prejudice; applied to persons. [.] 3. Fair; just; impartial; applied to things; as a candid ...

8252

candidate
[.] CANDIDATE, n. [.] 1. A man who seeks or aspires to an office; one who offers himself, or is proposed fro preferment, by election or appointment; usually followed by for; as a candidate for the office of sheriff. [.] 2. One who is in contemplation for an office, ...

8253

candidly
[.] CANDIDLY, adv. Openly; frankly; without trick or disguise; ingenuously.

8254

candidness
[.] CANDIDNESS, n. Openness of mind; frankness; fairness; ingenuousness.

8255

candied
[.] CANDIED, pp. or a. Preserved with sugar, or incrusted with it; covered with crystals of sugar or ice, or with matter resembling them; as candied raisins.

8256

candle
[.] CANDLE, n. [.] 1. A long, but small cylindrical body of tallow, wax or spermaceti, formed on a wick composed of linen or cotton threads, twisted loosely; used for a portable light of domestic use. [.] 2. A light. [.] 3. A light; a luminary. In scripture, ...

8257

candle-bomb
[.] CANDLE-BOMB, n. A small glass bubble, filled with water, place in the wick of a candle, where it bursts with a report.

8258

candle-coal
[.] CANNEL-COAL or CANDLE-COAL, n. A hard, opake, inflammable fossil coal of a black color, sufficiently solid to be cut and polished. On fire it decrepitates and breaks into angular fragments. It is sometimes used for inkholders and toys.

8259

candle-holder
[.] CANDLE-HOLDER, n. A person that holds a candle. Hence, one that remotely assists another, but is otherwise not of importance.

8260

candle-light
[.] CANDLE-LIGHT, n. The light of a candle; the necessary candles for use.

8261

candle-stick
[.] CANDLE-STICK, n. An instrument or utensil to hold a candle, made in different forms and of different materials; originally a stick or piece of wood.

8262

candle-stuff
[.] CANDLE-STUFF, n. A material of which candles are made, as tallow, wax, &c.

8263

candlemas
[.] CANDLEMAS, n. The feast of the church celebrated on the second day of February, in honor of the purification of the Virgin Mary; so called from the great number of lights used on that occasion. This feast is supposed to have originated in the declaration of Simeon, ...

8264

candles-ends
[.] CANDLES-ENDS, n. Scraps; fragments.

8265

candoc
[.] CANDOC, n. A plant or weed tha grows in rivers.

8266

candor
[.] CANDOR, n. Openness of heart; frankness; ingenuousness of mind; a disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from tricks or disguise; sincerity.

8267

candy
[.] CANDY, v.t. [.] 1. To conserve or dress with sugar; to boil in sugar. [.] 2. To from into congelations or crystals. [.] 3. To cover or incrust with congelations, or crystals of ice. [.] CANDY, v.i. To from into crystals, or become congealed; to take on ...

8268

candy-tufts
[.] CANDY-TUFTS, n. [.] 1. A plant, the Iberis. [.] 2. A Cretan flower.

8269

candying
[.] CANDYING, ppr. Conserving with sugar. [.] CANDYING, n. The act of preserving simples in substance, by boiling them in sugar.

8270

cane
[.] CANE, n. [.] 1. In botany, this term is applied to several species of plants belonging to several species of plants belonging to different genera, such as Arundo, Calamus, Saccharum, &c. Among these is the bamboo of the East Indies, with a strong stem, which serves ...

8271

cane-brake
[.] CANE-BRAKE, n. A thicket of canes.

8272

cane-hole
[.] CANE-HOLE, n. A hole or trench for planting the cuttings of cane, on sugar plantations.

8273

cane-trash
[.] CANE-TRASH, n. Refuse of canes, or macerated rinds of cane, reserved for fuel to boil the cane-juice.

8274

canescent
[.] CANESCENT, a. Growing white or hoary.

8275

canicula
[.] CANICULA,

8276

canicular
[.] CANICULAR, a. Pertaining to the dog-star.

8277

canicule
[.] CANICULE, n. A star in the constellation of Canis Major, called also the dog-star, or Sirius; a star of the first magnitude, and the largest and brightest of all the fixed stars. From the rising of this heliacally, or at its emersion from the suns rays, the ancients ...

8278

canine
[.] CANINE, a. Pertaining to dogs; having the properties or qualities of a dog; as a canine appetite, insatiable hunger; canine madness, or hydrophobia. [.] Canine teeth are two sharp pointed teeth in each jaw of an animal, one on each side, between the incisors and ...

8279

caning
[.] CANING, n. A beating with a stick or cane.

8280

canister
[.] CANISTER, n. Properly, a small basket, as in Dryden; but more generally, a small box or case, for tea, coffee, &c.

8281

canker
[.] CANKER, n. [.] 1. A disease incident to trees, which causes the bark to rot and fall. [.] 2. A popular name of certain small eroding ulcers in the mouth, particularly of children. They are generally covered with a whitish slough. [.] 3. A virulent, corroding ...

8282

canker-fly
[.] CANKER-FLY, n. A fly that preys on fruit.

8283

canker-like
[.] CANKER-LIKE, a. Eating or corrupting like a canker.

8284

canker-worm
[.] CANKER-WORM, n. A worm, destructive to trees or plants. In America, this name is given to a worm that, in some years, destroys the leaves and fruit of apple trees. This animal springs from an egg deposited by a miller, that issues from the ground.

8285

cankerbit
[.] CANKERBIT, a. Bitten with a cankered or envenomed tooth.

8286

cankered
[.] CANKERED, pp. [.] 1. Corrupted. [.] 2. a. Crabbed; uncivil.

8287

cankeredly
[.] CANKEREDLY, adv. Crossly; adversely.

8288

cankerous
[.] CANKEROUS, a. Corroding like a canker.

8289

cankery
[.] CANKERY, a. Rusty

8290

cannabine
[.] CANNABINE, a. Pertaining to hemp; hempen.

8291

cannel-coal
[.] CANNEL-COAL or CANDLE-COAL, n. A hard, opake, inflammable fossil coal of a black color, sufficiently solid to be cut and polished. On fire it decrepitates and breaks into angular fragments. It is sometimes used for inkholders and toys.

8292

cannequin
[.] CANNEQUIN, n. White cotton cloth from the East Indies, suitable for the Guinea trade.

8293

cannibal
[.] CANNIBAL, n. A human being that east human flesh; a man-eater, or anthropophagite.

8294

cannibalism
[.] CANNIBALISM, n. [.] 1. The act or practice of eating human flesh, by mankind. [.] 2. Murderous cruelty; barbarity.

8295

cannibally
[.] CANNIBALLY, adv. In the manner of a cannibal.

8296

cannon
[.] CANNON, n. A large military engine for throwing balls, and other instruments of death, by the force of gun powder. Guns of this kind are made of iron or brass and of different sizes, carrying balls from three or four pounds, to forty eight pounds weight. In some ...

8297

cannon-ball
[.] CANNON-BALL, n. A ball, usually made of cast iron, to be thrown from cannon. Cannon bullet, of the like signification, is not now used. Cannon balls were originally of stone.

8298

cannon-proof
[.] CANNON-PROOF, a. Proof against cannon shot.

8299

cannon-shot
[.] CANNON-SHOT, n. A ball for cannon; also, the range or distance a cannon will throw a ball.

8300

cannonade
[.] CANNONADE, n. The act of discharging cannon and throwing balls, for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship or fort. The term usually implies an attack of some continuance. [.] CANNONADE, v.t. To attack with heavy artillery; to throw balls, ...

8301

cannoneer
[.] CANNONEER,

8302

cannot
[.] CANNOT, [can and not.] These words are usually united, but perhaps without good reason; canst and not are never united.

8303

cannular
[.] CANNULAR, a. Tubular; having the form of a tube.

8304

canoe
[.] CANOE,n. [.] 1. A boat used by rude nations, formed of the body or trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting or burning, into a suitable shape. Similar boats are now used by civilized men, for fishing and other purposes. It is impelled by a paddle, instead of an oar. [.] 2. ...

8305

canon
[.] CANON, n. [.] 1. In ecclesiastical affairs, a law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the sovereign; a decision of matters in religion, or a regulation of policy or discipline, by a general or provincial council.

8306

canon-bit
[.] CANON-BIT, n. That part of a bit let into a horses mouth.

8307

canoness
[.] CANONESS, n. A woman who enjoys a prebend, affixed, by the foundation, to maids, without obliging them to make any vows or renounce the world.

8308

canonical
[.] CANONICAL, a. Pertaining to a canon; according to the canon or rule. [.] Canonical books or canonical scriptures, are those books of the scriptures which are admitted by the canons of the church, to be of divine origin. The Roman catholic church admits the Apocryphal ...

8309

canonically
[.] CANONICALLY, adv. In a manner agreeable to the canon.

8310

canonicalness
[.] CANONICALNESS, n. The quality of being canonical.

8311

canonicals
[.] CANONICALS, n. plu. The full dress of the clergy, worn when they officiate.

8312

canonicate
[.] CANONICATE, n. The office of a canon.

8313

canonist
[.] CANONIST, n. A professor of cannon law; one skilled in the study and practice of ecclesiastical law.

8314

canonistic
[.] CANONISTIC, a. Having the knowledge of a canonist.

8315

canonization
[.] CANONIZATION, n. [See Canonize.] [.] 1. The act of declaring a man a saint, or rather the act of ranking a deceased person in the catalogue of saints, called a canon. This act is preceded by beatification, and by an examination into the life and miracles of the ...

8316

canonize
[.] CANONIZE, v.t. [from canon.] To declare a man a saint and rank him in the catalogue, called a canon.

8317

canonry
[.] CANONRY,

8318

canonship
[.] CANONSHIP, n. An ecclesiastical benefice, in a cathedral or collegiate church, which has a prebend or stated allowance out of the revenues of the church commonly annexed to it. The benifice filled by a canon. A prebend may subsist without a canonry; but a canonicate ...

8319

canopied
[.] CANOPIED, a. [See Canopy.] Covered with a canopy.

8320

canopy
[.] CANOPY, n. [.] 1. A covering over a throne, or over a bed; more generally, a covering over the head. So the sky is called a canopy, and a canopy is borne over the head in processions. [.] 2. In architecture and sculpture, a magnificent decoration serving to ...

8321

canorous
[.] CANOROUS, a. Musical; tuneful.

8322

canorousness
[.] CANOROUSNESS, n. Musicalness.

8323

cant
[.] CANT, v.t. [.] 1. In popular usage, to turn about, or to turn over, by a sudden push or thrust; as, to cant over a pail or a cask. [.] 2. To toss; as, to cant a ball. [.] 3. To speak with a whining voice, or an affected singing tone. [.] [.] [In this sense, ...

8324

cantabrian
[.] CANTABRIAN, a. Pertaining to Cantabria, on the Bay of Biscay, in Spain.

8325

cantaliver
[.] CANTALIVER, n. [cantle and eaves.] In architecture, a piece of wood, framed into the front or side of a house, to suspend the moldings and eaves over it.

8326

cantar
[.] CANTAR,

8327

cantaro
[.] CANTARO, n. An eastern weight; at Acra in Turkey, 603 pounds; at Tunis and Tripoli, 114 pounds, In Egypt, it consists of 100 or 150 rotolos; at Naples, it is 25 pounds; at Genoa, 150; at Leghorn, 150, 151, 0r 160. [.] At Alicant in Spain, the cantaro is a liquid ...

8328

cantata
[.] CANTATA, n. A poem set to music; a composition or song, intermixed with recitatives and airs, chiefly intended for a single voice.

8329

cantation
[.] CANTATION, a. A singing.

8330

canteen
[.] CANTEEN, n. A tin vessel used by soldiers for carrying liquor for drink.

8331

canteleup
[.] CANTELEUP, n. A variety of muskmelon.

8332

canter
[.] CANTER, v.i. To move as a horse in a moderate gallop, raising the two fore feet nearly at the same time, with a leap or spring. [.] CANTER, v.t. To ride upon a canter. [.] CANTER, n. [.] 1. A moderate gallop. [.] 2. One who cants or whines.

8333

cantering
[.] CANTERING, ppr. Moving or riding with a slow gallop.

8334

cantharidin
[.] CANTHARIDIN, n. That peculiar substance existing in the Meloe vesicatorius, or cantharides, which causes vesication.

8335

cantharis
[.] CANTHARIS or plu. CANTHARIDES, n. Spanish flies; a species of Meloe. This fly is nine or ten lines in length, of a shining green color, mixed with azure, and has a nauseous smell. It feeds upon the leaves of trees and shrubs, preferring the ash. These flies, ...

8336

canthus
[.] CANTHUS, n. An angle of the eye; a cavity at the extremities of the eyelids; the greater is next to the nose; the lesser, near the temple.

8337

canticle
[.] CANTICLE, n. [.] 1. A song. In the plural, canticles, the Song of Songs or Song of Solomon, one of the books of the Old Testament. [.] 2. A canto; a division of a song.

8338

cantillate
[.] CANTILLATE, v.t. To chant; to recite with musical tones.

8339

cantillation
[.] CANTILLATION, n. A chanting; recitation with musical modulations.

8340

canting
[.] CANTING, ppr. [.] 1. Throwing with a sudden jerk; tossing. [.] 2. Speaking with a whine or song-like tone.

8341

cantingly
[.] CANTINGLY, adv. With a cant.

8342

cantion
[.] CANTION, n. A song or verses.

8343

cantle
[.] CANTLE, n. A fragment; a piece; a portion. [.] CANTLE, v.t. To cut into pieces; to cut out a piece.

8344

cantlet
[.] CANTLET, n. A piece; a little corner; a fragment.

8345

canto
[.] CANTO, n. A part or division of a poem, answering to what in prose is called a book. In Italian, canto is a song, and it signifies also the treble part, first treble, or highest vocal part.

8346

canton
[.] CANTON, n. [.] 1. A small portion of land, or division of territory; originally, a portion of territory on a border; also, the inhabitants of a canton. [.] 2. A small portion or district of territory, constituting a distinct state or government; as in Switzerland. [.] 3. ...

8347

cantonal
[.] CANTONAL, a. Pertaining to a canton; divided into cantons.

8348

cantoned
[.] CANTONED, pp. Divided into distinct parts, or quarters; lodged in distinct quarters, as troops.

8349

cantoning
[.] CANTONING, ppr. Dividing into distinct districts; allotting separate quarters to each regiment.

8350

cantonize
[.] CANTONIZE, v.t. To canton, or divide into small districts.

8351

cantonment
[.] CANTONMENT, n. A part or division of a town or village, assigned to a particular regiment of troops; separate quarters.

8352

cantred
[.] CANTRED,

8353

cantref
[.] CANTREF, n. A hundred villages, as in Wales.

8354

canvas
[.] CANVAS, n. [.] 1. A coarse cloth made of hemp, or flax, used for tents, sails of ships, painting and other purposes. [.] 2. A clear unbleached cloth, wove regularly in little squares, used for working tapestry with the needle. [.] 3. Among the French, the ...

8355

canvas-climber
[.] CANVAS-CLIMBER, n. A sailor that goes aloft to handle sails.

8356

canvass
[.] CANVASS, v.t. [.] 1. To discuss; literally, to beat or shake out, to open by beating or shaking, like the L. Discutio. This is the common use of the word, as to canvass a subject, or the policy of a measure. [.] 2. To examine returns of votes; to search or scrutinize; ...

8357

canvassed
[.] CANVASSED, pp. Discussed; examined.

8358

canvasser
[.] CANVASSER, n. [.] 1. One who solicits votes, or goes about to make interest. [.] 2. One who examines the returns of votes for a public officer.

8359

canvassing
[.] CANVASSING, ppr. Discussing; examining; sifting; seeking. [.] CANVASSING, n. The act of discussing, examining, or making interest.

8360

cany
[.] CANY, a. [from cane.] Consisting of cane, or abounding with canes.

8361

canzone
[.] CANZONE, n. A song or air in two or three parts, with passages of fugue and imitation; or a poem to which music may be composed in the style of a cantata. When set to a piece of instrumental music, it signifies much the same as cantata; and when set to a sonata, it ...

8362

canzonet
[.] CANZONET, n. A little or short song, in one, two or three parts. It sometimes consists of two strains, each of which is sung twice. Sometimes it is a species of jig.

8494

carcanet
[.] CARCANET, n. A chain or collar of jewels.

9596

chicane
[.] CHICANE, n. [.] 1. In law, shift; turn; trick; cavil; an abuse of judiciary proceedings, by artifices, unfair practices, or idle objections, which tend to perplex a cause, puzzle the judge, or impose on a party, and thus to delay or pervert justice. [.] 2. In ...

9597

chicaner
[.] CHICANER, n. One who uses shifts, turns, evasions or undue artifices, in litigation or disputes; a caviller; a sophister; an unfair disputant.

9598

chicanery
[.] CHICANERY, n. Sophistry; mean or unfair artifices to perplex a cause and obscure the truth.

10251

claudicant
[.] CLAUDICANT, a. Halting; limping.

10573

co-secant
[.] CO-SECANT, n. [See Secant.] In geometry, the secant of an arc which is the complement of another to ninety degrees.

11251

communicant
[.] COMMUNICANT, n. One who communes at the Lords table; one who is entitled to partake of the sacrament, at the celebration of the Lords supper.

12417

contraindicant
[.] CONTRAINDICANT, n. A symptom that forbids to treat a disorder in the usual way.

12645

copernican
[.] COPERNICAN, a. Pertaining to Copernicus, a Prussian by birth, who taught the world the solar system now received, called the Copernican system.

12936

coruscant
[.] CORUSCANT, a. [see Coruscate.] Flashing; glittering by flashes.

14465

decanal
[.] DEC'ANAL, a. Pertaining to a deanery. [.] DECAN'DER, n. [Gr., ten and a male.] In botany, a plant having ten stamens. [.]

14466

decander
[.] DECAN'DER, n. [Gr., ten and a male.] In botany, a plant having ten stamens. [.]

14467

decangular
[.] DECAN'GULAR, a. [Gr., ten and angular.] Having ten angles. [.] DECANT', v.t. [L., to sing; literally, to throw.] To pour off gently, as liquor from its sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine. [.] DECANTA'TION, ...

14468

decant
[.] DECANT', v.t. [L., to sing; literally, to throw.] To pour off gently, as liquor from its sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine. [.] DECANTA'TION, n. The act of pouring liquor gently from its lees or sediment, ...

14469

decantation
[.] DECANTA'TION, n. The act of pouring liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another. [.] DECANT'ED, pp. Poured off, or from one vessel into another. [.] DECANT'ER, n.

14470

decanted
[.] DECANT'ED, pp. Poured off, or from one vessel into another. [.] DECANT'ER, n.

14471

decanter
[.] DECANT'ER, n.

14472

decanting
[.] DECANT'ING, ppr. Pouring off, as liquor from its lees, or from one vessel to another. [.] DECAP'ITATE, v.t. [L., head.] To behead; to cut off the head. [.] DECAPITA'TION, n. The act of beheading. [.] DECAPH'YLLOUS, ...

15052

demi-cannon
[.] DEMI-CANNON, n. A cannon of different sizes; the lowest carries a ball of thirty pounds weight, and six inches diameter; the ordinary is twelve feet long, and carries a shot of six inches and one-sixth diameter, and thirty two pounds weight; that of the greatest size ...

15422

descant
[.] DESCANT, n. [.] 1. A song or tune composed in parts. [.] 2. A song or tune with various modulations. [.] [.] The wakeful nightingale [.] All night long her amourous descant sung. [.] 3. A discourse; discussion; disputation; animadversion, comment, or a ...

15423

descanting
[.] DESCANTING, ppr. Singing in parts or with various modulations; discoursing freely; commenting. [.] DESCANTING, n. Remark; conjecture.

15465

desiccant
[.] DESICCANT, a. Drying. [.] DESICCANT, n. A medicine or application that dries a sore.

16305

discandy
[.] DISCANDY, v.i. [dis and candy.] To melt; to dissolve.

17385

dodecander
[.] DODECANDER, n. [Gr., twelve; a male.] In botany, a plant having twelve stamens; one of the class dodecandria. But this class includes all plants that have any number of stamens from twelve to nineteen inclusive.

17386

dodecandrian
[.] DODECANDRIAN, a. Pertaining to the plants or class of plants that have twelve stamens, or from twelve to nineteen.

17512

dominican
[.] DOMINICAN, a. or n. The Dominicans, or Dominican Friars, are an order of religious or monks, called also Jacobins, or Predicants, preaching friars; an order founded about the year 1215.

18382

edificant
[.] ED'IFICANT, a. [infra.] Building. [Little used.]

19062

encanker
[.] ENCANK'ER, v.t. To corrode; to canker.

20368

excandescence
[.] EXCANDES'CENCE, n. [L. excandescentia, excandesco; ex and candesco, candeo, to glow or be hot, from caneo, to be white, to shine.] [.] 1. A growing hot; or a white heat; glowing heat. [.] 2. Heat of passion; violent anger; or a growing angry.

20369

excandescent
[.] EXCANDES'CENT, a. White with heat.

20370

excantation
[.] EXCANTA'TION, n. [L. excanto, but with an opposite signification.] [.] Disenchantment by a countercharm. [Little used.]

20863

exsiccant
[.] EXSIC'CANT, a. [See Exsiccate.] Drying; evaporating moisture; having the quality of drying.

23240

franciscan
[.] FRANCIS'CAN, a. Belonging to the order of St. Francis. [.] FRANCIS'CAN, n. One of the order of St. Francis; an order of monks founded by him in 1209. They are called also Gray Friars.

23562

fruticant
[.] FRU'TICANT, a. Full of shoots.

23897

gallican
[.] GAL'LICAN, a. [L. gallicus, from Gallia, Gaul.] Pertaining to Gaul or France; as the Gallican church or clergy.

25507

gum-tragacanth
[.] GUM-TRAG'ACANTH, n. The gum of a thorny shrub of that name, in Crete, Asia and Greece.

27546

hurricane
[.] HUR'RICANE, n. [L. furio, furo, to rage.] [.] 1. A most violent storm of wind, occurring often in the West Indies,and sometimes in higher northern latitudes, and on the coast of the United States, as far north as New England. A hurricane is distinguished from every ...

28325

impeccancy
[.] IMPEC'CANCY, n. [See Impeccable.] The quality of not being liable to sin; exemption from sin, error or offense.

28766

incandescence
[.] INCANDES'CENCE, n. [L. incandescens, incandesco; in and candesco; candeo, caneo, to be white, to shine; canus, white.] [.] A white heat; or the glowing whiteness of a body caused by intense heat. We say, a metal is heated to incandescence.

28767

incandescent
[.] INCANDES'CENT, a. White or glowing with heat.

28768

incantation
[.] INCANTA'TION, n. [L. incantatio, incanto; in and canto, to sing.] [.] The act of enchanting; enchantment; the act of using certain formulas of words and ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits.

28769

incantatory
[.] INCANT'ATORY, a. Dealing by enchantment; magical.

28770

incanting
[.] INCANT'ING, a. Enchanting. [Not used.]

28771

incanton
[.] INCAN'TON, v.t. [in and canton.] To unite to a canton or separate community.

29261

indicant
[.] IN'DICANT, n. [L. indicans; in and dico, to show.] [.] Showing; pointing out what is to be done for the cure of disease.

30103

insignificance
[.] INSIGNIF'ICANCE

30104

insignificancy
... [.] INSIGNIF'ICANCY, ...

30105

insignificant
[.] INSIGNIF'ICANT, a. [in and significant.] [.] 1. Void of signification; destitute of meaning; as insignificant words. [.] 2. Unimportant; answering no purpose; having no weight or effect; as insignificant rites. [.] 3. Without weight of character; mean; contemptible; ...

30106

insignificantly
[.] INSIGNIF'ICANTLY, adv. Without meaning, as words. [.] 1. Without importance or effect; to no purpose.

30603

intersecant
[.] INTERSE'CANT, a. [L. intersecans, interseco; inter and seco, to cut.] Dividing into parts; crossing.

33472

lubricant
[.] LU'BRICANT, n. [See Lubricate.] That which lubricates.

33655

lycanthropy
[.] LYCAN'THROPY, n. [Gr. a wolf, and man.] [.] A kind of erratic melancholy.

34189

maracan
[.] MAR'ACAN, n. A species of parrot in Brazil.

34605

mechoacan
[.] MECHO'ACAN, n. White jalap, the root of an American species of Convolvulus, from Mechoacan, in Mexico; a purgative of slow operation, but safe.

34778

mendicancy
[.] MEND'ICANCY, a. [L. medicans.] Beggary; a state of begging.

34779

mendicant
[.] MEND'ICANT, a. [L. mendicans, from mendico, to beg; allied to L.mando, to command, demand.] [.] 1. Begging; poor to a state of beggary; as reduced to a mendicant state. [.] 2. Practicing beggary; as a mendicant friar. [.] MEND'ICANT, n. A beggar; one that ...

34814

mercantante
[.] MERCANTAN'TE, n. A foreign trader. [Not in use.]

34815

mercantile
[.] MER'CANTILE, a. [L. mercans, mercor, to buy.] [.] 1. Trading; commercial; carrying on commerce; as mercantile nations; the mercantile class of men. [.] 2. Pertaining or relating to commerce or trade; as mercantile business.

35848

molluscan
[.] MOLLUS'CAN

36079

mordicancy
[.] MOR'DICANCY, n. A biting quality; corrosiveness.

36080

mordicant
[.] MOR'DICANT, a. [L. mordeo, to bite.] Biting; acrid; as the mordicant quality of a body.

36371

multiplicand
[.] MULTIPLICAND', n. [L. multiplicandus. See Multiply.] [.] In arithmetic, the number to be multiplied by another, which is called the multiplier.

38580

outcant
[.] OUTCANT', v.t. To surpass in canting.

38781

overcanopy
[.] OVERCAN'OPY, v.t. To cover as with a canopy.

39120

paccan
[.] PACCAN, n. An American tree and its nut.

39948

peccancy
[.] PEC'CANCY, n. [from peccant.] Bad quality; as the peccancy of the humors. [.] 1. Offense.

39949

peccant
[.] PEC'CANT, a. [L. peccans. See Peccable.] [.] 1. Sinning; guilty of sin or transgression; criminal; as peccant angels. [.] 2. Morbid; bad; corrupt; not healthy; as peccant humors. [.] 3. Wrong; bad; defective; informal; as a peccant citation. [Not used.] [.] PEC'CANT, ...

40052

pelican
[.] PEL'ICAN, n. [Low L. pelicanus.] [.] 1. A fowl of the genus Pelicanus. It is larger than the swan, and remarkable for its enormous bill, to the lower edges of the under chop of which is attached a pouch or bag, capable of being distended so as to hold many quarts ...

42387

predicant
[.] PRED'ICANT, n. [L. proedicans, proedico.] [.] One that affirms any thing.

43556

pseudo-volcanic
[.] PSEUDO-VOLCAN'IC, a. Pertaining to or produced by a pseudo-volcano.

43557

pseudo-volcano
[.] PSEUDO-VOLCA'NO, n. A volcano that emits smoke and sometimes flame, but no lava; also, a burning mine of coal.

43583

publican
[.] PUB'LICAN, n. [L.publicanus, from publicus.] [.] 1. A collector of toll or tribute. Among the Romans, a publican was a farmer of the taxes and public revenues,and the inferior officers of this class were deemed oppressive. [.] [.] As Jesus sat at meat in the ...

43942

pyracanth
[.] PYR'ACANTH, n. [Gr. fiery thorn.] A plant; a kind of thorn of the genus Mespilus.

44424

radicant
[.] RAD'ICANT, a. [L. radicans.] In botany, rooting; as a radicant stem or leaf.

44958

recant
[.] RECANT', v.t. [L. recanto; re and canto. See Cant.] [.] To retract; to recall; to contradict a former declaration. [.] How soon would ease recant vows made in pain, as violent as void. [.] RECANT', v.i. To recall words; to revoke a declaration or proposition; ...

44959

recantation
[.] RECANTA'TION, n. The act of recalling; retraction; a declaration that contradicts a former one.

44960

recanted
[.] RECANT'ED, pp. Recalled; retracted.

44961

recanter
[.] RECANT'ER, n. One that recants.

44962

recanting
[.] RECANT'ING, ppr. Recalling; retracting.

46243

republican
[.] REPUB'LICAN, a. [.] 1. Pertaining to a republic; consisting of a commonwealth; as a republican constitution or government. [.] 2. Consonant to the principles of a republic; as republican sentiments or opinions; republican manners. [.] REPUB'LICAN, n. One ...

46244

republicanism
[.] REPUB'LICANISM, n. [.] 1. A republican form or system of government. [.] 2. Attachment to a republican form of government.

46245

republicanize
[.] REPUB'LICANIZE, v.t. To convert to republican principles; as, to republicanize the rising generation.

47403

rubican
[.] RU'BICAN, a. [L. rubeo, to be red.] [.] Rubican color of a horse, is a bay, sorrel or black, with a light gray or white upon the flanks, but the gray or white not predominant there.

47539

rush-candle
[.] RUSH-CANDLE, n. A small blinking taper made by stripping a rush, except one small strip of the bark which holds the pith together, and dipping it in tallow.

47647

sacrificant
[.] SACRIF'ICANT, n. [L. sacrificans.] One that offers a sacrifice.

48178

scan
[.] SCAN, v.t. [L. ascendo. See Ascend.] [.] 1. To examine with critical care; to scrutinize. [.] The actions of men in high stations are all conspicuous, and liable to be scanned and sifted. [.] 2. To examine a verse by counting the feet; or according to modern ...

48179

scandal
[.] SCAN'DAL, n. [L. scandalum; Gr. In Greek, this word signifies a stumbling block, something against which a person impinges, or which causes him to fall.] [.] 1. Offense given by the faults of another. [.] His lustful orgies he enlarg'd even to the hill of scandal. [.] [In ...

48180

scandalize
[.] SCAN'DALIZE, v.t. [Gr. L. scandalizo.] [.] 1. To offend by some action supposed criminal. [.] I demand who they are whom we scandalize by using harmless things? [.] 2. To reproach; to disgrace; to defame; as a scandalizing libeler.

48181

scandalized
[.] SCAN'DALIZED, pp. Offended; defamed; disgraced.

48182

scandalizing
[.] SCAN'DALIZING, ppr. Giving offense to; disgracing.

48183

scandalous
[.] SCAN'DALOUS, a. [.] 1. Giving offense. [.] Nothing scandalous or offensive to any. [.] 2. Opprobrious; disgraceful to reputation; that brings shame or infamy; as a scandalous crime or vice. How perverted must be the mind that considers seduction or dueling ...

48184

scandalously
[.] SCAN'DALOUSLY, adv. [.] 1. Shamefully; in a manner to give offense. [.] His discourse at table was scandalously unbecoming the dignity of his station. [.] 2. Censoriously; with a disposition to find fault; as a critic scandalously nice.

48185

scandalousness
[.] SCAN'DALOUSNESS, n. The quality of being scandalous; the quality of giving offense, or of being disgraceful. [.] Scandalum magnatum, in law, a defamatory speech or writing made or published to the injury of a person of dignity.

48186

scandent
[.] SCAND'ENT, a. [L. scandens, scando, to climb.] [.] Climbing, either with spiral tendrils for its support, or by adhesive fibers, as a stalk; climbing; performing the office of a tendril, as a petiole.

48187

scanned
[.] SCAN'NED, pp. Critically sifted or examined; resolved into feet in recital.

48188

scanning
[.] SCAN'NING, ppr. Critically examining; resolving into feet, as verse.

48189

scansion
[.] SCAN'SION, n. The act of scanning.

48190

scant
[.] SCANT, v.t. [.] To limit; to straiten; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries; to scant a garment in cloth. [.] I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your actions. [.] SCANT, v.i. To fail or become less; as, the ...

48191

scantily
[.] SCANT'ILY, adv. [from scanty.] [.] 1. Not fully; not plentifully. the troops were scantily supplied with flour. [.] 2. Sparingly; niggardly; as, to speak scantily of one. [Unusual.]

48192

scantiness
[.] SCANT'INESS, n. [.] 1. Narrowness; want of space or compass; as the scantiness of our heroic verse. [.] 2. Want of amplitude, greatness or abundance; limited extent. [.] Alexander was much troubled at the scantiness of nature itself. [.] 3. Want of fullness; ...

48193

scantle
[.] SCANT'LE, v.t. To be deficient; to fail. [.] SCANT'LE, v.i. To divide into thin or small pieces; to shiver.

48194

scantlet
[.] SCANT'LET, n. [See Scantling.] A small pattern; a small quantity. [Not in use.]

48195

scantling
[.] SCANT'LING, n. [.] 1. A pattern; a quantity cut for a particular purpose. [.] 2. A small quantity; as a scantling of wit. [.] 3. A certain proportion or quantity. [.] 4. In the United States, timber sawed or cut into pieces of a small size, as for studs, ...

48196

scantly
[.] SCANT'LY, adv. [.] 1. Scarcely; hardly. Obs. [.] 2. Not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously; without amplitude.

48197

scantness
[.] SCANT'NESS, n. [from scant.] Narrowness; smallness; as the scantness of our capacities.

48198

scanty
[.] SCANT'Y, a. [from scant, and having the same signification.] [.] 1. Narrow; small; wanting amplitude or extent. [.] His dominions were very narrow and scanty. [.] Now scantier limits the proud arch confine. [.] 2. Poor; not copious or full; not ample; hardly ...

48798

secant
[.] SE'CANT, a. [L. secans, seco, to cut or cut off, coinciding with Eng. saw.] Cutting; dividing into two parts. [.] SE'CANT, n. [.] 1. In geometry, a line that cuts another, or divides it into parts. The secant of a circle ...

50059

significance
[.] SIGNIF'ICANCE, SIGNIF'ICANCY, n. [L. significans. See Signify.] [.] 1. Meaning; import; that which is intended to be expressed; as the significance of a nod, or of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression. [.] 2. Force; energy; power of impressing the ...

50060

significancy
[.] SIGNIF'ICANCE, SIGNIF'ICANCY, n. [L. significans. See Signify.] [.] 1. Meaning; import; that which is intended to be expressed; as the significance of a nod, or of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression. [.] 2. Force; energy; power of impressing the ...

50061

significant
[.] SIGNIF'ICANT, a. [L. signigicans.] [.] 1. Expressive of something beyond the external mark. [.] 2. Bearing a meaning; expressing or containing signification of sense; as a significant word or sound; a significant look. [.] 3. Betokening something; standing ...

50062

significantly
[.] SIGNIF'ICANTLY, adv. [.] 1. With meaning. [.] 2. With force of expression.

53271

sugar-candy
[.] SUGAR-CANDY, n. [sugar and candy.] Sugar clarified and concreted or crystallized, in which state it becomes transparent.

53272

sugar-cane
[.] SUG'AR-CANE, n. [sugar and cane.] The cane or plant from whose juice sugar is obtained.

53549

supervacaneous
[.] SUPERVACA'NEOUS, a. [L. supervacaneus; super and vaco, to make void.] Superfluous; unnecessary; needless; serving no purpose.

53550

supervacaneously
[.] SUPERVACA'NEOUSLY, adv. Needlessly.

53551

supervacaneousness
[.] SUPERVACA'NEOUSNESS, n. Needlessness.

53592

supplicant
[.] SUP'PLICANT, a. [L. supplicans.] Entreating; asking submissively. [.] SUP'PLICANT, n. One that entreats; a petitioner who asks earnestly and submissively. [.] [.] The wise supplicant--left the event to God.

54336

tallow-candle
[.] TAL'LOW-CANDLE, n. A candle made of tallow.

54557

tea-canister
[.] TE'A-CANISTER, n. [tea and canister.] A canister or box in which tea is kept.

55819

toucan
[.] TOU'CAN, n. A fowl of the genus Ramphastos; also, a constellation of nine small stars.

55940

tragacanth
[.] TRAG'ACANTH, n. [L. tragacanthum; Gr. a goat, and thorn.] [.] 1. Goat's thorn; a plant of the genus Astragalus, of several species, growing in Syria, Candia, &c. almost all of which were included by Linne in the tragacanthas, and all of which produce the gum tragacanth. [.] 2. ...

56870

tuscan
[.] TUS'CAN, a. Pertaining to Tuscany in Italy; an epithet given to one of the orders of columns, the most ancient and simple. [.] TUS'CAN, n. An order of columns.

57500

uncanceled
[.] UNCAN'CELED, a. Not canceled; not erased; not abrogated or annulled.

57501

uncandid
[.] UNCAN'DID, a. Not candid; not frank or sincere; not fair or impartial.

57502

uncanonical
[.] UNCANON'ICAL, a. Not agreeable to the canons; not acknowledged as authentic.

57503

uncanonicalness
[.] UNCANON'ICALNESS, n. The state of being uncanonical.

57504

uncanopied
[.] UNCAN'OPIED, a. Not covered by a canopy.

58909

unmercantile
[.] UNMER'CANTILE, a. Not according to the customs and rules of commerce.

59505

unscanned
[.] UNSCAN'NED, a. Not measured; not computed.

59617

unsignificant
[.] UNSIGNIF'ICANT, a. Having no meaning. Obs. [See Insignificant.]

60223

vacancy
[.] VA'CANCY, n. [L. vacans, from vaco, to be empty; Heb. to empty.] [.] 1. Empty space; vacuity. [In this sense, vacuity is now generally used.] [.] 2. Chasm; void space between bodies or objects; as a vacancy between two beams or boards in a building; a vacancy ...

60224

vacant
[.] VA'CANT, a. [L. vacans.] [.] 1. Empty; not filled; void of every substance except air; as a vacant space between houses; vacant room. [.] 2. Empty; exhausted of air; as a vacant receiver. [.] 3. Free; unincumbered; unengaged with business or care. [.] Philosophy ...

60411

vatican
[.] VAT'ICAN, n. In Rome, the celebrated church of St. Peter; and also, a magnificent palace of the pope; situated at the foot of one of the seven hills on which Rome was built. Hence the phrase, the thunders of the Vatican, meaning the anathemas or denunciations of the ...

60698

vesicant
[.] VES'ICANT, n. [infra.] A blistering application; an epispastic.

61106

volcanic
[.] VOLCAN'IC, a. [from volcano.] [.] 1. Pertaining to volcanoes; as volcanic heat. [.] 2. Produced by a volcano; as volcanic tufa. [.] 3. Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.

61107

volcanist
[.] VOL'CANIST, n. [from volcano.] [.] 1. One versed in the history and phenomena of volcanoes. [.] 2. One who believes in the effects of eruptions of fire in the formation of mountains.

61108

volcanite
[.] VOL'CANITE, n. A mineral, otherwise called augite.

61109

volcanity
[.] VOLCAN'ITY, n. The state of being volcanic or of volcanic origin.

61110

volcanization
[.] VOLCANIZA'TION, n. [from volcanize.] The process of undergoing volcanic heat and being affected by it.

61111

volcanize
[.] VOL'CANIZE, v.t. To subject to or cause to undergo volcanic heat and to be affected by its action.

61112

volcanized
[.] VOL'CANIZED, pp. Affected by volcanic heat.

61113

volcano
... in the surface of the earth or in a mountain, from which smoke, flames, stones, lava or other substances are ejected. Such are seen in Etna and Vesuvius in Sicily and Italy, and Hecla in Iceland. It is vulgarly called a burning mountain. Herschel has discovered a volcano ...

61189

vulcanist
[.] VULCANIST. [See Volcanist.]

61190

vulcano
[.] VULCANO. [See Volcano.]

61614

wax-candle
[.] WAX-CANDLE, n. [wax and candle.] A candle made of wax.

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Noah's 1828 Dictionary

First dictionary of the American Language!

Noah Webster, the Father of American Christian education, wrote the first American dictionary and established a system of rules to govern spelling, grammar, and reading. This master linguist understood the power of words, their definitions, and the need for precise word usage in communication to maintain independence. Webster used the Bible as the foundation for his definitions.

This standard reference tool will greatly assist students of all ages in their studies.

No other dictionary compares with the Webster's 1828 dictionary. The English language has changed again and again and in many instances has become corrupt. The American Dictionary of the English Language is based upon God's written word, for Noah Webster used the Bible as the foundation for his definitions. This standard reference tool will greatly assist students of all ages in their studies. From American History to literature, from science to the Word of God, this dictionary is a necessity. For homeschoolers as well as avid Bible students it is easy, fast, and sophisticated.


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Hard-cover Edition

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510

Compact Edition

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217

CD-ROM

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179

* As a note, I have purchased each of these products. In fact, as we have been developing the Project:: 1828 Reprint, I have purchased several of the bulky hard-cover dictionaries. My opinion is that the 2000-page hard-cover edition is the only good viable solution at this time. The compact edition was a bit disappointing and the CD-ROM as well.



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Our goal is to convert the facsimile dictionary (PDF available: v1 and v2) to reprint it and make it digitally available in several formats.

Overview of Project

  1. Image dissection
  2. Text Emulation
  3. Dictionary Formatting
  4. Digital Applications
  5. Reprint

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