American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 12Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... denotes a branch of method opposite to analysis , called the synthetic method . SYRINGA , in botany , lilac , a genus of the Diandria Monogynia class and order . Natural order of Sepiariæ . Jasmineæ , Jussieu . Essential character ...
... denotes a branch of method opposite to analysis , called the synthetic method . SYRINGA , in botany , lilac , a genus of the Diandria Monogynia class and order . Natural order of Sepiariæ . Jasmineæ , Jussieu . Essential character ...
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... denotes a the sound whereof is formed by a strong expulsion of the breath through the mouth , upon a sudden drawing back of the tongue from the fore part of the pa- late , with the lips at the same time open . The proper sound of this ...
... denotes a the sound whereof is formed by a strong expulsion of the breath through the mouth , upon a sudden drawing back of the tongue from the fore part of the pa- late , with the lips at the same time open . The proper sound of this ...
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... denotes all the ropes or cordage of a ship , used in managing the sails , & c . In a more restrained sense , tackles are small ropes running in three parts , having the other end , a block and hook , to hang at one end a pendant and a ...
... denotes all the ropes or cordage of a ship , used in managing the sails , & c . In a more restrained sense , tackles are small ropes running in three parts , having the other end , a block and hook , to hang at one end a pendant and a ...
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... denote those manœuvres , strata- gems , and deceptions , employed by the commander of a fleet , for the purpose of gaining a weathergage , cutting off any part of a line , or attacking any particular portion thereof , in such manner as ...
... denote those manœuvres , strata- gems , and deceptions , employed by the commander of a fleet , for the purpose of gaining a weathergage , cutting off any part of a line , or attacking any particular portion thereof , in such manner as ...
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... denote the state of being ex- tended , or stretched out , and is usually applied in opposition to slack . TAURUS , the bull , in zoology . See Bos . TAURUS , in astronomy , one of the twelve signs of the zodiac , the second in order ...
... denote the state of being ex- tended , or stretched out , and is usually applied in opposition to slack . TAURUS , the bull , in zoology . See Bos . TAURUS , in astronomy , one of the twelve signs of the zodiac , the second in order ...
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