Walker's Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language: Abridged for the Use of Schools. Containing a Compendium of the Principles of English Pronunciation, with the Proper Names that Occur in the Sacred Scriptures. To which is Likewise Added, a Selection of Geographical Proper Names and Derivatives |
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animal båll belonging bird body censure cloth coarse colour diphthong errour fåll får fåt fât mè fât;-mè Fåte fire fish ground horse instrument interj kind liquor loose manner mean ment mêt pine mêt;-pine motion môve musick når native ness nỏ noise nỗr nôt tube påånd thin pain pass person pertaining piece pîn plant plne pound thin prep pron pronounced publick quick relating sharp ship soft sorrow sound stone syllable tåb thing tion tủb tùbe v. a. pret v. a. to bring v. a. to cover v. a. to draw v. a. to dress v. a. to give v. a. to join v. a. to lay v. a. to mark v. a. to put v. a. to take v. a. to throw v. n. to fall v. n. to grow v. n. to move vessel violence vowels wind woman word
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Page 6 - A vowel is a simple sound formed by a continued effusion of the breath, and a certain conformation of the mouth, without any alteration in the position, or any motion of the organs of speech, from the moment the vocal sound commences till it ends.
Page 2 - District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " THE CHILD'S BOTANY," In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
Page 10 - PRONUNCIATION and sometimes even at the end of a syllable in the middle of a word...
Page 142 - A book made by order of William the Conqueror, in which the estates of the kingdom were registered.
Page 2 - States entitled an act for the encouragement of learning hy securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the author., and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned, and also to an act entitled an act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and...
Page 10 - A vowel is a letter, that can be sounded alone, as a, e, o ; which are pure vowels, i and u are vowels, or have the power of diphthongs, w and y are vowels, or consonants. A diphthong is the union of two vowels in the same syllable, both of which are sounded, as oil. (See page 16th.) A digraph is the union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of which is sounded, as bread. (See page 16th.) A.
Page 197 - Gunnel of a ship, g&n'-nil. >. that piece of timber which reaches on either side of the ship from the half-deck to the forecastle. Gurge, gftrje.
Page 308 - . a. to put in the first powder, to put powder in the pan of a gun ; to lay the first colours on in painting.
Page 355 - . a fabled monster in Egypt, having the face of a virgin and the "body of a lion.
Page 414 - Zodiack, z& -dy-ak. s. the track of the sun through the twelve signs ; a great circle of the sphere, containing the twelve signs Zone, zone.