| 1870 - عدد الصفحات: 792
...' " Irony could not have done more, had it selected as a specimen of the doctor's perspicuity, his definition of '; Network : " — " anything reticulated...distances, with interstices between the intersections." He talks of Johnson's books, his manuscripts, his wig, his loose breeches, with the solemn emphasis... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - عدد الصفحات: 648
...cannot be expected to go quite true.' Piozzi Letters, ii. 406. ' See/ftW, under July 20, 1762. ' ' Network. Anything reticulated or decussated, at equal...distances, with interstices between the intersections.' Reticulated is defined ' Made of network ; formed with interstitial vacuities.' 4 ' That part of my... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - عدد الصفحات: 640
...best cannot be expected to go quite true.' Pioszi Letters, ii. 406. 1 See/w/, under July 20, 1762. 1 ' Network. Anything reticulated or decussated, at equal...distances, with interstices between the intersections.' Reticulated is defined ' Made of network ; formed with interstitial vacuities.' 3 ' That part of my... | |
| John Mason Good - 1813 - عدد الصفحات: 830
...ancient A mi urn, at the mouth of the Loracina, 24 miles S. by E. of Rome. NETWORK, s. (net and work.) Anything reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections (Shakspeare). NEVA, a river of Russia, which issues from the lake Ladoga, and flows to Petersburg,... | |
| 1823 - عدد الصفحات: 442
...than assist the enquirer, two specimens, selected from numerous others, will be sufficient : — " NETWORK. Anything reticulated, or decussated, at equal...distances, with interstices between the intersections." • " TWJST. To form by ' ponvpbcetion ; to form by convolution. To be contorted; to be convolved."... | |
| 1829 - عدد الصفحات: 704
...definiteness, this deserves to be placed alongside of Dr. Johnson's celebrated definition of neiwork ; " Anything reticulated or decussated at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections." Wehave noticed, in Professor Stuart's English style, a recurrence of new words, both technical and... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1828 - عدد الصفحات: 860
...NETTLER, (net'-tl-er) ns One who provokes : that which stings or irritates. NETWORK, (net'-wwrk) nt Anything reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections. NEVER, (nev'-er) ad. At no time ; in no degree. It seems in some phrases to have the sense of an adjective... | |
| Robert Macnish - 1834 - عدد الصفحات: 236
...words net and network. Here they are : " NET — any thing made with interstitial vacuities" — " NETWORK anything reticulated or decussated at equal...distances, with interstices between the intersections." 205 aphorism Su &un&rrti auto Ctoentietf). All sensible Catholics laugh at purgatory and trunsiihst... | |
| 1863 - عدد الصفحات: 456
...be inferred that it is correct to talk about the gravy of an orange. We all remember Dr. Johnson's definition of NETWORK — anything reticulated or...distances, with interstices between the intersections. A cursory examination of school dictionaries and spellingbooks suffices to show that the " old-fashioned... | |
| 1870 - عدد الصفحات: 878
...' " Irony could not have done more, had it selected as a specimen of the doctor's perspicuity, his definition of " Network": — "anything reticulated...distances, with interstices, between the intersections." He talks of Johnson's books, his manuscripts, his wig, his loose breeches, with the solemn emphasis... | |
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