A Comprehensive Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary of the English Language: With Pronouncing Vocabularies of Classical and Scripture Proper NamesChauncey Goodrich, 1831 - 400 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة vii
... authorities , with respect to words of various , doubt- ful , or disputed pronunciation , have been inserted in this Dictionary where such words occur , in their alphabetical order . This course was pre- ferred , because it was thought ...
... authorities , with respect to words of various , doubt- ful , or disputed pronunciation , have been inserted in this Dictionary where such words occur , in their alphabetical order . This course was pre- ferred , because it was thought ...
الصفحة viii
... authority , are noted as such . In the preparation of this work , PRONUNCIATION has been made a leading . object ... authorities respecting words of various vill PREFACE .
... authority , are noted as such . In the preparation of this work , PRONUNCIATION has been made a leading . object ... authorities respecting words of various vill PREFACE .
الصفحة ix
... authorities are presented , amounts to about 1,300 , and in addition to these , this process also determines the pronunciation of a large number of derivatives . As the pronunciation of these words is regulated by usage , and as there ...
... authorities are presented , amounts to about 1,300 , and in addition to these , this process also determines the pronunciation of a large number of derivatives . As the pronunciation of these words is regulated by usage , and as there ...
الصفحة xii
... , the sound of aw to several words of this class , directing begone , cross , froth , and soft , to be pronounced begawn , The English authorities most frequently cited in this volume , craws , frawth , sawft . PREFACE .
... , the sound of aw to several words of this class , directing begone , cross , froth , and soft , to be pronounced begawn , The English authorities most frequently cited in this volume , craws , frawth , sawft . PREFACE .
الصفحة xiii
... authority and spelling of words ; the latter as to their pro- nunciation . " But though Walker may be justly entitled to the first rank among the English orthoepists , yet the pronunciation of some of the others , with re- spect to many ...
... authority and spelling of words ; the latter as to their pro- nunciation . " But though Walker may be justly entitled to the first rank among the English orthoepists , yet the pronunciation of some of the others , with re- spect to many ...
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a-ble animal Ba'al belonging bird body bûll bür capable chyle cloth color Dictionary disease fish fruit ful-ly ful-ness heraldry horse i-cal i-cal-ly i-ty instrument kind Kirjath liquor manner medicine ment môve ness noise nör person pertaining piece plant quick relating resembling S. W. J. E. F. Ja ship şi-a sïr soft sort sound species stone substance syllable teş thing ti-a tion tree v. a. imp v. a. to beat v. a. to bring v. a. to cover v. a. to form v. a. to give v. a. to place v. a. to put v. a. to take v. n. to fall v. n. to grow v. n. to move v. n. to play versed vessel W. J. F. Ja W. P. J. F. Ja wind woman wood words
مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة xx - Walker's Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names.
الصفحة xviii - Verbs of one syllable, ending with a single consonant, preceded by a single, vowel (as plan), and verbs of two or more syllables, ending in the same manner and having the accent on the last syllable...
الصفحة 25 - The azimuth of the sun, or of a star, is an arch between the meridian of the place and...
الصفحة xiv - ... (which he has not heard generally used?) " authority," (which some previous orthoepist has not recommended?) "or analogy," (as derived from orthography?) He most sensibly concludes that "it would be unreasonable for him to make a conformity to his own taste, or to the result of his own limited observation, a law to those who may differ from him, and yet agree with perhaps the more common usage.
الصفحة 168 - Inserted out of the common order, to preserve the equation of time, as the twenty-ninth of February in a leap year is an Intercalary day.
الصفحة 54 - A curve line continued till it ends where it began, having all pans equally distant from a common centre ; the space included in a circular line ; a round body, an orb ; compass...
الصفحة xiv - Smart, but frequently gives several different pronunciations and says that "the reader will feel perfectly authorized" by Mr. Worcester? " to adopt such a form as he may choose." "The compiler" he adds, "has not intended in any case, to give his own sanction" to which, however, he seems to attribute considerable weight, " to a form which is not supported by usage...
الصفحة 170 - Interregnum, *. the time in which a throne is vacant between the death of one prince and the accession of another; vacancy of the throne ItitcnviiMi', i.
الصفحة 13 - The article .'/ must be used before all words beginning with a consonant, and before the vowel u when long : and the article An must be used before all words beginning with a vowel, except long u ; before words beginning with h mute, as, an hour, an heir, &c.
الصفحة 9 - Parts of a number, which will never make up the number exactly ; as 3 is an aliquant of 10, thrice 3 being 9, four times 3 making 12.