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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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1,743 words match “RAG”

PARAGRAPHIC; PARAGRAPHICAL a.

Pertaining to, or consisting of, a paragraph or paragraphs. -- Par`a*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.

PARAGRAPHIST n.

PARAGRAPHISTICAL a.

Of or relating to a paragraphist. [R.] Beau. & Fl.

A lightning conductor erected, as in a vineyard, for drawing off the electricity in the atmosphere in order to prevent hailstorms. [France] Knight.

PARAGUAY TEA n.

See Mate, the leaf of the Brazilian holly.

PARAGUAYAN a. 2 definitions

Of or pertaining to Paraguay. -- n.

One of the outer divisions of an endosternite of Crustacea. -- Par`a*phrag"mal, a.

The office, jurisdiction, or duty, of a pastor; pastorate.

PASTURAGE n. 3 definitions

Grazing ground; grass land used for pasturing; pasture.

PEERAGE n. 2 definitions

The body of peers; the nobility, collectively. When Charlemain with all his peerage fell. Milton.

tle assumed by the ancient British chiefs when called to lead other chiefs. The dread Pendragon, Britain's king of kings. Tennyson.

To travel over or through. [Obs.]

The act or state of passing through any space; as, the peragration of the moon in her monthly revolution. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

The thin chambered shell attached to the anterior end of a belemnite. [Written also phragmacone.]

PHRAGMOSIPHON n.

The siphon of a phragmocone.

Same as Wharfage. Smart.

The embezzlement of goods on shipboard. Wharton.

POLYPRAGMATIC; POLYPRAGMATICAL a.

Overbusy; officious. [R.] Heywood.

POLYPRAGMATY n.

The state of being overbusy. [R.]