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Pronunciation of e in the English word be. This was the pronunciation advocated by ReuEtacism. In all such questions between a the confusing element of itacism comes in. Alford.

To render Italian in any respect; to Italianate. "An Englishman Italianized." Lowell.

typical Russian or of the Russian people; -- used as "John Bull" is used for the typical Englishman.

yrtles brown, with ivy never sere. Milton. American ivy. (Bot.) See Virginia creeper. -- English ivy (Bot.), a popular name in America for the ivy proper (Hedera helix). -- German ivy (Bot.), a creeping plant, with smooth, succulent stems, and fleshy, light-green leaves; a species of Senecio (S. scandens). -- Ground…

. J is the tenth letter of the English alphabet. It is a later variant form of the Roman letter I, used to express a consonantal sound, that is, originally, the sound of English y in yet. The forms J and I have, until a recent time, been classed together, and they have been used interchangeably.

English gin. [Dial. Eng.]

An English gold coin, of the value of twenty-five shillings sterling, struck in the reign of James I.

Antimonial powder, first prepared by Dr. James, ar English physician; -- called also fever powder.

A chief; an earl; in English history, one of the leaders in the Danish and Norse invasions. Longfellow.

the native army of India, an officer of a rank corresponding to that of lieutenant in the English army. [Written also jemadar, jamadar.]

Apple-john. -- John Bull, an ideal personification of the typical characteristics of an Englishman, or of the English people. -- John Bullism, English character. W. Irving. -- John Doe (Law), the name formerly given to the fictitious plaintiff in an action of ejectment. Mozley & W. -- John Doree, John Dory. Etym:…

r pertaining to Jones. The Jonesian system, a system of transliterating Oriental words by English letters, invented by Sir William Jones.

ng the whole period reverted to their former owners. [In this sense spelled also, in some English Bibles, jubile.] Lev. xxv. 8-17.

end of an asffidavit, or a bill or answer in chancery, showing when, before whom, and (in English practice), where, it was sworn or affirmed. Wharton. Bouvier.

An old name for the judges of the higher English courts.

to the yardarms on each side. It was formerly practiced as a punishment in the Dutch and English navies. Totten.

A kind of ingrain carpeting, named from the English town where formerly most of it was manufactured.

A small barrel; an old liquid measure containing eighteen English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United States measure. [Written also kinderkin.]

s.] Chaucer. Examine how kindly the Hebrew manners of speech mix and incorporate with the English language Addison.

cond, will give a pound a velocity of one foot per second; -- proposed by J.D.Everett, an English physicist.