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488 words match “SMITH”

WHITESMITH n. 2 definitions
One who works in tinned or galvanized iron, or white iron; a tinsmith.
AB n.
tical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August. W. Smith.
ABOUT-SLEDGE n.
The largest hammer used by smiths. Weale.
ABRAHAM-MAN; ABRAM-MAN n.
ing lunacy for the sake of obtaining alms. Nares. To sham Abraham, to feign sickness. Goldsmith.
ACCORDANT a.
ctly accordant with true morality. Darwin. And now his voice accordant to the string. Coldsmith.
ACCUMULATE v.
ll fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Goldsmith.
ADORN v.
10. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place. Goldsmith.
ADULTERINE a.
roper to act as a corporation without a charter, such were called adulterine guilds. Adam Smith.
AFFLUENCE n.
n; also, abundance of property; wealth. And old age of elegance, affluence, and ease. Coldsmith.
AFFRIGHT n.
erhaps less than terror. He looks behind him with affright, and forward with despair. Goldsmith.
AFTER prep.
fter, to name like and reference to. Our eldest son was named George after his uncle. Goldsmith.
AGREEABLE a.
ks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to the taste. A train of agreeable reveries. Goldsmith.
AGREEABLY adv.
agreeably manner; in a manner to give pleasure; pleasingly. "Agreeably entertained." Goldsmith.
ALIAS adv.
f any one who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson.
ALLIANCE n.
es; affinity. The alliance of the principles of the world with those of the gospel. C. J. Smith. The alliance . . . between logic and metaphysics. Mansel.
AMAZE v.
verwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly. "Amazing Europe with her wit." Goldsmith. And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David Matt. xii. 23.
AMPHICTYONIC a.
or their League or Council; as, an Amphictyonic town or state; the Amphictyonic body. W. Smith.
ANSEROUS a.
Resembling a goose; silly; simple. Sydney Smith.
ANTONYM n.
word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym. [R.] C. J. Smith.
ARCHITECT n.
tects of their own happiness. Milton. A French woman is a perfect architect in dress. Coldsmith.
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