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488 words match “SMITH”

UNFRIENDED a.
Wanting friends; not befriended; not countenanced or supported. Goldsmith. If Richard indeed does come back, it must be alone, unfollowed, unfriended. Sir W. Scott.
UNGOVERNABLE a.
d; licentious; wild; unbridled; as, ungovernable passions. -- Un*gov"ern*a*bly, adv. Goldsmith.
UNIVERSITY n.
ir institutions, either theology or something that was merely preparatory to theology. A. Smith.
UNPINION v.
To loose from pinions or manacles; to free from restraint. Goldsmith.
UNSAY v.
to take back again; to make as if not said. You can say and unsay things at pleasure. Goldsmith.
URCHIN n.
d dissemble, you urchin you; but where's the girl that won't dissemble for an husband Goldsmith.
VANQUISH v.
hop of Meaux's treatise. Atterbury. For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still. Goldsmith.
VERSANT a.
Familiar; conversant. [R.] Men not versant with courts of justice. Sydney Smith.
VICEMAN n.
A smith who works at the vice instead of at the anvil.
VIRTU n.
s, in my chambers to place it in view, To be shown to my friends as a piece of virtù. Goldsmith.
VIRTUE n.
e. M. And if she has, I should be the last man in the world to attempt to corrupt it. Goldsmith.
WALLABA n.
and clusters of red flowers. The reddish brown wood is used for palings and shingles. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
WARDSMAN n.
A man who keeps ward; a guard. [R.] Sydney Smith.
WARM a.
le at sight: and let me tell you he as warm a man as any within five miles round him. Goldsmith.
WATER LETTUCE n.
) which floats on tropical waters, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped leaves. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
WEEPER n.
A white band or border worn on the sleeve as a badge of mourning. Goldsmith.
WHERE adv.
used interrogatively and relatively; as, where are you going But where does this tend Goldsmith. Lodged in sunny cleft, Where the gold breezes come not. Bryant.
WHOLESOME a.
ton. From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable and wholesome variety of food. A Smith.
WIELD v.
hing but the influence of a civilized power could induce a savage to wield a spade. S. S. Smith. To wield the scepter, to govern with supreme command.
WINTER n.
winter, with his wrathful nipping cold. Shak. Winter lingering chills the lap of May. Goldsmith.
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