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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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978 words match “COW”

INTENDED a.
Purposed; designed; as, intended harm or help. They drew a curse from an intended good. Cowper.
INTERDASH v.
To dash between or among; to intersperse. Cowper.
INTERESTING a.
d to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story; interesting news. Cowper.
INTERLACE v.
n another; to intertwine; to interweave. Severed into stripes That interlaced each other. Cowper. The epic way is every where interlaced with dialogue. Dryden. Interlacing arches (Arch.), arches, usually circular, so constructed that their archivolts intersect and seem to be interlaced.
INTERMEDIUM n.
An intervening agent or instrument. Cowper.
INTERPOSE v. 2 definitions
ose a screen between the eye and the light. Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations. Cowper.
INTERSECT v.
intersect each other at the center. Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Cowper.
INTERTEXTURE n.
in nice intertexture." Coleridge. Skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs. Cowper.
INTESTINE a.
Shut up; inclosed. [R.] Cowper.
INTOLERANT a.
ng; bigoted. Religion, harsh, intolerant, austere, Parent of manners like herself severe. Cowper.
INTROVERT v.
To turn or bend inward. "Introverted toes." Cowper.
INURE v.
ercised in learning. Robynson (More's Utopia). The poor, inured to drudgery and distress. Cowper.
INVALOROUS a.
Not valorous; cowardly.
INVENT v.
y of some serviceable mode, instrument, or machine. Thus first Necessity invented stools. Cowper.
INVERT v.
Shak. Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone, Wanting its proper base to stand upon. Cowper.
INVITE v.
on. Shady groves, that easy sleep invite. Dryden. There no delusive hope invites despair. Cowper.
IRON-HEARTED a.
Hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel; as, an iron-hearted master. Cowper.
IRRESOLUTE a.
ided or determined; wavering; given to doubt or irresolution. Weak and irresolute is man. Cowper.
ISSUE n.
etermination. See General issue, under General, and Feigned issue, under Feigned. Blount. Cowell. At issue, in controversy; disputed; opposing or contesting; hence, at variance; disagreeing; inconsistent. As much at issue with the summer day As if you brought a candle out of doors. Mrs. Browning. -- Bank of issue, Coll…
ITCHY a.
Infected with the itch, or with an itching sensation. Cowper.
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