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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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1,912 words match “SCOT”

EJACULATE v.
ejaculations; to make short and hasty exclamations. [R.] "Ejaculating to himself." Sir W. Scott.
ELATION n.
ss; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity. "Felt the elation of triumph." Sir W. Scott.
ELBOW n.
A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back. Gwilt.
ELEGANT a.
gant speaker; an elegant structure. A more diligent cultivation of elegant literature. Prescott.
ELEVATE v.
. [Colloq. & Sportive] "The elevated cavaliers sent for two tubs of merry stingo." Sir W. Scott.
ELL n.
in different countries; the English ell being 45 inches, the Dutch or Flemish ell 27, the Scotch about 37.
ELRICH; ELRITCH a.
Ghastly; preternatural. Same as Eldritch. [Scot. & Local, Eng.]
ELVISHLY adv.
In an elvish manner. Sir W. Scott.
EMBAYMENT n.
A bay. [R.] The embayment which is terminated by the land of North Berwick. Sir W. Scott.
EMBELLISHMENT n.
d; adornment. In the selection of their ground, as well as in the embellishment of it. Prescott.
EMBLAZON v.
The walls were . . . emblazoned with legends in commemoration of the illustrious pair. Prescott.
EMBODY v.
one's ideas in a treatise. [Written also imbody.] Devils embodied and disembodied. Sir W. Scott. The soul, while it is embodied, can no more be divided from sin. South.
EMBOLDEN v.
e. Shak. The self-conceit which emboldened him to undertake this dangerous office. Sir W. Scott.
EMBOSS v.
. Dryden. Exhibiting flowers in their natural color embossed upon a purple ground. Sir W. Scott.
EMBOW v.
To bend like a bow; to curve. "Embowed arches." [Obs. or R.] Sir W. Scott. With gilded horns embowed like the moon. Spenser.
EMOTIONED a.
Affected with emotion. [R.] "The emotioned soul." Sir W. Scott.
ENDLONG adv.
eth endelong the large space. Chaucer. To thrust the raft endlong across the moat. Sir W. Scott.
ENDURANCE n.
ith an evasive answer the question concerning the endurance of his own possession. Sir W. Scott.
ENFEEBLE v.
orce of; to weaken; to debilitate. Enfeebled by scanty subsistence and excessive toil. Prescott.
ENGRAIN v.
anything; to infuse deeply. See Ingrain. The stain hath become engrained by time. Sir W. Scott.
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