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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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1,535 words match “BROWN”

The act of walking. Sir T. Browne.

Deprivation; loss. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

To lose. [Obs.] A lodestone fired doth presently amit its proper virtue. Sir T. Browne.

generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are tremolite, actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the last name being also used as a general term for the…

The state of being an angel; angelic nature. Mrs. Browning.

An instrument of music, of the lute kind, now disused. Johnson. R. Browning.

at (Zoöl.), a variety of the domestic cat with very long and silky hair, generally of the brownish white color. Called also Angola cat. See Cat. -- Angora goat (Zoöl.), a variety of the domestic goat, reared for its long silky hair, which is highly prized for manufacture.

One who, or that which, animates; an animater. Sir T. Browne.

ANNUMERATION n.

Addition to a former number. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

ANTHOPHYLLITE n.

A mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color. -- An`tho*phyl*lit"ic, a.

es, attacking the bean, grape, melon, cotton, and other plants. In the case of the grape, brown concave spots are formed on the stem and fruit, and the disease is called bird's-eye rot.

Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison. Sir T. Browne. -- An"ti*do`tal*ly, adv.

tively. O! never more for me shall winds intone, With all your tops, a vast antiphony. R. Browning.

One who appears. Sir T. Browne.

To praise; to commend. [Obs.] R. Browning. Appraised the Lycian custom. Tennyson.

APPREHENSION n.

t of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension. Sir T. Browne.

APPROPRIABLE a.

appropriated, set apart, sequestered, or assigned exclusively to a particular use. Sir T. Browne.

Inhabiting the water. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

ist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc. -- Ar`gil*lit"ic, a.

Argillaceous; clayey. Sir T. Browne.