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240 words match “BURTON”

DISSOCIABILITY n.
Want of sociability; unsociableness. Bp. Warburton.
DIVERB n.
tical proverb. [Obs.] Italy, a paradise for horses, a hell for women, as the diverb goes. Burton.
DIVINATOR n.
One who practices or pretends to divination; a diviner. [R.] Burton.
DONARY n.
A thing given to a sacred use. [R.] Burton.
DOORSTEAD n.
Entrance or place of a door. [Obs. or Local] Bp. Warburton.
DOTER n.
One who dotes; a man whose understanding is enfeebled by age; a dotard. Burton.
DRONE n.
g as a drone,to be an unprofitable and unworthy member of so noble and learned a society. Burton.
DRUGGER n.
A druggist. [Obs.] Burton.
DUMMERER n.
One who feigns dumbness. [Obs.] Burton.
DUNCIFY v.
To make stupid in intellect. [R.] Bp. Warburton.
ELATE v.
or flush with success; to puff up; to make proud. Foolishly elated by spiritual pride. Warburton. You ought not be elated at the chance mishaps of your enemies. Jowett (Thucyd. ).
ELIXATION n.
A seething; digestion. [Obs.] Burton.
EMBARRASS n.
Embarrassment. [Obs.] Bp. Warburton.
EMULATOR n.
ves to equal or surpass. As Virgil rivaled Homer, Milton was the emulator of both. Bp. Warburton.
ENASCENT a.
Coming into being; nascent. [Obs.] Bp. Warburton.
ENTICER n.
One who entices; one who incites or allures to evil. Burton.
EPITOMIZER n.
An epitomist. Burton.
ESCAPE n.
ression. [Obs.] I should have been more accurate, and corrected all those former escapes. Burton.
EVACUATE v.
To let blood [Obs.] Burton.
EVERY a.
every of us. Hooker. Every each, every one. [Obs.] "Every each of them hath some vices." Burton.. -- Every now and then, at short intervals; occasionally; repeatedly; frequently. [Colloq.]
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