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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



194 words match “BROWNING”

IMPEARL v.
ith pearls or with anything resembling pearls. [Poetic] With morning dews impearled. Mrs. Browning. The dews of the morning impearl every thorn. R. Digby.
INCISIVE a.
Eliot. And her incisive smile accrediting That treason of false witness in my blush. Mrs. Browning.
INFLATUS n.
n; inspiration. The divine breath that blows the nostrils out To ineffable inflatus. Mrs. Browning.
INFLUENT a.
Flowing in. "With influent tide." Cowper. "Influent odors." Mrs. Browning.
INNERMOSTLY adv.
In the innermost place. [R.] His ebon cross worn innermostly. Mrs. Browning.
INSCIENT a.
owledge or insight; intelligent. [R.] Gaze on, with inscient vision, toward the sun. Mrs. Browning.
INSENSUOUS a.
intermediate door Betwixt the different planes of sensuous form And form insensuous. Mrs. Browning.
INTERNE n.
That which is within; the interior. [Poetic] Mrs. Browning.
ISSUE n.
stent. As much at issue with the summer day As if you brought a candle out of doors. Mrs. Browning. -- Bank of issue, Collateral issue, etc. See under Bank, Collateral, etc. -- Issue pea, a pea, or a similar round body, used to maintain irritation in a wound, and promote the secretion and discharge of pus. -- To join…
JOG v.
ill jog on and keep his trot. Milton . The good old ways our sires jogged safely over. R. Browning.
KERCHIEF n.
e. Shak. Her black hair strained away To a scarlet kerchief caught beneath her chin. Mrs. Browning.
LATHY a.
Like a lath; long and slender. A lathy horse, all legs and length. R. Browning.
LEAN v.
To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest. Mrs. Browning. His fainting limbs against an oak he leant. Dryden.
LIEGE n.
A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign. Mrs. Browning. The anointed sovereign of sighs and groans, Liege of all loiterers and malcontents. Shak.
LONGSHORE a.
Belonging to the seashore or a seaport; along and on the shore. "Longshore thieves." R. Browning.
MASTERFUL a.
er of a master; indicating or expressing power or mastery. His masterful, pale face. Mrs. Browning.
METAPHRASE n.
An answering phrase; repartee. Mrs. Browning.
METAPHYSICS n.
ir W. Hamilton. Whether, after all, A larger metaphysics might not help Our physics. Mrs. Browning.
MIRK a.
Dark; gloomy; murky. Spenser. Mrs. Browning.
MISALLIANCE n.
a mesalliance. A Leigh had made a misalliance, and blushed A Howard should know it. Mrs. Browning.
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