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240 words match “BURTON”

GYMNIC n.
Athletic exercise. [Obs.] Burton.
HADDER n.
Heather; heath. [Obs.] Burton.
HIEROGRAMMATIC a.
Written in, or pertaining to, hierograms; expressive of sacred writing. Bp. Warburton.
HIRSUTENESS n.
Hairiness. Burton.
HONORLESS a.
Destitute of honor; not honored. Bp. Warburton.
IDENTICALLY adv.
In an identical manner; with respect to identity. "Identically the same." Bp. Warburton. "Identically different." Ross.
IDIOTRY n.
Idiocy. [R.] Bp. Warburton.
IMBONITY n.
Want of goodness. [Obs.] Burton.
IMMUND a.
Unclean. [R.] Burton.
IMPASSIONATE a.
Without passion or feeling. Burton.
IMPINGE v.
he present order of things, not to be employed without impinging on God's justice. Bp. Warburton.
IMPRESSMENT n.
. The great scandal of our naval service -- impressment -- died a protracted death. J. H. Burton.
IMPUDENCY n.
Impudence. [Obs.] Burton. Audacious without impudency. Shak.
IMPUTATIVE a.
be imputed. -- Im*put"a*tive*ly, adv. Actual righteousness as well as imputative. Bp. Warburton.
INANITION n.
rom weariness. Landor. Repletion and inanition may both do harm in two contrary extremes. Burton.
INCOHERENT a.
e part on another; logically disconnected. "The same rambling, incoherent manner." Bp. Warburton.
INCOMPARABLE a.
A new hypothesis . . . which hath the incomparable Sir Isaac Newton for a patron. Bp. Warburton. -- In*com"pa*ra*ble*ness, n. -- In*com"pa*ra*bly, adv. Delights incomparably all those corporeal things. Bp. Wilkins.
INCONNECTED a.
Not connected; disconnected. [R.] Bp. Warburton.
INCUBUS n.
htmare. See Nightmare. Such as are troubled with incubus, or witch-ridden, as we call it. Burton.
INCULT a.
lized. Germany then, says Tacitus, was incult and horrid, now full of magnificent cities. Burton. His style is diffuse and incult. M. W. Shelley.
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