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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



210 words match “SOURCE”

INEXHAUSTED a.
Not exhausted; not emptied; not spent; not having lost all strength or resources; unexhausted. Dryden.
ISATIN n.
blue. It is also produced from certain derivatives of benzoic acid, and is one important source of artificial indigo. [Written also, less properly, isatine.]
ISONANDRA n.
A genus of sapotaceous trees of India. Isonandra Gutta is the principal source of gutta-percha.
ISSUE v.
To proceed, as from a source; as, water issues from springs; light issues from the sun.
JAGGERY PALM n.
g leaves pinnate with wedge-shaped divisions, the petiole very stout. It is the principal source of jaggery, and is often cultivated for ornament.
K n.
the language. It came into the Latin from the Greek, which received it from a Phoenician source, the ultimate origin probably being Egyptian,. Etymologically K is most nearly related to c, g, h (which see).
LAMP n.
ited. Weale. -- Arc lamp (Elec.), a form of lamp in which the voltaic arc is used as the source of light. -- Dëbereiner's lamp, an apparatus for the instantaneous production of a flame by the spontaneous ignition of a jet of hydrogen on being led over platinum sponge; -- named after the German chemist Döbereiner, who…
LAURIC a.
12H24O2, resembling palmitic acid, and obtained from the fruit of the bay tree, and other sources.
LAW n.
Collectively, the whole body of rules relating to one subject, or emanating from one source; -- including usually the writings pertaining to them, and judicial proceedings under them; as, divine law; English law; Roman law; the law of real property; insurance law.
LEUCANILINE n.
ss, crystalline, organic base, obtained from rosaniline by reduction, and also from other sources. It forms colorless salts.
LEVULIN n.
tance resembling dextrin, obtained from the bulbs of the dahlia, the artichoke, and other sources, as a colorless, spongy, amorphous material. It is so called because by decomposition it yields levulose. [Written also lævulin.]
LIFESPRING n.
Spring or source of life.
LIGHT n. 2 definitions
That which furnishes, or is a source of, light, as the sun, a star, a candle, a lighthouse, etc. Then he called for a light, and sprang in. Acts xvi. 29. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. Gen. i. 16.
MAGMA n.
The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.
MANICHAEAN; MANICHEAN; MANICHEE n.
ersian of the third century A. D., who taught a dualism in which Light is regarded as the source of Good, and Darkness as the source of Evil. The Manichæans stand as representatives of dualism pushed to its utmost development. Tylor.
MARGARIC a.
tearic acids, and obtained from the wax of certain lichens, from cetyl cyanide, and other sources.
MEAN n.
Hence: Resources; property, revenue, or the like, considered as the condition of easy livelihood, or an instrumentality at command for effecting any purpose; disposable force or substance. Your means are very slender, and your waste is great. Shak.
MEPHITIS n.
Noxious, pestilential, or foul exhalations from decomposing substances, filth, or other source.
MIGHT n.
, whether of body or mind; energy or intensity of purpose, feeling, or action; means or resources to effect an object; strength; force; power; ability; capacity. What so strong, But wanting rest, will also want of might Spenser. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all…
MINE n.
Fig.: A rich source of wealth or other good. Shak. Mine dial, a form of magnetic compass used by miners. -- Mine pig, pig iron made wholly from ore; in distinction from cinder pig, which is made from ore mixed with forge or mill cinder. Raymond.
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