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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



305 words match “TEMPLE”

INCLUSION n.
being included; limitation; restriction; as, the lines of inclusion of his policy. Sir W. Temple.
INDEMNIFY v.
to the merchants here that they will indemnify them from all that shall fall out. Sir W. Temple.
INDUSTRIOUS a.
r. Frugal and industrious men are commonly friendly to the established government. Sir W. Temple.
INFIDELITY n.
; treachery; deceit; as, the infidelity of a servant. "The infidelity of friends." Sir W. Temple.
INFRATEMPORAL a.
Below the temple; below the temporal bone.
INGENIOUS a.
us. Shak. The more ingenious men are, the more apt are they to trouble themselves. Sir W. Temple.
INGENIOUSLY adv.
manner; with ingenuity; skillfully; wittily; cleverly. "Too ingeniously politic." Sir W. Temple.
INGRATIATE v.
To gain favor. [R.] Sir W. Temple.
INN n.
uildings in which the law students and barristers have their chambers. They are the Inner Temple, the Middle Temple, Lincoln's Inn, and Gray's Inn.
INQUISITIVE n.
A person who is inquisitive; one curious in research. Sir W. Temple.
INSPECT v.
, arms, goods offered, work done for the public, etc.; to oversee; to superintend. Sir W. Temple.
INTEREST n.
sh benefit; profit; benefit. Divisions hinder the common interest and public good. Sir W. Temple. When interest calls of all her sneaking train. Pope.
INTERVENTION n.
et us decide our quarrels at home, without the intervention, of any foreign power. Sir W. Temple.
INTRANQUILLITY n.
Unquietness; restlessness. Sir W. Temple.
INVALIDITY n.
Want of health; infirmity. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.
INVOCATE v.
o invoke; to call on, or for, in supplication; to implore. If Dagon be thy god, Go to his temple, invocate his aid. Milton.
JACTATION n.
A throwing or tossing of the body; a shaking or agitation. Sir. W. Temple.
JAGANNATH; JAGANNATHA; JUGGERNAUT n.
s to be crushed beneath the wheels of this car. It is now known that any death within the temple of Jagannath is considered to render the place unclean, and any spilling of blood in the presence of the idol is a pollution.
JANUS n.
dicated to Janus the covered passage at Rome, near the Forum, which is usually called the Temple of Janus. This passage was open in war and closed in peace. Dr. W. Smith. Janus cloth, a fabric having both sides dressed, the sides being of different colors, -- used for reversible garments.
JIG n.
work, and having hard steel surfaces to guide a tool, as a drill, or to form a shield or templet to work to, as in filing.
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