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rtaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race. English bond (Arch.)

Capable of being translated into, or expressed in, English.

A quality or characteristic peculiar to the English. M. Arnold.

A native or a naturalized inhabitant of England.

The state or privilege of being an Englishman. [Obs.] Cowell.

Fem. of Englishman. Shak.

A custom, as in some ancient boroughs, by which lands and tenements descend to the youngest son, instead of the eldest; or, if the owner have no issue, to the youngest brother. Blackstone.

Of or relating to the English who are born or reside in India; Anglo-Indian.

The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek Alpha, of the same form; and this was made fr…

A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofdüne off t…

The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress.

or superintending accountant in certain public offices. Also, formerly, an officer in the English court of chancery who received the moneys paid into the court, and deposited them in the Bank of England.

To join; to couple. [R.] The Englishmen accoupled themselves with the Frenchmen. Hall.

otion or tendency to, expressed by a preposition. It corresponds to the objective case in English.

e Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf. Shak.

nd, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English.

A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.

Relating to procedure. "The whole English law, substantive and adjective." Macaulay.

The Arabic definite article answering to the English the; as, Alkoran, the Koran or the Book; alchemy, the chemistry.

the anchor and the dolphin. The term has also been applied to certain elegant editions of English works.