Chamber , sb. chamber, MD; chambur , MD; schambyr , Voc.; chambre , C2, C3, PP; chombre , MD; chaumbre , MD, PP; chawmere , MD; chamer , Voc.; chalmer , S3.—AF. chambre ; Lat. camera .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew
Eva lay back on her pillows; her hair hanging loosely about her face, her crimson cheeks contrasting painfully with the intense whiteness of her complexion and the thin contour of her limbs and features, and her large, soul-like eyes fixed earnestly on every one.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Climben , v. to climb, MD; clymben , C2; clam , pt. s. , S2, MD; clamb , C2; clomb , MD; clomben , pp.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew
Touzing C. Astrolabian C. Brawny C. Tumbling C. Algebraical C. Compt C. Fambling C. Venust C. Repaired C. Overturning C. Aromatizing C. Soft C. Shooting C. Tricksy C. Wild C. Culeting C. Paillard C. Renewed C. Jagged C. Gaillard C. Quaint C. Pinked C. Broaching C. Starting C. Arsiversing C. Addle C. Fleshy C. Polished C. Syndicated C. Auxiliary C. Slashed C. Hamed C. Stuffed C. Clashing C. Leisurely C. Well-fed C. Wagging C. Cut C. Flourished C. Scriplike C. Smooth C. Fallow C. Encremastered C. Depending C. Sudden C. Bouncing C. Independent C. Graspful C. Levelling C.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais
Cherl , sb. peasant, S, S2, C2, C3; chorle , Prompt.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew
At pages 42, 43, there is an explanation of the “Language of Thieves, commonly called Cant.” PRISON BREAKER, The, or the Adventures of John Shepherd, a Farce, 8vo.
— from A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. by John Camden Hotten
Danton, meanwhile, has been pressingly sent for from Arcis: he must return instantly, cried Camille, cried Phelippeaux and Friends, who scented danger in the wind.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle
Sobre estas columnas fundó una administración que todavía no conoce rival en estos países, y parte de cuyas creaciones, como puntos luminosos han lucido hasta en las negras horas del gobierno bárbaro que por tantos años mantuvo detenido el carro del progreso [2] argentino....
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson
Chæanœtæ, Chamæeunæ, Chamæcœtæ, people of the Caucasus, ii. 239 .
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo
pallet, palette; easel; brush, pencil, stump; black lead, charcoal, crayons, chalk, pastel; paint &c. (coloring matter) 428; watercolor, body color, oil color; oils, oil paint; varnish &c. 356a, priming; gouache, tempera, distemper, fresco, water glass; enamel; encaustic painting; mosaic; tapestry.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
You can observe him climbing, climbing, climbing, precisely as an ant climbs a tree.
— from The Glands Regulating Personality A Study of the Glands of Internal Secretion in Relation to the Types of Human Nature by Louis Berman
The requirements of several friends proceeding to settle in the Colonies, and wishing to devote themselves to Cotton culture, Coffee planting, the raising of Tobacco, Indigo, and other agricultural staples, first called my attention to the consideration of this fertile and extensive field of investigation.
— from The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. (Peter Lund) Simmonds
In order to sound her, the count disguised himself as a father confessor; but Volantê detected the trick instantly, and said to him, “Come, come, count, pull off your lion’s hide, and confess yourself an ass.”
— from Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 3 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
Loaf sugar, brown sugar, powdered sugar, fair molasses, Ceylon tea, Hyson tea, Java coffee, Rio coffee, smoked ham, American rice, breakfast bacon, lambs' tongues, pigs' feet, corned beef, corned pork, leaf lard, dried peas, dried beans, coffee extract, chiccory, chocolate, Swiss cheese, English cheese, New York dairy cheese, canned tomatoes, canned peaches, canned onions, canned asparagus, canned peas, canned corn, canned beets, olives and olive oil, sauces and catsups, oatmeal and flour, limes and lemons, fruit jellies, condensed meats, beef extracts, Jamaica ginger, mustard and spices, cigars and tobacco, corn-meal and hominy, sago and tapioca, crackers and biscuits, lime juice, fresh and limed eggs, baking powder, canned cherries, canned plums, canned pears, canned rhubarb, dried apples, canned salmon, canned oysters, canned clams, sardines, canned lobster, canned mackerel, canned codfish, kippered herring,
— from The North Pacific: A Story of the Russo-Japanese War by Willis Boyd Allen
No one, to be sure, when he saw the high cheek-bones, wiry black hair brushed pompadour, dull brown eyes, and copper complexion, could possibly have been deceived by Johnny's well-cut clothes, clean linen, and good English.
— from McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. by Various
I know that in my exile, thousands of miles from home, when I open her Complete Cookery , certain passages transport me straight back to Philadelphia, to my childhood and my youth, to the second-story back-building dining-room and the kitchen with the lilacs at the back-yard door.
— from Our Philadelphia by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
304 The following prominent American educationalists in China visited America in November, 1912, and spoke for China at the World’s Oriental Congress at Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts: Vice-president Williams, of Nanking University; President Edmunds, of Canton Christian College; President Goucher, of the University of Chingtu, and Professor C. W. Young, of Union Medical College, Peking.
— from China Revolutionized by John Stuart Thomson
Charge batch Charter charter Charterflugzeug charter plane Chartervertrag charter party Chef boss Chef chief Chef principal Chef des Unternehmens head of the business Chiffre cipher Computer computer Computer Programme software Container container Container-Schiff container ship containerisierte Fracht containerized freight Containerisierung containerization D Dachgesellschaft holding company Dachverband der US Handelskammern United States Chamber of Commerce Dachvertrag blanket insurance Dame des Hauses landlady Dämpfung moderation Dankschreiben letter of thanks Darbietung presentation Darbietung show Darlehen loan Darlehensgrenze credit limit Darlehenskonto loan account Darlehenszinsen loan interest das Arbeitsende registrieren clock out das Gesetz beachten observe the law das Lager wieder auffüllen restock das Risiko verbreiten spread the risk Daten data Datenblock block of data Datenspeicher memory Datenverarbeitung data processing datieren date datiert out of date Datum date Datumstempel der Post postmark Dauerauftrag standing order dauerhaft durable dauerhaft permanent Dauerinventur continuous inventory Dauerstellung long-term appointment dazwischenzwängen squeeze in Deck deck decken cover Deckfracht deck cargo Deckung cover Deckung coverage Deckung insurance coverage Deckungsgeschäfte hedging Defizit deficit Deflation deflation delegieren delegate Demonstration demonstration den Arbeitsbeginn registrieren clock in den Bedarf decken satisfy needs den Empfang bestätigen acknowledge den Haushalt betreffend budgetary den Kosten nachgehen keep track of costs deponieren lodge Depositenbank deposit bank Depotverwahrung
— from Mr. Honey's Small Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig
At four stadia from Myus is Thymbria, a Carian village, near which is Aornum; this is a sacred cave called Charonium, [Pg 7] which emits destructive vapours.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo
I suppose advertising must answer, or it would not be persisted in; and certainly the newspapers (that chiefly live thereby) exhort all to crowd their columns, if they wish to win fortune: but how the perpetual and reiterated obtrusion of such single words as Oopack, or Syndicates, or Beecham's Pills, or Argosy Braces, or Grateful and Comforting, &c. &c., can prove [Pg 310] seductive baits, I do not see nor feel: the shameless amount of space they fill in our newspapers, and especially the impertinent way in which they intrude upon us while reading, as interleaved into books and magazines, so entirely disgusts me that I have often declared I would rather go without "tea, coffee, tobacco, or snuff" (this is a phrase, for the two latter I abominate) than deign to patronise those persistent advertisers A, B, C, D, or E.
— from My Life as an Author by Martin Farquhar Tupper
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