nying, negative Gwadu, v. to deny; to disown Gwadd, n. a mole Gwaddeg, n. a spout; a scuttle Gwaddod, n. sediment, lees Gwaddodi, v. to cast a sedement Gwaddodlyd, a. feculent, dreggy Gwaddol, n. a portion; money Gwaddoli, v. to dower Gwae, n. woe Gwaed, n. blood or gore Gwaedboer, n. blood-spitting Gwaedgi, n. a blood-hound Gwaedglais, n. blood stripe Gwaedgoll, n. bloodshed Gwaediad, n. a bleeding Gwaedled, bloody, blood-stained Gwaedlif, n. a bloody-flux Gwaedlin, n. an issue of blood Gwaedlyd, a. bloody; cruel Gwaedlydu, to stain with blood Gwaedlys, n. blood-wort Gwaedneu, n. a blood issue Gwaedog, abounding with blood Gwaedogaeth, n. sanguinity Gwaedogen, n. a blood pudding, a black pudding Gwaedoli, v. to sanguify Gwaedol, sanguineous of blood Gwaedoliaeth, n. kindred by blood, consanguinity Gwaedraidd, a. running with blood Gwaedrod, n. a course of blood Gwaedu, v. to bleed, to let blood Gwaedd, n. a cry, a shout Gwaeddan, n. a bawler Gwaeddfan, a. loud shouting Gwaeddgreg, a. hoarse shouting Gwaeddi, v. to cry, to shout Gwaeddiad, n. a crying out Gwaeddolef, n. a cry a woe Gwaefyd, n. a state of woe Gwäeg, n. a fibula; a clasp Gwäegiad, n. a buckling Gwäegu, v. to buckle; to clasp Gwael, a. low, vile; poorly Gwaeledd, n. vileness; misery Gwaeleddu, v. to make wretched Gwaelni, vileness; wretchedness Gwaelod, n. a bottom, a base Gwaelodi, v. to bottom Gwaelodiad, n. a bottoming Gwaelodion, n. bottoms Gwaelu, v. to grow low or poor; to become faint Gwaeddol, a. crying, shouting Gwaeu, v. to make vile Gwäell, gwëyll, n. a skewer, a broach; a knitting needle; a spindle. — from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards
And soon to the royal standard of France came princes and chiefs of great name, and captains of high renown, [Pg 238] conspicuous among whom were the Duke of Athens, Constable of France; the Lords de Nesle and D'Andreghen, Marshals of France; the Dukes of Orleans and of Bourbon; the Counts of Tancarville, and Dammartin, and Vantadour, and Ponthieu; and last, but not least, Lord Robert de Duras, Bertrand du Guesclin, the famous Breton warrior; John de Saintré, esteemed the most accomplished of French knights; and Geoffrey de Chargny, celebrated for having, albeit in vain, attempted to recover Calais; and Eustace de Ribeaumont, who, at Calais, had fought hand to hand with King Edward, and who still wore the chaplet of pearls which, on that occasion, he had so valorously won from his victor. — from Cressy and Poictiers: The Story of the Black Prince's Page by John G. (John George) Edgar
centre of gravity not a compromise
Nevertheless, Christianity was centrifugal rather than centripetal; it was not a mere average, but a centre of gravity; not a compromise, but a conflict. — from G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study by Julius West
case of gross neglect and cruelty
It must suffice to say that case after case of gross neglect and cruelty was brought to light; that while 365 patients had died, only 221 had been reported; that a patient [152] having been killed, his body was hurried away to prevent an inquest; that when the accounts were examined, it was discovered that two sets of books of receipts were kept, one of which was only presented to the governors, and that the difference between the sums contained in the two, amounting to some hundreds a year, found its way into the pocket of the superintendent; and lastly we must record that o — from Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles by Daniel Hack Tuke
confines of German nationality and close
Since the Hapsburg dynasty found itself placed on the confines of German nationality, and close to all the fractions of different nationalities which the storms of past ages had thrown on the shores of the Danube on one side, and on the Balkan peninsula on the other, it quickly took the part of ruling all these different nationalities, which, owing to their insignificance, could not aspire to form a political unit, and therefore relied on the great German nationality which was behind them. — from Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, May 1885 by Various
congress of German naturalists at Carlsruhe
If we had not been able to examine into all the development of the Histriobdellæ, more than one naturalist would have considered them Lernæans, as happened at the congress of German naturalists at Carlsruhe. — from Animal Parasites and Messmates by P. J. van (Pierre Joseph) Beneden
corner of Gay N and Congress
On the southwest corner of Gay (N) and Congress (31st) Streets stood, not so very many years ago, an attractive old white house with long porches, tiers of them, across the back overlooking a garden. — from A Portrait of Old George Town by Grace Dunlop Peter
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