Pound , sb. pound, PP; punde , dat. , S; pownd , pl. , S2. Comb.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

tablier , m. , pièce d'étoffe qu'on met devant soi pour préserver ses vêtements.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

Transportadas a nuestros países, renovaron la sangre de la literatura española, diluyeron su pesadez, podaron sus floraciones excesivas y transformaron su aspecto, como una mujer delicada metamorfosea en boudoir propicio a la galantería el frío salón vetusto de un castillo con historia.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

¡Se parecía a la de 25 los santos que el rey Nerón [7-8] echaba a los tigres, según dicen los padres predicadores.... Los bandidos sintieron moverse algo dentro de su pecho, pues se miraron unos a otros...; y viendo que todos estaban pensando la misma cosa, uno de ellos se
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

Where the main purpose of a transmission system is the supply of light and power for general distribution, sixty periods per second are adopted as the standard in many cases.
— from Electric Transmission of Water Power by Alton D. Adams

(* Les Oeuvres completes de Madame la Baronne de Stael, publiees par son Fils.
— from Ten Years' Exile Memoirs of That Interesting Period of the Life of the Baroness De Stael-Holstein, Written by Herself, during the Years 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813, and Now First Published from the Original Manuscript, by Her Son. by Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine) Staël

Et cum peterent responsum sibi dari de principali, responsum istud secundarium non multum ponderantes, respondit frater Willelmus de Stargil predicator pro se et suis sociis, se non esse ad hoc missos.
— from The Grey Friars in Oxford by A. G. (Andrew George) Little

M. Gibbon, doue de la memoire la plus heureuse, et ayant tous les faits presens a la pensee, domina bien-tot la conversation; I'Abbe se facha, il s'emporta, il dit des choses dures; l'Anglois, conservant le phlegme de son pays, prenoit ses avantages, et pressoit l'Abbe avec d'autant plus de succes que la colere le troubloit de plus en plus.
— from Memoirs of My Life and Writings by Edward Gibbon

MUFFINS AND BISCUITS PANCAKES, FRITTERS, ETC. CAKES ICINGS AND FILLINGS FOR CAKES PIES AND PASTRY COOKIES DESSERTS STEAMED PUDDINGS PUDDING SAUCES FROZEN DESSERTS CANDIES AND SWEETS BEVERAGES CANNED FRUITS JELLIES AND PRESERVES BRANDIED FRUITS CANNED VEGETABLES VEGETABLES PRESERVED IN BRINE PICKLES AND RELISHES PASSOVER DISHES INDEX TABLE OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES MEASUREMENT OF FOOD MATERIALS
— from The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum

In giving him this son, who would one day call him by the name most highly prized throughout the land, she had done something purely personal, something exclusively for him; and in so doing she had endowed him with a delight and joy unknown before.
— from The Outcaste by F. E. (Fanny Emily) Penny