Simul in voltus micat undique terror; Crebra ruina poli caelestia limina laxat.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce
crafian , ‘petere, postulare’; cp. Low Lat. cravare , in judicium mittere (also written gravare ), see Schmid, Ducange.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew
Scriptour , sb. pencase, S3.—OF. escriptoire , a penner (Cotg.); Late Lat. scriptorium , pencase (Ducange).
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew
With an Introduction by W. L. Courtney, LL.D. The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd. London and Felling-on-Tyne New York and Melbourne
— from On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
A scheme to connect by tramline the Cattle Market (North Circular road and Prussia street) with the quays (Sheriff street, lower, and East Wall), parallel with the Link line railway laid (in conjunction with the Great Southern and Western railway line) between the cattle park, Liffey junction, and terminus of Midland Great Western Railway 43 to 45 North Wall, in proximity to the terminal stations or Dublin branches of Great Central Railway, Midland Railway of England, City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, Dublin and Glasgow Steam Packet Company, Glasgow, Dublin and Londonderry Steam Packet Company (Laird line), British and Irish Steam Packet Company, Dublin and Morecambe Steamers, London and North Western Railway Company, Dublin Port and Docks Board Landing Sheds and transit sheds of Palgrave, Murphy and Company, steamship owners, agents for steamers from Mediterranean, Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium and Holland and for Liverpool Underwriters’ Association, the cost of acquired rolling stock for animal transport and of additional mileage operated by the Dublin United Tramways Company, limited, to be covered by graziers’ fees.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce
As I Ponder'd in Silence As I ponder'd in silence, Returning upon my poems, considering, lingering long, A Phantom arose before me with distrustful aspect, Terrible in beauty, age, and power, The genius of poets of old lands, As to me directing like flame its eyes, With finger pointing to many immortal songs, And menacing voice, What singest thou?
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
( n ), SkD, Voc., HD; pavisse , HD; pauish , Prompt. ( n ), HD; paluoise , Florio (s.v. testudine ); palueise , Florio (s.v. pauese ).—AF. pavise ; Low Lat. pavisium (acc.), also pavesium ; cp. OF. pavois (Cotg.); Low Lat. pavensem (Ducange).
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew
Related Words : Reducir ; reducción ; rebaja ; bajar el precio ; abaratar ; conceder descuento de tanto por ciento ; liquidación ; liquidación forzosa , a forced settlement ; regatear , to haggle .
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson
Abgabe alkoholischer Getränke off-licence Lizenzgeber licensor Lizenzinhaber holder of a licence Lizenznehmer licensee Lizenzvergabe franchise Lizenzvertrag licensing agreement LLoyds Lloyds LLoyds Schifffahrtsregister Lloyd's Register Loch; Lochung punched hole Lochkarte punched card Lockartikel loss leaders locken entice Lockerung ease Lockerung der Kreditbeschränkungen relaxation in credit restriction Lockerung des Kapitalmarktes easing of the capital market
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig
For our present purpose it is sufficient to point out that on the very first occasion when the name W. Shakespere was attached to any play, viz., to the play called "Loues Labor's lost," the Author took pains to insert a revelation that would enable him to claim his own when the proper time should arrive.
— from Bacon is Shake-Speare Together with a Reprint of Bacon's Promus of Formularies and Elegancies by Durning-Lawrence, Edwin, Sir
On appelle lasagna, en Italien, une espèce de mets de pâte, et l’on dit proverbialement “come le lasagne,” comme les lasagnes, ni endroit ni envers, pour dire, on ne sait ce que c’est.
— from Argot and Slang A New French and English Dictionary of the Cant Words, Quaint Expressions, Slang Terms and Flash Phrases Used in the High and Low Life of Old and New Paris by Albert Barrère
and Mr. Rovering remained standing motionless on the platform, casting longing looks at the reins trailing in the street.
— from Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
Them in a reel, with none of the abulziements of war about me, but a plain civil lad like the rest, I would join in the strathspey and kiss two or three of the girls ere ever they jaloused a stranger was among them.”
— from John Splendid: The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Neil Munro
The contractile motions of the pectoral muscle, E, of the male body, Plate 13, are during life readily distinguishable; and that boundary which it furnishes to the axillary region is well defined; but in the female form, Plate 14, the general contour of the muscle E, while in motion, is concealed by the hemispherical mammary gland, F, which, surrounded by its proper capsule, lies loosely pendent from the fore part of the muscle, to which, in the healthy state of the organ, it is connected only by free-moving bonds of lax cellular membrane.
— from Surgical Anatomy by Joseph Maclise
The next morning the public caught light like tinder; and the prisoner was tried over again, before an amateur court of justice, in the columns of the newspapers.
— from Armadale by Wilkie Collins
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