With the present stem in -n o | e- ( 833 ). cernō , sift , separate , see cernere crēvī , decided certus , -crētus linō , besmear linere lēvī , rarely līvī litus In the present system some forms in -īre are used by late writers.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Disport , sb. pleasure, recreation, S2, S3, C2, C3; desport , C3, MD.—AF.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

We were conducted to the monastery of the Hongwanji sect, a new and handsome building, where a large room had been prepared for us, and hung with silk crape curtains dyed with the Echizen crest.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

Kutcherov, the engineer who was building the bridge, a stout, broad-shouldered, bearded man in a soft crumpled cap drove through the village in his racing droshky or his open carriage.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

A, dexter chief; B, sinister chief; C, dexter base; D, sinister base.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

The Same Subject Continued (Concerning Dangers From Foreign Force and Influence) FEDERALIST No. 6.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

41 Smith, 68 , 202 , 288 ; arms, 289 ; crest, 245 Smith-Cunningham, 426 Smitheman, arms, 238 Smyth, arms, 272 Snail, 258 Sneds, 298 Sneyd, arms, 298 Snowdon, 39 Sodor and Man, 160 , 285 Soldanieri, arms, 83 Soles, 256 Sollerets, 55 Soluthurn, supporters, 409 Somers, crest, 263 , 293 Somerscales, arms, 261 Somerset, 520 ; Duke of, Henry Fitzroy, 37 ; Duke of, John Beaufort, Garter plate, 416 ; arms, 466 ; Dukes of, 513 ; Herald, 37 , 620 Sophia, Princess, label, 499 Soudan, de la Tran, K.G., Sir Bermond Arnaud de Presac, arms, crest, mantling, 387 Southampton, arms, 270 ; city of, arms, crest, supporters and compartment, 445 Southwark, borough of, 605 Southwell, See of, 160 ; Viscount, supporters, 437 Soutiens, 407 Sovereign, helmet of, 318 Sovereign's Privy Seals, 467 ; grand-children of, coronets, 363 ; sons and daughters or brothers and sisters of a, coronets of, 363 Spain, 61 , 81 , 83 ; crests, 343 ; marks of cadency, 482 ; Queen Victoria Eugenie of, 139 , 474 , 596 ; Philip of, 607 ; quarterings of, 543 Sparlings, 256 Spear and spear-head, 285 Specified, number, 89 Speke, crest and supporters, 217 ; augmentation, 420 , 595 Spelman, Sir Henry, 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 Spener, 324 , 481 Spenser, 221 Sphinx, 4 , 9 , 171 , 228 Spider, 261 Spikes, 223 Spokes, arms, 291 Springbok, 208 , 217 ; as supporters, 436 Sprot, 255 Spry, arms, 124 Spur-nowels, or Spur-revels, 286 , 296 Spurs, 54 , 286 Squirrel, 214 , 430 SS, collar of, 44 St. Adrian, 162 St. Ægidius, 162 St. Albans, Boke of, 2 ; Duke of, 515 ; monastery, 143 St. Andrew, 47 , 160 , 162 , 614 St. Andrew, Saltire of, 25 ; Cross of, 131 ; flag of, 472 St. Anthony's Cross, 129 St. Asaph, Bishop of, 78 St. Aubin, cloister of, 228 St. Boniface, 164 St. Britius, 160 St. Bryse, 160 St. Catherine, wheel of, 473 , 606 St. Columba, 162 St. Cricq, Comtes de, arms, 281 St. Cuthbert, cross of, 606 St. David's, 588 St. Denis, 165 , 220 , 473 ; Abbey of, 16 , 219 St. Duthacus, 162 St. Edmund, cross and martlets of, 473 St. Edward, 360 St. Edward the Confessor, 596 , 607 ; arms, 244 St. Edward's Crown, 358 St. Elizabeth, 62 St. Etheldreda, 298 St. Etienne, Abbey of, 525 St. George, 162 , 614 ; arms of, 46 ; banner of, 471 ; Cross of, 25 , 38 ; flag of, 472 ; Chapel, 78 , 149 , 505 ; stall plates, 559 St. Giles, 162 St. Helens, borough of, arms, 292 St. Ives (Cornwall), arms, 264 St. John the Baptist, 165 St. John of Jerusalem, Order of the Hospital of, 568 ; Knights of Justice of the Order, insignia of, 585 St. John of Malta, Celibate Order of, 569 St. Kentigern, 163 St. Lawrence, 550 St. Leonards, Lord, 68 St. Mark, 185 , 186 , 220 St. Martin, 162 , 164 St. Mary, lily of, 473 ; the Virgin, College of, arms, 271 St. Maur, arms, 239 St. Michael, 162 , 163 ; and All Angels, 54 ; St George, Most Distinguished Order of, 29 , 566 , 584 St. Mungo, 163 St. Neots, 75 St. Ninian, 162 St. Oswald, Lord, supporters, 437 St. Patrick, 614 ; Order of, 46 ; Knights of, rules, 563 ; supporters, 563 ; insignia of, 584 ; Order of Prelate of the, insignia of, 584 ; Deans of, insignia of, 584 ; Chancellor of, insignia of, 584 St. Patrick, flag of, 473 St. Paul, 164 ; sword of, 473 , 606 St. Peter, emblem, 291 ; keys of, 473 , 606 St. Petersburg, 351 St. Stephen of Tuscany, Knights of the, 569 St. Vincent, Lord, crest, 377 Stable, arms, 277 Stafford, 56 ; crest, 246 ; knot, 469 ; Earl of, 73 Stafford, Earl of, supporters, 461 ; Earl of, Sir Humphrey Stafford, arms, crest, mantling, 388 ; Lord, badge, 458 ; crest, 374 Stags, 208 , 432 Stains, 72 , 73 Stalbridge, Lord, 345 Standard, 28 , 59 , 474 ; badges upon, 464 ; bearer (Würtemburg), hereditary insignia of, 582 Standish, arms, 289 Staniland, arms, 286 Stanley, 209 ; Lord, badge, 240 , 469 ; Torse, arms, 404 Staple, 302 Stapleton, Sir Miles, K.G., arms, crest, mantling, 387 Stapylton, supporters, 421 Starckens, 163 Star of India, Most Exalted Order of the, 565 , 584 Stars, 11 , 295 Statant, 102 , 172 , 213 , 226 State liveries, badges on, 464 Statute of Resumptions, 30 Steamer, 294 Stephen, coins, 354 Stephen de Windesore, 31 Sterling, William, seal, 417 Steuart, Bart., crest, 375 Steward, Lord High, insignia of, 582 Stewart, arms, 86 ; crest, 164 ; of Ochiltree, 502 , 513 Stilwell, crest, 246 Stirling-Maxwell, supporters, 431 Stirrups, 286 Stoat, 215 Stockfish, 255 Stockings, 293 Stocks of Trees, 264 Stodart, 144 , 145 , 502 , 514 Stoke-Lyne, Lord of the Manor, arms, 413 Stones, 286 Storey,
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

At last the two bodies, each quite rigid and as straight as an arrow, slowly bent over towards each other, the sticks came crashing down for the last time on to the two heads with a thud as of enormous mallets falling upon oaken beams, and the pair lay prone upon the ground.
— from Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic by Henri Bergson

— N. material, raw material, stuff, stock, staple; adobe, brown stone; chinking; clapboard; daubing; puncheon; shake; shingle, bricks and mortar; metal; stone; clay, brick crockery &c. 384; compo, composition; concrete; reinforced concrete, cement; wood, ore, timber. materials; supplies, munition, fuel, grist, household stuff pabulum &c. (food) 298; ammunition &c. (arms) 727; contingents; relay, reinforcement, reenforcement[obs3]; baggage &c. (personal property) 780; means &c. 632; calico, cambric, cashmere.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

SYN: Strive, compete, cope, dispute, vie, contest, struggle, grapple, argue, maintain, disagree, wrangle.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

She cannot comfortably dig.
— from Children of Our Town by Carolyn Wells

Hotels and boarding-houses exist for him; for him horses and carriages of every kind, with their obliging drivers, move to and fro; for him spring chickens cheerfully die; for him the sun shines by day, the moon by night, and the Aurora shimmers in the northern sky.
— from Jean Baptiste: A Story of French Canada by James Edward Le Rossignol

Mr. Browne had not, however, been absent more than three-quarters of an hour, when he returned to inform me that he had been stopped by a salt creek, coming direct from the north, the bed of which was too soft for him to cross.
— from Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia Performed Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government, During the Years 1844, 5, and 6, Together With A Notice of the Province of South Australia in 1847 by Charles Sturt

We see, therefore, that in Wars where one side cannot completely disarm the other, the motives to peace on both sides will rise or fall on each side according to the probability of future success and the required outlay.
— from On War — Volume 1 by Carl von Clausewitz

Imports: $1.6 billion (f.o.b., 1993 est.) commodities: textiles and other manufactured consumer goods, petroleum products, sugar, grain, flour, other foodstuffs, cement, machinery, chemicals partners: UAE 6%, Japan 6%, Saudi Arabia 6%, Kuwait 6%, US 6% (1991) External debt: $7 billion (1993) Industrial production: growth rate NA%, accounts for 18% of GDP Electricity: capacity: 714,000 kW production: 1.224 billion kWh consumption per capita: 120 kWh (1992) Industries: crude oil production and petroleum refining; small-scale production of cotton textiles and leather goods; food processing; handicrafts; small aluminum products factory; cement Agriculture: accounted for 26% of GDP; products - grain, fruits, vegetables, qat (mildly narcotic shrub), coffee, cotton, dairy, poultry, meat, fish; not self-sufficient in grain Economic aid: recipient:
— from The 1994 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency