Page 301 {301} Hammers figure in the crests of Hammersmith (Fig. 554) and of Swindon (Plate VI.), and a hammer is held in the claw of the demi-dragon which is the crest of Fox-Davies of Coalbrookdale, co. Salop (Plate VI.). — from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
strictly practical view
By and by, when, you've got a name, you can afford to digress, and have philosophical and metaphysical people in your novels," said Amy, who took a strictly practical view of the subject. — from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott
A tigress is said to be occasionally met with, and when so, is sometimes represented with a mirror, in relation to the legend that ascribes to her such personal vanity that her young ones might be taken from under her charge if she had the counter attraction of a hand-glass! — from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
is it not? Ponio, v. to swell, to puff Pont, n. an arch, a bridge Pontbren, n. a wooden bridge Poplysen, n. the poplar tree Pôr, n. what is over, supreme Porch, n. a pig, a swine Porchell, n. a tiny pig Porchelliad, n. a pigging Porchellu, v. to bring pigs Porchellyn, n. a little pig Porfa, n. pasture, grass Porfâd, n. a pasturing Porfadir, n. pasture-ground Porfâu, v. to depasture Porfel, n. pasture, grass Porfelu, v. depasture Porfelydd, n. a pasturer Porffor, Porphor, a. purple Pori, v. to graze, to browse Poriad, n. a grazing, a browsing Porianu, v. to depasture Poriant, n. pasturage, browsing Poriol, a. pasturing, grazing Portreiad, n. a pattern, a sampler, a model Porth, n. aid, help what bears; sustenance; a carriage; a ferry; a port; a gateway Portha, v. to afford aid or help Porthfa, n. a carrying place; a port Porthi, v. to aid, to support, to bear, to convey Porthiad, n. a helping on; a bearing Porthiadu, v. to be a support Porthianna, v. to provide; to act as a drover Porthianuu, v. to render support Porthiaunus, a. having support Porthiant, n. support, succour Porthid, n. assistance, support Porthladd, n. a port, a harbour Porthle, n. a carrying place Porthloedd, n. means of support Porthlys, n. a porte-mote Porthmon, n. a purveyor, a drover Porthmona, v. to act as a drover Porthmonaeth, n. purveyance Porthog, n. a portcullis Porthol, a. aiding, supporting Portholi, v. to render supportative Porthor, n. a porter, a door-keeper Porthordy, n. a porter’s lodge Porthori, v. to act as porter Porthoriaeth, n. a porter’s office Porthwy, n. assistance support Porthwr, n. a provider, a feeder; a porter Porthwys, n. a ferryman Poset, n. curdled milk, posset Posfardd, n. a preceptive bard Posiad, n. a questioning, a posing Posiar, n. a fattened hen Posio, v. to examine, to pose Posned, n. a squat; a skillet Post, n. a post, a pillar Postio, v. to put up a post Pot, n. a pot Potel, n. a bottle; a truss Poteliad, n. a bottling Poteli, v. to bottle; to truss Poten, n. a paunch; a pudding Potenig, n. a little paunch Potenog, a. having a paunch Potenu, v. to form a paunch Potes, n. a pottage, broth, soup Potiad, n. a potting; potation Pot, v. to pot; to pipple Poth, n. what bulges; a boss Pothan, n. a bump, a boss; a cub Pothell, n. a wheal, a blister Pothellog, a. puffy; blistered Pothellu, v. to puff; to blister Pothon, n. a boss; a cub Powys, n. a state of rest Prad, n. a gentle spread; a rub Praff, a. ample; thick round Praffder, n. thickness round Praffu, v. thicken in compass Praidd, n. a flock, a herd; booty, prey Pianc, n. a frolic, a prank Prancio, v. to play a prank Pratiad, n. a stroking, a coaxing Pratio, v. to stroke, to coax Praw, Prawf, profion, n. an essay, a trial, a proof Prawen, n. an essay; a cast in play Prawfaen, n. a touchstone Pre, n. the origin of a course Pred, n. a stray; a migration Preg, n. a greet, a greeting Pregeth, n. a sermon Pregethiad, n. a preaching Pregethu, v. to preach Pregethwr, n. a preacher Preidiad, n. a migrating Preidio, v. to migrate Preiddio, n. a herding; predation Preiddio, v. to herd, to collect a herd; to predate Preinio, v. to carouse Praethiad, a practising Preithig, a. belonging to practice — from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards
swaying palpitant vision
And through the swaying, palpitant vision, as through a fairy mirage, he stared at the real woman, sitting there and talking of literature and art. — from Martin Eden by Jack London
[Footnote 31: A class of children who began in the middle of October wrote correctly to dictation on March 28, "Patria e lavoro siamo, miei cari bambini, parole sante per voi. — from The Child under Eight by E. R. (Elsie Riach) Murray
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