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3241 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LOUSY.1 (Noah Webster)
LOUSY, a. s as z. [louse.]
3242 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MAGNESIA.1 (Noah Webster)
MAGNESIA, n. s as z. [Gr. the lodestone.]
3243 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MELT.1 (Noah Webster)
… that s, in smelten, etc. is a prefix. Melt, in English, is regular, forming melted for its past tense and passive participle. The old participle molten, is used only …
3244 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. METAPHYSIC.1 (Noah Webster)
METAPHYSIC, METAPHYSICAL, a. s as z. [See Metaphysics .]
3245 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. METAPHYSICIAN.1 (Noah Webster)
METAPHYSICIAN, n. s as z. One who is versed in the science of metaphysics.
3246 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. METAPHYSICS.1 (Noah Webster)
… , n. s as z. [Gr. after, and physics. It is said that this name was given to the science by Aristotle or his followers, who considered the science of natural bodies, physics …
3247 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MISER.1 (Noah Webster)
MISER, n. s as z. [L. miser, miserable.] A miserable person; one wretched or afflicted.
3248 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MISERABALE.1 (Noah Webster)
MISERABALE, a. s as z. [L. miser, miserabilis.]
3249 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MISERY.1 (Noah Webster)
MISERY, n. s as z. [L. miseria.]
3250 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MISNOMER.1 (Noah Webster)
MISNOMER, n. In law, the mistaking of the true name of a person; a misnaming. [Misnosmer, as written by Blackstone, must be a corrupt orthography. In no dialect has name, L. nomen, been written with s, unless by mistake.]
3251 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MOMOT.1 (Noah Webster)
MOMOT, n. The name of a genus of birds in S. America, whose beak and tongue resemble the toucan’s.
3252 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MOSAIC.1 (Noah Webster)
MOSAIC, a. s as z. [L. musivum.]
3253 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MUSE.1 (Noah Webster)
MUSE, n. s as z. [L. musa.]
3254 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MUSE.10 (Noah Webster)
… , v.i. s as z. [L. musso and mussito, to mutter or murmur, to demur, to be silent. The Greek signifies to press, or utter sound with the lips compressed. The latter verb …
3255 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MUSIC.1 (Noah Webster)
MUSIC, n. s as z. [L. musica.]
3256 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MUSLIN.1 (Noah Webster)
MUSLIN, n. s as z. A sort of fine cotton cloth, which bears a downy knot on its surface.
3257 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. OBSERVABLE.1 (Noah Webster)
OBSERVABLE, a. s as z. [See Observe .]
3258 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. OBSERVABLY.1 (Noah Webster)
OBSERVABLY, adv. s as z. In a manner worthy of note.
3259 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. OBSERVANCE.1 (Noah Webster)
OBSERVANCE, n. s as z.
3260 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. OBSERVANDA.1 (Noah Webster)
OBSERVANDA, n. plu. s as z. [L.] Things to be observed.