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6101 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. FOR.62 (Noah Webster)
… for referring to the sentence following; the latter to the noun cause.
6102 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. FRAY.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A boil, quarrel or violent riot, that puts men in fear. This is the vulgar word for affray, and the sense seems to refer the word to Fr. effrayer.
6103 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GENERALIZE.2 (Noah Webster)
Copernicus generalized the celestial motions, by merely referring them to the moon’s motion. Newton generalized them still more, by referring this last to the motion of a stone through the air.
6104 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GENEROSITY.1 (Noah Webster)
GENEROSITY, n. [L. generositas, from genus, race, kind, with reference to birth, blood, family.]
6105 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GLORY.5 (Noah Webster)
In this passage of Peter, the latter word glory refers to the visible splendor or bright cloud that overshadowed Christ at his transfiguration. The former word glory, though the same in the original, is to be understood in a figurative sense.
6106 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GREATNESS.1 (Noah Webster)
… . With reference to solid bodies, however, we more generally use bulk, size, extent or magnitude than greatness; as the bulk or size of the body; the extent of the …
6107 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GROUND.2 (Noah Webster)
… , without reference to the materials which compose it. We apply ground to soil, sand or gravel indifferently, but never apply it to the whole mass of the earth …
6108 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HARVEST.2 (Noah Webster)
… especially refers to the time of collecting corn or grain, which is the chief food of men, as wheat and rye. In Egypt and Syria, the wheat harvest is in April and …
6109 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HE.5 (Noah Webster)
2. It often has reference to a person that is named in the subsequent part of the sentence. He is the man.
6110 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HE.6 (Noah Webster)
3. He is often used without reference to any particular person, and may be referred to any person indefinitely that answers the description. It is then synonymous with any man.
6111 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HEAD.38 (Noah Webster)
Head and ears, a phrase denoting the whole person, especially when referring to immersion. He plunged head and ears into the water. He was head and ears in debt, that is, completely overwhelmed.
6112 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HITHER.5 (Noah Webster)
Hither we refer whatever belongs to the highest perfection of man.
6113 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HUNDRED.3 (Noah Webster)
… any reference to that number.]
6114 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. IF.1 (Noah Webster)
… that, referring to the succeeding sentence or proposition. If that John shall arrive in season, I will send him with a message. But that is now omitted, and the …
6115 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INDECORUM.1 (Noah Webster)
… which refer to what nature and propriety require to be concealed or suppressed.
6116 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INDEX.6 (Noah Webster)
A table of references in an alphabetical order.
6117 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INFLUENCE.1 (Noah Webster)
INFLUENCE, n. [L. influens, influo, to flow in; in and fluo, to flow.] Literally, a flowing in, into or on, and referring to substances spiritual or too subtil to be visible, like inspiration. Hence the word was formerly followed by into.
6118 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INJUSTICE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Iniquity; wrong; any violation of another’s rights, as fraud in contracts, or the withholding of what is due. It has a particular reference to an unequal distribution of rights, property or privileges among persons who have equal claims.
6119 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INNUENDO.2 (Noah Webster)
1. An oblique hint; a remote intimation or reference to a person or thing not named.
6120 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INSUPERABLE.6 (Noah Webster)
… in reference to any enemy, in the sense of invincible or unconquerable. We do not say that troops or enemies are insuperable; but the word is applied chiefly …