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6181 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RESPECTING.1 (Noah Webster)
… , has reference to a single word or to a sentence. In the sentence, “his conduct respecting us is commendable,” respecting has reference to conduct. But when we …
6182 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RESPECTLESS.1 (Noah Webster)
RESPECTLESS, a. Having no respect; without regard; without reference. [Little used.]
6183 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RETROSPECTIVE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Having reference to what is past; affecting things past. A penal statute can have no retrospective effect or operation.
6184 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ROUT.15 (Noah Webster)
We say, to mend or repair a road, but not to mend a rout. We use rout for a course of passing, and not without reference to the passing of some person or body of men; but rout is not the road itself.
6185 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SAILER.3 (Noah Webster)
2. A ship or other vessel, with reference to her manner of sailing. Thus we say, a heavy sailer; a fast sailer; a prime sailer.
6186 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SEAR.4 (Noah Webster)
… special reference to the effect of heat in making the surface hard. Scorch is applied to flesh, sloth or any other substance, and has mo reference to the effect …
6187 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SEEING.2 (Noah Webster)
… direct reference to a person or persons. “Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me?” Genesis 26:27. That is, since, or the fact being that or thus; because that. In this …
6188 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SENIOR.1 (Noah Webster)
… no reference to age, for a senior counselor may be, and ofted is the younger man.
6189 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SHADE.2 (Noah Webster)
… no reference to its form; but when we speak of measuring a pyramid or other object by its shadow, we have reference to its extent.
6190 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SHE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A pronoun which is a substitute for the name of a female, and of the feminine gender; the word which refers to a female mentioned in the preceding or following part of a sentence or discourse.
6191 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SPORADIC.1 (Noah Webster)
… in reference to diseases. A sporadic disease, is one which occurs in particular persons and places, in distinction from an epidemic, which affects persons …
6192 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STAR.6 (Noah Webster)
4. The figure of a star; a radiated mark in writing or printing; an asterisk; thus*; used as a reference to a note in the margin, or to fill a blank in writing or printing where letters are omitted.
6193 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STATE.11 (Noah Webster)
… reference to the government, sometimes to the people or community. Thus when we say, the state has made provision for the paupers, the word has reference to …
6194 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STILL.17 (Noah Webster)
… , and refers to the whole of the first clause of the sentence. The desire of fame betrays an ambitious man into indecencies that lessen his reputation; that …
6195 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STONE.9 (Noah Webster)
7. In Great Britain, the weight of fourteen pounds. [8, 12, 14, or 16.] [Not used in the United States, except in reference to the riders of horses in races.]
6196 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STORM.2 (Noah Webster)
… no reference to a fall of rain or snow. But as a violent wind is often attended with rain or snow, the word storm has come to be used, most improperly, for a fall of …
6197 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STOW.2 (Noah Webster)
1. To place; to put in a suitable place or position; as, to stow bags, bales or casks in a ships hold; to stow hay in a mow; to stow sheaves. The word has reference to the placing of many thing, or of one thing among many, or of a mass of things.
6198 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STRAKE.3 (Noah Webster)
1. A streak. [Not used unless in reference to the range of planks in a ships side. See Streak .]
6199 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUBMIT.9 (Noah Webster)
3. To refer; to leave or commit to the discretion of judgment of another; as, to submit a controversy to arbitrators; to submit a question to the court.
6200 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUBMITTED.1 (Noah Webster)
SUBMITTED, pp. Surrendered; resigned; yielded; referred.