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6221 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.
6222 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.
6223 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.
6224 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 …
6225 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.
6226 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 …
6227 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 …
6228 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.]
6229 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 …
6230 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.
6231 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 .]
6232 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.
6233 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUBMITTED.1 (Noah Webster)
SUBMITTED, pp. Surrendered; resigned; yielded; referred.
6234 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUBMITTING.1 (Noah Webster)
SUBMITTING, ppr. Surrendering; resigning; yielding; referring to another for decision.
6235 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUCH.4 (Noah Webster)
It is to be noted that the definitive adjective a, never precedes such, but is placed between it and the noun to which it refers; as such a man; such an honor.
6236 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUCH.9 (Noah Webster)
4. Referring to what has been specified. I have commanded my servant to be at such a place.
6237 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUCH.10 (Noah Webster)
5. Such and such, is used in reference to a person or place of a certain kind.
6238 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUPERSTITION.3 (Noah Webster)
Superstition has reference to god, to religion, or to beings superior to man.
6239 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SURVEY.6 (Noah Webster)
3. To examine with reference to condition, situation and value; as, to survey a building to determine its value and exposure to loss by fire.
6240 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TABLATURE.2 (Noah Webster)
… alphabet, referring to the frets on the neck of the instrument, each letter directing how some note is to be sounded.