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6241 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TABLE.18 (Noah Webster)
13. In literature, an index; a collection of heads or principal matters contained in a book, with references to the pages where each may be found; as a table of contents.
6242 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TALL.2 (Noah Webster)
… always refers to something erect, and of which the diameter is small in proportion to the highth. We say, a tall man or woman, a tall boy for his age; a tall tree, a …
6243 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TEGUMENT.2 (Noah Webster)
A cover or covering; seldom used except in reference to the covering of a living body. [See Integument .]
6244 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THAT.7 (Noah Webster)
… it refers to persons, it is equivalent to who, and when it refers to a thing, it is equivalent to which. In this use, it represents either the singular number or …
6245 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THAT.17 (Noah Webster)
That sometimes in this use, precedes the sentence or clause to which it refers.
6246 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THAT.21 (Noah Webster)
… here refers to the latter clause of the sentence, as a kind of demonstrative.
6247 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THAT.25 (Noah Webster)
9. When this and that refer to foregoing words, this, like the Latin hie, and French ceci, refers to the latter, and that to the former. It is the same with these and those.
6248 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THAT.30 (Noah Webster)
10. That sometimes introduces an explanation of something going before. “Religion consists in living up to those principles; that is, in acting in conformity to them.” Here that refers to the whole first clause of the sentence.
6249 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THAT.31 (Noah Webster)
11. “Things are preached, not in that they are taught, but in that they are published.” Here that refers to the words which follow it.
6250 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THAT.32 (Noah Webster)
… ;” that referring to the last member.
6251 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THAT.33 (Noah Webster)
In that, a phrase denoting consequence, cause or reason; that referring to the following sentence.
6252 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THEIR.3 (Noah Webster)
… it refers, and in this case, it may be the nominative to a verb. “Our land is the most extensive, but theirs is the best cultivated.” Here theirs stands as the representative …
6253 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THEN.2 (Noah Webster)
1. At that time, referring to a time specified, either past or future.
6254 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THEREFORE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. For that; for that or this reason, referring to something previously stated.
6255 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THESE.1 (Noah Webster)
… , these refers to the things or persons which are nearest in place or order, or which are last mentioned.
6256 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THEY.2 (Noah Webster)
1. The men, the women, the animals, the things. It is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun referring to persons, or as a substitute referring to things.
6257 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THINE.4 (Noah Webster)
The principal use of thine now is when a verb is interposed between this word and the noun to which it refers. I will not take any thing that is thine. Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory.
6258 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THIS.6 (Noah Webster)
In some cases, it refers to what is future, or to be immediately related.
6259 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THIS.8 (Noah Webster)
Here this refers to the whole subsequent member of the sentence.
6260 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THIS.11 (Noah Webster)
In this case, this, in the singular, refers to the whole term of time, or period; this period of forty years.