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8321 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHERISHED.1 (Noah Webster)
CHERISHED, pp. Treated with tenderness; warmed; comforted; fostered.
8322 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHERISHING.1 (Noah Webster)
CHERISHING, ppr. Warming; comforting; encouraging; fostering; treating with affection.
8323 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHERISHMENT.1 (Noah Webster)
CHERISHMENT, n. Encouragement; comfort.
8324 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHIMNEY-CORNER.2 (Noah Webster)
… a comfortable situation for idlers. As fuel has become scarce, our fire-places are contracted, till, in many or most of our dwellings, we have no chimney-corners …
8325 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHIRK.1 (Noah Webster)
CHIRK, a. Lively; cheerful; in god spirits; in a comfortable state.
8326 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CLOTHES.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Garments for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; a general term for whatever covering is worn, or made to be worn, for decency or comfort.
8327 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COLLATERAL.4 (Noah Webster)
Must I be comforted, not in his sphere.
8328 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMFORT.1 (Noah Webster)
COMFORT, v.t.
8329 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMFORT.3 (Noah Webster)
Light excelleth in comforting the spirits of men.
8330 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMFORT.4 (Noah Webster)
Comfort ye your hearts. Genesis 18:5 .
8331 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMFORT.6 (Noah Webster)
His friends came to mourn with him and to comfort him. Job 2:11 .
8332 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMFORT.8 (Noah Webster)
COMFORT, n.
8333 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMFORT.11 (Noah Webster)
Let me alone, that I may take comfort a little. Job 10:20 .
8334 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMFORT.12 (Noah Webster)
Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. Matthew 9:22 .
8335 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMFORT.14 (Noah Webster)
Let thy merciful kindness be for my comfort. Psalm 119:76 .
8336 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMFORT.16 (Noah Webster)
Pious children are the comfort of their aged parents.
8337 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMFORT.17 (Noah Webster)
5. In law, support; assistance; countenance; encouragement; as, an accessory affords aid or comfort to a felon.
8338 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMFORT.18 (Noah Webster)
6. That which gives security from want and furnishes moderate enjoyment; as the comforts of life.
8339 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMFORTABLE.1 (Noah Webster)
COMFORTABLE, a.
8340 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMFORTABLE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Admitting comfort; that may afford comfort.