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This is a term ufed by Tournefort: but hence Linneus has conftituted an order of plants, called Cary - cphylUa, in his fragments of a natural method, and his natural orders.
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A term ufed only in pinnate leaves, which are faid to be abruptly pinnate (abrupte p'mnata), when they have neither leaflet (filio - lum) nor tendril or clafper (cirrus) at the end.
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A term ufed by the Cabbalifts to denote the changing of tbe letters of the Hebrew alphabet, in the following manner: by which means, the n thau, which is r the the laft letter, is fubftituted for the firft; and fo of the reft. bD t3 nr in * i: i nj*
Lingua sacra: : in three parts. Part I. Contains a complete Hebrew grammar ... Part II. A complete Hebrew-English dictionary ... Part III. To contain all words ... used in the English tongue ... and explained in Hebrew. Levi, David, 1740-1799 1785
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The botanical ftudent has, in thefe volumes, a very decent figure of fome plant or plants illuftrative of every clafs and order, and of every material term ufed in the Linnean fyftern.
The Monthly Review 1791
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It is true a great number of words in the prefent Cbinefe feem not deducible either from the Hebrew or any other language; but then thefemay b - con - fidered as an acceffion to the primaeval terms ufed in Cbinaj which were exceeding few, and undoubted - ly favoured of the primitive tongue, Thefe au - thors then proceed to examine y?
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Celerity i fwift - neft. ftXPlER/A finall fword ufed only inthruft - ing. ftpe.
A dictionary of the English language. Abstracted from the folio ed., by the author. To which is ... 1768
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There is a certain difcretien to be ufed, that is free both from Sawcynefs and AjSentation s and a man may ma - ny times, if he skill it aright, give his Prince goodCoun - lei, contrary to his inclinations, yet without incurring his difpleafure.
The Memoires of Sir James Melvil of Hal-Hill: Containing an Impartial ... 1683
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For dyeing cotton and lipen black, a folu - tion of iron is ufed which is kept in a ca£k, called the Hack cajk.
Elements of the Art of Dyeing Claude-Louis Berthollet 1791
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Whence it is that in our law the goodnefs of a cuftom depends upon it's having been ufed time out of mind; or, in the folemnity of our legal phrafe, time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.
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For foo thapoflells ufed t6 ordre them, that were appoynted: and foo have been ufed contynually; and we have not rede the contrarye.
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