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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886. Excerpt: ... OF THE MORE DIFFICULT WORDS, AND TERMS USED IN THIS BOOK EXPLANATION. ll. means a noun. v. ' "verb. A. a. means an adjective. adv. " "adverb. an artist, a sign painter is an artisan at'om, 11., a particle of matter so small as to be regarded as indivisible. tit'mos phere, 11., the whole mass of the fluid, which we call air, surrounding the earth. awn'ing, n., a cover intended to shelter. C. ab stract', v., to draw from, or separate. ab sorb', v., to drink in, to suck up. ac cu'mu late, v., to heap up in a mass; to pile; to collect or bring together. al ter'nate, 11., that which happens by turns with something else. am mo'nia, n., an alkali, having a pungent smell and taste. ar te'gian, a., a kind of well, made by boring into the earth until the instrument reaches water, which then flows to the surface like a fountain. Artesian wells are usually of great depth. ar'ti fl'cial, a, ., made or contrived by art, or by human skill, as distinguished from what exists by nature. ar'ti san, n., one who does mechanical work. A portrait painter is canon (kan'-yun), in., a deep gorge, ravine, or gulch, worn by watercourses, between high and steep banks. ciir'bon, n., an elementary substance found in all organic coin-. pounds. It is combustible, that is, it will burn. It forms the base of charcoal, and enters largely into coal. In its pure crystallized state it constitutes the brilliant diamond..-ear bSn'i-e, a., of, or pertaining to, carbon, ehasm (kazm), n., a deep opening made in the earth, or in rock; a cleft, cir'-eu la'tion, n., the act of moving in a circle, or in a course which tends to bring the moving body to the place where its motion began, eloud'let, n., a small cloud, eom mem'o rate, v., to call to remembrance, eon dense', v., to make more close; to compres...
