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Book by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
the United States. A synopsis of the plot from a 1910 reference work states: The Caxtons are Austin Caxton, a scholar engaged on a great work, "The History
The_Caxtons
Topics referred to by the same term
in Valencia, Spain The Caxtons, a novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton William Henry Rhodes or Caxton, American attorney William Caxton, an English printer
Caxton
English merchant and printer (c. 1422–c. 1491)
"Illuminated Caxtons and the Trade in Printed Books", The Library, Volume 22, Issue 3, September 2021, pp. 291–315. Knight, Charles (1844). William Caxton: The First
William_Caxton
Daily newspaper in South Africa
went bankrupt, resulting in the property and printing presses being sold to Caxtons. Caxtons then got the contract to print the Post and another building
The_Sowetan
Definite article in English
in the printer's types that William Caxton and his contemporaries imported from Belgium and the Netherlands, while ⟨Þ⟩ did not. Historically, the article
The
It is "one of only two Caxtons in the world which has remained in the ownership of a single family for 500 years". It is also the only near-complete copy
Lyme_Caxton_Missal
Topics referred to by the same term
Caxton Press may refer to: Caxton Press (New Zealand) Caxton Press (United Kingdom) Caxton Press (United States) Caxton and CTP Publishers and Printers
Caxton_Press
London-based hedge fund
Caxton Associates is a global macro hedge fund founded by Bruce Kovner in 1983 in New York City. The firm's headquarters are located in London, and also
Caxton_Associates
1485 reworking of existing tales about King Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory
edition in 1485 by William Caxton. Until the discovery of the Winchester Manuscript in 1934, the 1485 edition was considered the earliest known text of Le
Le_Morte_d'Arthur
Grade II listed building in Westminster, London
Caxton Hall is a building on the corner of Caxton Street and Palmer Street, in Westminster, London, England. It is a Grade II listed building primarily
Caxton_Hall
Male seducer of women
and Calista suggested the character of Clarissa Harlowe. Edward Bulwer-Lytton used the name allusively in his 1849 novel The Caxtons ("And no woman could
Lothario
Angel in Abrahamic religions
appellative terms mentioned in the Old and New Testament ... Extracted chiefly from Brown, Calmet,&c. ... (10th ed.). Caxton Press. p. 165. Spurgeon, Charles
Michael_(archangel)
Book by William Caxton
The Game and Playe of the Chesse is a book by William Caxton, the first English printer. Published in 1476, it is one of the earliest titles published
The Game and Playe of the Chesse
The_Game_and_Playe_of_the_Chesse
Book publisher
Caxton Press (formerly known as Caxton Printers, a division of its parent company, The Caxton Printers Ltd.) is a book publisher located in Caldwell,
Caxton_Press_(United_States)
South African newspaper
Limpopo and the North West. The newspaper is owned by Caxton and CTP Publishers and Printers Limited, a public company listed on the JSE. The newspaper
The Citizen (South African newspaper)
The_Citizen_(South_African_newspaper)
British book collector (1707–1776)
Ratcliffiana) is in the British Museum; the collection comprised many old English black-letter books, thirty Caxtons, and some manuscripts. There were only
John Ratcliffe (book collector)
John_Ratcliffe_(book_collector)
Frontier conflicts in North America, 1609–1890s
Association. Archived from the original on 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2007-11-11. Andrews, C.L. (1944). The Story of Alaska. The Caxton Printers, Ltd., Caldwell
American_Indian_Wars
Legendary sword of King Arthur
Sir Thomas Malory, William Caxton. Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble Knights of the Round Table. p. 28. J. B. Lippincott
Excalibur
The Caxton Society was founded in the United Kingdom in 1845 to promote the publication of inexpensive and convenient editions of medieval literature
Caxton_Society
British colonies forming the United States
American Revolution. Caxton Printers. Middlekauff (1966), p. 23–45. Shade, William G. (1969). "Lawrence Henry Gipson's Empire: The Critics". Pennsylvania
Thirteen_Colonies
Small knoll in Cambridgeshire, England
Caxton Gibbet is a small knoll on the Ermine Street Roman road (now the A1198) in England, running between London and Huntingdon, near its crossing with
Caxton_Gibbet
Private social club and bibliophilic society
The Caxton Club is a private social club and bibliophilic society founded in Chicago in 1895 to promote the book arts and the history of the book. To further
Caxton_Club
Apostle of Jesus (died 44)
from Caxton's translation of the Golden Legend The patron saint of Spain, celebrated in Santiago in July Translations of the given name James in the world's
James_the_Great
Mythological narrative poem by Ovid
work have been made, the first by William Caxton in 1480. Ovid's relation to the Hellenistic poets was similar to the attitude of the Hellenistic poets themselves
Metamorphoses
Street in Brisbane, Australia
Caxton Street is a street in the Brisbane suburb of Petrie Terrace in Queensland, Australia. It forms part of the Petrie Terrace Heritage Trail. Named
Caxton_Street,_Brisbane
Naval warfare force of the United Kingdom
528–544. Gardiner, Robert (2001). The Naval War of 1812. Caxton Pictorial Histories (Chatham Publishing) in association with The National Maritime Museum. ISBN 1-84067-360-5
Royal_Navy
Warship of 17th–19th centuries
ISBN 0-87021-953-7. Winfield, Rif. The 50-Gun Ship. London: Caxton Editions, 1997. ISBN 1-84067-365-6, ISBN 1-86176-025-6. Mahan, A.T., The Influence of Sea Power
Ship_of_the_line
Jacobite leader (1720–1788)
Press. pp. 940–942. Norie, William (1907). The Life and Adventures of Prince Charles Edward Stuart. Caxton. Pininski, Peter (2010). Bonnie Prince Charlie
Charles_Edward_Stuart
Prophet (6 BC – AD 30)
Christian Iconography website Caxton's translation of the Golden Legend chapters on The Decollation of John the Baptist and The Nativity of Saint John Baptist
John_the_Baptist
First wife of Ringo Starr (1946–1994)
the Ad Lib Club in London on 20 January 1965. They married at the Caxton Hall Register Office in London that same year but they divorced in 1975. The
Maureen_Starkey_Tigrett
Aesop's fable
there was no agreed title for the story. Caxton titles it "Of the child whiche kepte the sheep" (1484), Hieronymus Osius "The boy who lied" ("De mendace
The_Boy_Who_Cried_Wolf
Egyptian Christian monk and hermit (died 356)
the life of Saint Anthony "Saint Anthony Abbot" at the Christian Iconography website "Of the Life of Saint Anthony" from Caxton's translation of the Golden
Anthony_the_Great
Heir of the English throne (1330–1376)
MacNalty 1955, p. 411). It is asserted by Caxton, in his continuation of the "Polychronicon", cap.8, that the Prince died at his manor of Kennington and
Edward_the_Black_Prince
Medieval collection of hagiographies by Jacobus de Voragine
collection of stories about the saints. It was one of the first books William Caxton printed in the English language; Caxton's version appeared in 1483 and
Golden_Legend
Village and civil parish in England
the population of Caxton parish was 480 people, increasing to 572 at the 2011 Census. Caxton is most famous for the Caxton Gibbet. The name Caxton is
Caxton,_Cambridgeshire
Christian saint and one of the Twelve Apostles
Followeth of James the Less from Caxton's translation of the Golden Legend James the Less: The Latter Rain Page Archived 14 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
James_the_Less
Private school in Puçol, Valencia, Spain
following the British National Curriculum in a multicultural environment. Caxton College was founded in 1987 by the Gil-Marqués family and the current school
Caxton_College
First leader of the Church of Jerusalem
William Caxton 1483. Retrieved October 29, 2018. James the apostle is said the Less, how well that he was elder of age than was S. James the More, because
James,_brother_of_Jesus
Municipality in Quebec, Canada
Saint-Élie-de-Caxton (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿eli də kakstən]) is a municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. Before
Saint-Élie-de-Caxton
Major river in the western United States and Mexico
Present. Caxton Press. ISBN 978-0-87004-218-8. Casey, Robert L. (2007). Journey to the High Southwest: A Traveler's Guide to Santa Fe and the Four Corners
Colorado_River
Building in Ohio, US
The Caxton Building is a historic building completed in 1903 in Cleveland, Ohio, US. It was designed by Frank Seymour Barnum's F. S. Barnum & Co architectural
Caxton_Building
Ancient Greek storyteller (620–564 BCE)
Press: Cambridge, 1967). Includes Caxton's Epilogue to the Fables, dated 26 March 1484. Compton, Todd, 1990. "The Trial of the Satirist: Poetic Vitae (Aesop
Aesop
Folk tale from the British Isles
Tybert/Tibert (the king of cats) can be found in William Caxton's 1481 print of the fable This is the table of the historye of reynart the foxe. In William
The_King_of_the_Cats
Removing part of the human scalp
Publishers,1889, Chapter 24 Worcester, Donald Emmet (1985). Pioneer Trails West. Caxton Press. p. 93. ISBN 0870043048. Smith, Ralph Adam; et al. (1952), "John Joel
Scalping
American indie folk band
"Tallahassee". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 15, 2022. John Darnielle. "William Caxton Fan Club". Tumblr. Retrieved March 15, 2022. "Episode 366 - John Darnielle"
The_Mountain_Goats
Repository of archival records of the UK government
Copy of the first item printed in England by William Caxton (1476) Gold seal of Francis I from the Treaty of Perpetual Peace between France and England
The National Archives (United Kingdom)
The_National_Archives_(United_Kingdom)
Fanciful belief used as a metaphor
Priest's Tale" and the much later work of William Caxton. Later still, the Middle Scots The Fox, the Wolf and the Husbandman does include the Moon/cheese element
The Moon is made of green cheese
The_Moon_is_made_of_green_cheese
Set of varieties of English language
to the standardisation of British English was the introduction of the printing press to England in the mid‑15th century. In doing so, William Caxton enabled
British_English
French courtly romance by Raoul Lefèvre
Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye or Recueil des Histoires de Troye (1464) is a translation by William Caxton of a French courtly romance written by Raoul
Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye
Recuyell_of_the_Historyes_of_Troye
Irish author, primarily of detective fiction
Story), for The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository, Bibliomysteries Winner: 2014 Anthony Award (Best Short Story), for The Caxton Private Lending
John_Connolly_(author)
British printing press
Frank Wawne (1900–1995) founded the Caxton Press at Shildon, County Durham, in the United Kingdom in 1930. The business specialised in letterpress printing
Caxton_Press_(United_Kingdom)
Sorceress in Arthurian legend
the Caxton text, the modernized and standardized 'Nimue' is now the most common form of the name of Malory's character, as Caxton's edition was the only
Lady_of_the_Lake
Head of the Conservative Party of the United Kingdom
The leader of the Conservative Party (officially the leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the highest position within the United Kingdom's
Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Leader_of_the_Conservative_Party_(UK)
Series of children's books by Lucy M. Boston
Oldknowe. The plot also concerns the whereabouts of Maria Oldknowe's jewels, which may or may not have been stolen by the unscrupulous butler Caxton. The Chimneys
Green_Knowe
Maharaja of Punjab, Kashmir and Jammu
13 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine www.collectbritain.co.uk. Haythornthwaite, Philip J. (2000). The Colonial Wars Source Book. Caxton Editions. p. 93
Duleep_Singh
Street in the City of Westminster, England
Caxton Street is a street in the City of Westminster that runs between Buckingham Gate in the west and Broadway in the east. It is joined on the north
Caxton_Street
Aesop's Fable
cousin. William Caxton used the story to censure those who praise themselves, while pride is the target of the neo-Latin poem based on the fable by Hieronymus
The_Fly_and_the_Ant
10th season of the Football League
Football, Volume Two, p. 236. The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd., London, 1960. Cooke, Martyn. "The most boring game in history? The origins of promotion and
1897–98_Football_League
Legendary island featured in Arthurian legend
Myth of Quest and Magic: A Festschrift in Honor of Lavon B. Fulwiler. Caxton's Modern Arts Press. ISBN 978-0-9635769-0-3. Bane, Theresa (4 September 2013)
Avalon
Apostle of Jesus
Andrew "Saint Andrew" at the Christian Iconography website "The Life of St. Andrew" from Caxton's translation of the Golden Legend The Old English Prose Lives
Andrew_the_Apostle
Carolingian emperor from 800 to 814
pp. 9–12. ISBN 978-1-9364-6654-2. Kuskin, William (1999). "Caxton's Worthies Series: The Production of Literary Culture". ELH. 66 (3): 511–551. doi:10
Charlemagne
century William Caxton printed four-fifths of his works in English, which helped to standardize the language and expand the vocabulary. After the Norman Conquest
Middle_English_literature
American science fiction franchise
from the original on December 12, 2021 – via YouTube. Robertson, Donald B. (1986). Encyclopedia of western railroad history. Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers
Back to the Future (franchise)
Back_to_the_Future_(franchise)
1893–97 financial crisis in the United States
Depression. Caxton Press. ISBN 978-0870046216. Rezneck, Samuel S. (1953). "Unemployment, Unrest, and Relief in the United States during the Depression
Panic_of_1893
Christian saint and martyr (died 303)
narrated in the Golden Legend, would go on to become very influential, as it remains the most familiar version in English, owing to William Caxton's 15th-century
Saint_George
Aesop's fable
example, the word umbra is used. At that time it could mean both reflection and shadow, and it was the latter word that was preferred by William Caxton, who
The_Dog_and_Its_Reflection
English actor (born 1966)
Ferguson and in Midsomer Murders "Schooled in Murder" as Jim Caxton. He portrays Val Pearson in the sitcom Uncle (2014 to 2017). He played Cliff in Cucumber
Con_O'Neill_(actor)
11th-century English rebel against the Norman Conquest
Petriburgense AD 1069, ed. J.A. Giles. (Caxton Society; 2.) 1845. p. 55. Available from Google Books. The work was edited in the 18th century by J. Sparke in Historiae
Hereward_the_Wake
American billionaire
chairman of Caxton Associates, a diversified trading company. As of April 2024, his net worth was estimated at US$7.7 billion. Kovner is chairman of the Juilliard
Bruce_Kovner
Football club
Fabian, A. H.; Green, Geoffrey (1960). Association Football. Vol. 1. London: Caxton Publishing Company. p. 144. Rules of Forest Football Club (1861) – via
Wanderers_F.C.
was among the works printed by William Caxton. One manuscript forms part of the Egerton Collection in the British Library. Nothing in the English work
The_Pilgrimage_of_the_Soul
The Western Railroader. Vol. 23, no. 4. pp. 3–4. Labbe, John T. (1980). Fares, Please! Those Portland Trolley Years. Caldwell, Idaho (US): The Caxton
3 ft 6 in gauge railroads in the United States
3_ft_6_in_gauge_railroads_in_the_United_States
British financier and hedge fund manager (born 1966)
fund manager and philanthropist. He is the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and major shareholder of Caxton Associates, a hedge fund headquartered
Andrew_Law_(financier)
U.S. state flag and seal
and the Caxton Printers, Ltd. at the request of the state government, in order to add more anthropocentric elements to the centered shield. The seal
Flag_and_seal_of_Idaho
Collection of fables credited to Aesop
(1480), English (the Caxton edition of 1484) and Czech in about 1488. These were many times reprinted before the start of the 16th century. The Spanish version
Aesop's_Fables
Native American tribe in Oklahoma
Smallpox and the American Indian. Lincoln: Caxton Press. Rollings, Willard H. (1995). The Osage: An Ethnohistorical Study of Hegemony on the Prairie-Plains
Osage_Nation
Annual event in Brisbane, Australia
The Caxton Street Seafood and Wine Festival is an annual event in Brisbane, Australia. It was founded in 1994 by the Caxton Street Development Association
Caxton Street Seafood and Wine Festival
Caxton_Street_Seafood_and_Wine_Festival
Fable dating from the Middle Ages
collections of Aesop's Fables from the time of Heinrich Steinhowel and William Caxton onwards. It is numbered 562 in the Perry Index. Chanticleer is a rooster
Chanticleer_and_the_Fox
Royal Navy officer (1758–1805)
Brian (2003). Nelson and the Nile. London: Caxton Editions. ISBN 1-8406-7522-5. Lee, Christopher (2005). Nelson and Napoleon, The Long Haul to Trafalgar
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
Horatio_Nelson,_1st_Viscount_Nelson
American singer-songwriter
Retrieved January 14, 2022.[self-published] "William Caxton Fan Club • the sleeve that held the boarding pass from my..." johndarnielle.tumblr.com. 238
John_Darnielle
Australian actor (born 1983)
Wife, Movies & Thor". Biography. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2026. Lovece, Frank (29 September 2011). "Chris Hemsworth: Not a Thor Loser". Film Festival
Chris_Hemsworth
Word used in English language for several purposes
wh- words. Where þe had only stood in for subjects of a clause, þæt instead took on the role of both a subject and an object, and when þe and þæt were both
That
Idiom based on the religiosity of capital and/or money
capitalism in general. The phrase implies that money is a kind of deity. Although the phrase "almighty dollar" was not popularized until the 1900s, similar phrases
Almighty_dollar
Compendium by al-Mubashshir ibn Fatik
to be printed by William Caxton in 1477 as either the first, or one of the earliest, books printed in the English language. The Arabic original is known
Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers
Dictes_and_Sayings_of_the_Philosophers
Cycle of medieval, allegorical, Flemish fable
mentioned in The Legend of Phyllis from Chaucer's The Legend of Good Women. In 1481, the English William Caxton printed The Historie of Reynart the Foxe, which
Reynard_the_Fox
Middle English poem by William Langland
judge Walter de Brugge, who died in 1396. The most conspicuous omissions from William Caxton's press were the Bible and Piers Plowman. Robert Crowley's
Piers_Plowman
many parts of the Bible in Late Middle English were printed by William Caxton in his translation of the Golden Legend (1483), and in the loose paraphrase
Bible_translations
Medieval legend
Voragine) (1900), Caxton, William (tr.) (ed.), "Here followeth the Life of S. George Martyr", The Golden Legend: Or, Lives of the Saints, vol. 3, Dent
Saint_George_and_the_Dragon
Legendary king of the Britons
result of this, and the fact that Le Morte D'Arthur was one of the earliest printed books in England, published by William Caxton in 1485, most later
King_Arthur
River in the Pacific Northwest of North America
Blow for the Landing. Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers. ISBN 978-0-87004-221-8. Ulrich, Roberta (2007). Empty Nets: Indians, Dams, and the Columbia River
Columbia_River
Wild West criminal gang
The Pursuit of Harry Tracy. Caxton Press. p. 171. ISBN 0-87004-392-7. Retrieved 2008-03-23. Horan, James D.; Dullenty, Jim (1997). Desperate Men: The
Hole-in-the-Wall_Gang
a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1830. Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801;
List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1830
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1830
Indian revolutionary (1899–1940)
meeting of the East India Association and the Central Asian Society (now Royal Society for Asian Affairs) at Caxton Hall, London. Singh had entered the event
Udham_Singh
Village in Cambridgeshire, England
include Caxton, Eltisley and Cambourne. It is 8 miles (12 km) from the county town of Cambridge. The population of the parish was 1,015 at the time of the 2011
Bourn
circulation include The Economist, Prospect, Nature, New Scientist, New Statesman, The Spectator, the Radio Times, and NME. In 1477, William Caxton in Westminster
Mass media in the United Kingdom
Mass_media_in_the_United_Kingdom
Caxton sort of did something similar in medieval London. Comedy portal Novels portal Great A'Tuin - The Great World Turtle, A'Tuin The Luggage - The Luggage
List_of_Discworld_characters
People of Asian descent in the United States
the West: The Snake Conflict, 1864–1868. Caxton Press. pp. 152–153. ISBN 978-0-87004-487-8. Archived from the original on May 30, 2020. Retrieved April
Asian_Americans
Pseudo-Early Modern English phrase
this was that ⟨y⟩ existed in the blackletter types that William Caxton and his contemporaries imported from Belgium and the Netherlands, while ⟨Þ⟩ did not
Ye_olde
Play by William Shakespeare
Alfred Tolman conjectured a possible literary source for the wager scene may have been William Caxton's 1484 translation of Geoffroy IV de la Tour Landry's
The_Taming_of_the_Shrew
1812–1815 conflict in North America
The Naval War of 1812: Caxton pictorial history. Caxton Editions. ISBN 1-84067-360-5. Gardiner, Robert (2000). Frigates of the Napoleonic Wars. London:
War_of_1812
THE CAXTONS
THE CAXTONS
Male
Native American
Native American Navajo name TSE means "rock."
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Modern, Tamil
Nil
Female
German
Pet form of German Kätharina, KÄTHE means "pure."
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly East Anglia)
English (mainly East Anglia) : topographic name for someone who lived by a common pasture, Middle English tye (Old English tēag).North German : from a short form, Tide, of the personal name Dietrich.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Middle English word tye, TYE means "pasture."
Boy/Male
Arthurian Legend American Hebrew Spanish
Arthur's brother.
Female
Greek
 Short form of Greek and Latin Dorothea, THEA means "gift of God." Compare with another form of Thea.
Girl/Female
Finnish, German, Greek
Gift of God
Female
English
 Pet form of English Theodora, THEA means "gift of God." Compare with another form of Thea.
Boy/Male
Native American
Rock.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Gift of God
Boy/Male
English
From the enclosure.
Girl/Female
Greek American
Goddess; godly. Also as abbreviation of names like Althea and Dorothea. The mythological Thea was...
Surname or Lastname
English
English : status name from Middle English thewe ‘thrall’, ‘slave’ (Old English þēow).
Female
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name THI means "poem."
Boy/Male
Greek American German
God given.
Female
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name THU means "autumn."
Girl/Female
Greek
Untamed.
Male
English
Short form of English Theodore, THEO means "gift of God," and other names beginning with Theo-.
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : variant of Tye.
THE CAXTONS
THE CAXTONS
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the medieval personal name Classe, a short form of Nicholas. See also Clayson.Variant of Klaas or Klass, North German forms of Claus.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Elephant Headed God; Mayureshwar is One of Ashthavinayaks (Lord Ganapati)
Boy/Male
German
Wealthy.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from North or South Creake in Norfolk, named from Celtic creig ‘cliff’, ‘rock’.English : from Middle English creke ‘basket’ (Old French creche), hence a metonymic occupational name for a basket maker.Americanized spelling of German Krieg, German and Jewish Krick, or Dutch Kriek, a metonymic occupational name for a fruit grower or dealer, from Middle Dutch krieke ‘cherry’.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sikh
Skillful; Clever
Girl/Female
Arabic, Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim, Sanskrit, Telugu
Tranquil
Boy/Male
Biblical
One that speaks of secrets.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Favoured with a Long Life
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Spring Season
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Holy Water
THE CAXTONS
THE CAXTONS
THE CAXTONS
THE CAXTONS
THE CAXTONS
v. i.
See Thee.
obj.
The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed.
pron.
The objective case of thou. See Thou.
n.
The parson bird.
v. t.
To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to; as, to toe the mark.
v. t.
A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature.
n.
A chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, and is made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to a tackle, by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered.
pron.
The objective case of they. See They.
n.
Anything, or any part, corresponding to the toe of the foot; as, the toe of a boot; the toe of a skate.
v. t.
See Tie, the proper orthography.
pron.
Of thee, or belonging to thee; the more common form of thine, possessive case of thou; -- used always attributively, and chiefly in the solemn or grave style, and in poetry. Thine is used in the predicate; as, the knife is thine. See Thine.
def. art.
The.
n.
The fore part of the hoof or foot of an animal.
n.
One of the terminal members, or digits, of the foot of a man or an animal.
adv.
By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform.
n.
The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped through a small angle from its position of equilibrium, and the inclined line which was vertical through the center of gravity of the body when in equilibrium.
obj.
This or that female; the woman understood or referred to; the animal of the female sex, or object personified as feminine, which was spoken of.
definite article.
A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.
n.
The nodule of earth from which the ball is struck in golf.