The Illustrated London Reading Book eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 377 pages of information about The Illustrated London Reading Book.

The Illustrated London Reading Book eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 377 pages of information about The Illustrated London Reading Book.

CURIO’SITY, s. inquisitiveness; nice experiment; an object of
    curiosity; rarity

CU’RIOUS, a. inquisitive; desirous of information; difficult to
    please; diligent about; elegant; neat; artful

CU’RRENT, a. passing from hand to hand; authoritative; common; what is
    now passing

CU’STOM, s. habit; fashion; practice of buying of certain persons

CY’MBAL, s. a kind of musical instrument

CY’PRESS, s. a tall straight tree.  It is the emblem of mourning

DALMA’TIA, s. a province of Austria

DALMA’TIAN, a. belonging to Dalmatia

DA’MAGE, s. mischief; hurt; loss

DA’NGER, s. risk; hazard; peril

DA’NGEROUS, a. hazardous; perilous

DA’STARDLY, ad. cowardly; mean; timorous

DA’UNTED, a. discouraged

DECE’PTION, s. the act or means of deceiving; cheat; fraud; the state
    of being deceived

DECLI’NE, v.a. shun; avoid; refuse; bring down

DE’CORATE, v.a. adorn; embellish; beautify

DECORA’TION, s. ornament; added beauty

DE’DICATE, v.a. to inscribe

DEFA’CE, v.a. destroy; raze; ruin; disfigure

DEFE’CTIVE, a. wanting the just quantity; full of defects; imperfect;
    faulty

DEFE’NCE, s. guard; protection; resistance

DEFI’CIENCY, s. want; something less than is necessary; imperfection

DEGE’NERACY, s. departure from the virtue of our ancestors

DEGE’NERATE, a. unworthy; base

DE’ITY, s. divinity; the nature and essence of God; fabulous Rod; the
    supposed divinity of a heathen god

DE’LICACY, s. daintiness; softness; feminine beauty; nicety; gentle
    treatment; smallness

DE’LICATE, s. fine; soft; pure; clear; unable to bear hardships;
    effeminate

DELI’CIOUS, a. sweet; delicate; agreeable

DELI’GHT, v.a. please; content; satisfy

DELI’NEATE, v.a. to paint; to represent; to describe

DELI’VER, v.a. set free; release; give; save; surrender

DE’LUGE, v.a. flood

DE’LUGE, v.a. drown; lay totally under water; overwhelm; cause to sink

DEME’ANOUR, s. carriage; behaviour

DEMO’LISH, v.a. raze; destroy; swallow up

DEMONSTRA’TION, s. the highest degree of argumental evidence

DENO’MINATE, v.a. to name anything

DEPA’RTMENT, s. separate allotment; province or business assigned to a
    particular person

DEPO’RTMENT, s. carriage; bearing

DEPO’SIT, s. a pledge; anything given as a security

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