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• Word

  ·noun Verbal contention; dispute. II. Word ·noun Signal; order; command; direction. III. Word ·nou...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• word

  I will take my word again, i. e. I will retract what I have said : I have changed my mind. Durham. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Word method

  ·add. ·- A method of teaching reading in which words are first taken as single ideograms and later a...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Word-catcher

  ·noun One who cavils at words. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• By-word

  Hebrew millah (Job 30:9), a word or speech, and hence object of talk; Hebrew mashal (Ps. 44:14), a p...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Word, The

  (Gr. Logos), one of the titles of our Lord, found only in the writings of John (John 1:1-14; 1 John ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• binnacle word

  A fine or affected word, which sailors jeeringly offer to chalk up on the binnacle. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• nay word

  A bye-word, proverb. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• word grubbers

  Verbal critics, and also persons who use hard words in common discourse. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• word pecker

  A punster, one who plays upon words. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• nay-word

  The old term for the watch-word, parole, or countersign. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• pass-word

  The countersign for answering the sentinels. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Word of God

  (Heb. 4:12, etc.). The Bible so called because the writers of its several books were God's organs in...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• word of mouth

  To drink by word of mouth, i.e. out of the bowl or bottle instead, of a glass. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose