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• W

  ·- the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a consonant, but sometimes it is a vo...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• W. F.'s

  old Tasmanian term for wild cattle. 1891. James Fenton, `Bush Life in Tasmania Fifty Years Ago,'p. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• I

  I, i, the ninth letter of the Latin alphabet, a vowel; for even the old grammarians distinguished it...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• I

  I i. This letter represents, in Latin, I I. The vowel whose short and long sounds are heard in the ...

  An Elementary Latin Dictionary

• I

  ·- As a numeral, I stands for 1, II for 2, ·etc. II. I ·- In our old authors, I was often used for ...

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• I-

  (·pref.) ·see Y-. ...

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• i

  The third class of rating on Lloyd's books, for the comparative excellence of merchant ships. (See a...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Shill-I-shall-I

  ·adv ·Alt. of Shilly-shally. ...

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• I' faith

  ·- In faith; indeed; truly. ...

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• I' ll

  ·- Contraction for I will or I shall. ...

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• I. e.

  ·- Abbreviation of Latin id est, that is. ...

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• Agrippa I

  The grandson of Herod the Great, and son of Aristobulus and Bernice. The Roman emperor Caligula made...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Shishak I

  =Sheshonk I., king of Egypt. His reign was one of great national success, and a record of his wars a...

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• James I., King of Scotland

  (1394-1437) Poet, the third s. of Robert III., was b. at Dunfermline. In 1406 he was sent for safet...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• i dad!

  An exclamation used in the Western States. "I dad! if I didn't snatch up Ruff and kiss him." Here t...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• i swow!

  An exclamation. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• i vum!

  An exclamation often heard in New England. "I vum," said he, "I'm sorry; what's the matter?"--Marga...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• i don't know as i shan't

  for I don't know but I shall. This uncouth expression, Mr. Hurd says, is very common in the eastern ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• I O U

  ·- A paper having on it these letters, with a sum named, and duly signed; — in use in England as an...

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• Herod Agrippa I

  Son of Aristobulus and Bernice, and grandson of Herod the Great. He was made tetrarch of the provinc...

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• Herod Philip I

  (Mark 6:17), the son of Herod the Great by Mariamne, the daughter of Simon, the high priest. He is d...

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• Tiglath-Pileser I

  (not mentioned in Scripture) was the most famous of the monarchs of the first Assyrian empire (about...

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• i swamp it!

  An interjection of the same meaning as I swan! which see. Had that darn'd old vessel--that frigate ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.