Definition of a

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A () The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek Alpha, of the same form; and this was made from the first letter (/) of the Phoenician alphabet, the equivalent of the Hebrew Aleph, and itself from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was a consonant letter, with a guttural

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Scalp :: Scalp (n.) A bed of oysters or mussels.
Sporophore :: Sporophore (n.) A placenta.
Decurrent :: Decurrent (a.) Extending downward; -- said of a leaf whose base extends downward and forms a wing along the stem.
Whaling :: Whaling (n.) The hunting of whales.
By-election :: By-election (n.) An election held by itself, not at the time of a general election..
Weight :: Weight (v. t.) The quantity of heaviness; comparative tendency to the center of the earth; the quantity of matter as estimated by the balance, or expressed numerically with reference to some standard unit; as, a mass of stone having the weight of five hundred pounds..
#NAME? :: -men (pl. ) of Handi-craftsma.
Ptyalogogue :: Ptyalogogue (n.) A ptysmagogue.
Meantime :: Meantime (n.) Alt. of Meanwhil.
Seismography :: Seismography (n.) The art of registering the shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes.
Deduction :: Deduction (n.) Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend..
Cosupreme :: Cosupreme (n.) A partaker of supremacy; one jointly supreme.
Symbology :: Symbologist (n.) One who practices, or who is versed in, symbology..
Croaker :: Croaker (n.) A small American fish (Micropogon undulatus), of the Atlantic coast..
Rase :: Rase (v. t.) To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to raze.
Obtuse-angular :: obtuse-angular (a.) Having an obtuse angle; as, an obtuse-angled triangle..
Queen :: Queen (n.) The wife of a king.
Upblow :: Upblow (v. i.) To blow up; as, the wind upblows from the sea..
Fill :: Fill (v. t.) A full supply, as much as supplies want; as much as gives complete satisfaction..
Brachyura :: Brachyura (n. pl.) A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs, characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up beneath the large cephalo-thorax. [Also spelt Brachyoura.] See Crab, and Illustration in Appendix..
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