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Definition of alphabet
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Alphabet
(n.) The
letters
of a
language
arranged
in the
customary
order;
the
series
of
letters
or signs which form the
elements
of
written
language.
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U
::
U () the
twenty-first
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
is a
cursive
form of the
letter
V, with which it was
formerly
used
interchangeably,
both
letters
being then used both as
vowels
and
consonants.
U and V are now,
however,
differentiated,
U being used only as a vowel or
semivowel,
and V only as a
consonant.
The true
primary
vowel sound of U, in
Anglo-Saxon,
was the sound which it still
retains
in most of the
languages
of
Europe,
that of long oo, as in tool, and short oo, as in wood,
answering
t
Transliterate
::
Transliterate
(v. t.) To
express
or
represent
in the
characters
of
another
alphabet;
as, to
transliterate
Sanskrit
words by means of
English
letters..
Alectryomancy
::
Alectryomancy
(n.)
Divination
by means of a cock and
grains
of corn
placed
on the
letters
of the
alphabet,
the
letters
being put
together
in the order in which the
grains
were
eaten..
Morse Alphabet
::
Morse
alphabet
() A
telegraphic
alphabet
in very
general
use,
inventing
by
Samuel
F.B.Morse,
the
inventor
of
Morse's
telegraph.
The
letters
are
represented
by dots and
dashes
impressed
or
printed
on
paper,
as, .- (A), - . . . (B), -.. (D), . (E), .. (O), . . . (R), -- (T), etc., or by
sounds,
flashes
of
light,
etc., with
greater
or less
intervals
between
them..
Chirology
::
Chirology
(n.) The art or
practice
of using the
manual
alphabet
or of
communicating
thoughts
by sings made by the hands and
fingers;
a
substitute
for
spoken
or
written
language
in
intercourse
with the deaf and dumb. See
Dactylalogy.
V
::
V () V, the
twenty-second
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
is a vocal
consonant.
V and U are only
varieties
of the same
character,
U being the
cursive
form, while V is
better
adapted
for
engraving,
as in
stone.
The two
letters
were
formerly
used
indiscriminately,
and till a
comparatively
recent
date words
containing
them were often
classed
together
in
dictionaries
and other books of
reference
(see U). The
letter
V is from the Latin
alphabet,
where it was used both as a
consonant
(about
like Engli
A
::
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
Theta
::
Theta (n.) A
letter
of the Greek
alphabet
corresponding
to th in
English;
--
sometimes
called
the
unlucky
letter,
from being used by the
judges
on their
ballots
in
passing
condemnation
on a
prisoner,
it being the first
letter
of the Greek
qa`natos,
death..
Acrostic
::
Acrostic
(n.) A
Hebrew
poem in which the lines or
stanzas
begin with the
letters
of the
alphabet
in
regular
order (as Psalm
cxix.).
See
Abecedarian.
D
::
D () The
fourth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
and a vocal
consonant.
The
English
letter
is from
Latin,
which is from
Greek,
which took it from
Ph/nician,
the
probable
ultimate
origin
being
Egyptian.
It is
related
most
nearly
to t and th; as, Eng. deep, G. tief; Eng.
daughter,
G.
tochter,
Gr.
qyga`thr,
Skr.
duhitr.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
Ã178,
179, 229..
M
::
M () M, the
thirteenth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
is a vocal
consonant,
and from the
manner
of its
formation,
is
called
the
labio-nasal
consonant.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
//
178-180,
242..
O
::
O () O, the
fifteenth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
derives
its form,
value,
and name from the Greek O,
through
the
Latin.
The
letter
came into the Greek from the
Ph/nician,
which
possibly
derived
it
ultimately
from the
Egyptian.
Etymologically,
the
letter
o is most
closely
related
to a, e, and u; as in E. bone, AS. ban; E.
stone,
AS. stan; E.
broke,
AS.
brecan
to
break;
E. bore, AS. beran to bear; E. dove, AS. d/fe; E. toft, tuft; tone, tune;
number,
F.
nombre..
Abecedarian
::
Abecedarian
(n.) One
engaged
in
teaching
the
alphabet.
Y
::
Y () Y, the
twenty-fifth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
at the
beginning
of a word or
syllable,
except
when a
prefix
(see Y-), is
usually
a
fricative
vocal
consonant;
as a
prefix,
and
usually
in the
middle
or at the end of a
syllable,
it is a
vowel.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
// 145,
178-9,
272..
Hornbook
::
Hornbook
(n.) The first book for
children,
or that from which in
former
times they
learned
their
letters
and
rudiments;
-- so
called
because
a sheet of horn
covered
the
small,
thin board of oak, or the slip of
paper,
on which the
alphabet,
digits,
and often the
Lord's
Prayer,
were
written
or
printed;
a
primer..
H
::
H () the
eighth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
is
classed
among the
consonants,
and is
formed
with the mouth
organs
in the same
position
as that of the
succeeding
vowel.
It is used with
certain
consonants
to form
digraphs
representing
sounds
which are not found in the
alphabet,
as sh, th, /, as in
shall,
thing,
/ine (for zh see
/274);
also, to
modify
the
sounds
of some other
letters,
as when
placed
after c and p, with the
former
of which it
represents
a
compound
sound like that of tsh, as in ch
C
::
C () C is the third
letter
of the
English
alphabet.
It is from the Latin
letter
C, which in old Latin
represented
the
sounds
of k, and g (in go); its
original
value being the
latter.
In
Anglo-Saxon
words,
or Old
English
before
the
Norman
Conquest,
it
always
has the sound of k. The Latin C was the same
letter
as the Greek /, /, and came from the Greek
alphabet.
The
Greeks
got it from the
Ph/nicians.
The
English
name of C is from the Latin name ce, and was
derived,
probably,
through
the
French.
Et
Alphabetical
::
Alphabetical
(a.)
Pertaining
to,
furnished
with,
expressed
by, or in the order of, the
letters
of the
alphabet;
as,
alphabetic
characters,
writing,
languages,
arrangement..
Alphabetize
::
Alphabetize
(v. t.) To
arrange
alphabetically;
as, to
alphabetize
a list of
words..
Cipher
::
Cipher
(n.) A
private
alphabet,
system
of
characters,
or other mode of
writing,
contrived
for the safe
transmission
of
secrets;
also, a
writing
in such
characters..
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