Webster's Dictionary 1828

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SPECULATIVENESS

SPEC'ULATIVENESS, noun The state of being speculative, or of consisting in speculation only.

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SPECULATOR

SPEC'ULATOR, noun1. One who speculates or forms theories.2. An observer; a contemplator.3. A spy; a watcher.4. In commerce, one who buys goods, land or other thing, with the exp...

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SPECULATORY

SPEC'ULATORY, adjective1. Exercising speculation.2. Intended or adapted for viewing or espying.

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SPECULM

SPEC'ULM, noun [Latin]1. A mirror or looking glass.2. A glass that reflects the images of objects.3. A metallic reflector used in catadioptric telescopes.4. In surgery, an instr...

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SPED

SPED, preterit tense and participle passive of speed.

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SPEECH

SPEECH, noun1. The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words, as in human beings; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds. speech was given to man ...

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SPEECH-MAKER

SPEE'CH-MAKER, noun One who makes speeches; one who speaks much in a public assembly.

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SPEECHLESS

SPEE'CHLESS, adjective1. Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech. More generally,2. Mute; silent; not speaking for a time. speechless with wonder, and half dead with fear.

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SPEECHLESSNESS

SPEE'CHLESSNESS, noun The state of being speechless; muteness.

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SPEED

SPEED, verb intransitivepreterit tense and participle passive sped, speeded. [The Latin expedio may be from the same root, which signifies to drive, to hurry, of the family of L...

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SPEEDILY

SPEEDILY, adverb Quickly; with haste; in a short time. Send speedily to Bertram.

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SPEEDINESS

SPEE'DINESS, noun The quality of being speedy; quickness; celerity; haste; dispatch.

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SPEEDWELL

SPEE'DWELL, noun A plant of the genus Veronica.

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SPEEDY

SPEE'DY, adjective1. Quick; swift; nimble; hasty; rapid in motion; as a speedy flight; on speedy foot.2. Quick in performance; not dilatory or slow; as a speedy dispatch of busi...

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SPEET

SPEET, verb transitive [from the root of spit.] To stab. [Not in use.]

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SPEIGHT

SPEIGHT, noun A wood pecker. [Not in use.]

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SPELK

SPELK, noun A splinter; a small stick or rod used in thatching.

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SPELL

SPELL, noun [The verb primarily signifies to throw or drive, and is probably formed on the root of Latin pello. In some of the application of spell we observe the sense of turn....

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SPELLED

SPELL'ED, SPELT, preterit tense and participle passive of spell.

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SPELLER

SPELL'ER, noun One that spells; one skilled in spelling.

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SPELLING

SPELL'ING, participle present tense1. Naming the letters of a word, or writing them; forming words with their proper letters.2. Taking another's turn.SPELL'ING, noun1. The act o...

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SPELLING-BOOK

SPELL'ING-BOOK, noun A book for teaching children to spell and read.

3803

SPELT

SPELT, noun A species of grain of the genus Triticum; called also German wheat.SPELT, verb transitive To split. [Not in use.]

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SPELTER

SPEL'TER, noun Common zink, which contains a portion of lead, copper, iron, a little arsenic, manganese and plumbago.

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SPENCE

SPENCE, noun spens. A buttery; a larder; a place where provisions are kept.

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SPENCER

SPEN'CER, noun1. One who has the care of the spence or buttery.2. A kind of short coat.

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SPEND

SPEND, verb transitivepreterit tense and participle passive spent. [Latin expendo; from the root of Latin pando, pendeo, the primary sense of which is to strain, to open or spre...