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Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
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1828 Definition
FA'IRY, n.
FA'IRY, a.
1913 Definition
Enchantment;
illusion.
[Obs.] Chaucer.
The God of her has made an end, The country of the fays; land of
illusions.
[Obs.]
He [Arthur] is a king y-crowned in Fairy. Lydgate. An imaginary supernatural being or spirit,
supposed to assume a human form (usually diminutive), either male or
female, and to meddle for good or evil in the affairs of mankind; a
fay. See Elf, and Demon.
The fourth kind of spirit [is] called the Fairy. K. James. And now about the caldron sing, An enchantress.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Fairy of the mine, an imaginary being supposed to inhabit mines, etc. German folklore tells of two species; one fierce and malevolent, the other gentle, See Kobold. No goblin or swart fairy of the mine Of
or pertaining to fairies.
Given by fairies; as, fairy
money.
Dryden.
Fairy bird (Zoöl.), the Euoropean little tern (Sterna minuta); -- called also sea swallow, and hooded tern. -- Fairy bluebird. (Zoöl.) See under Bluebird. -- Fairy martin (Zoöl.), a European swallow (Hirrundo ariel) that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on overhanging cliffs. -- Fairy rings or circles, the circles formed in grassy lawns by certain fungi (as Marasmius Oreades), formerly supposed to be caused by fairies in their midnight dances. -- Fairy shrimp (Zoöl.), a European fresh-water phyllopod crustacean (Chirocephalus diaphanus); -- so called from its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions. The name is sometimes applied to similar American species. -- Fairy stone (Paleon.), an echinite. | ||||||||
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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people.
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