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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. |
MAN'IFOLD, a. [many and fold.] Of divers kinds; many in number; numerous; multiplied.
Various in kind or quality; many in number;
numerous; multiplied; complicated.
O Lord, how manifold are thy works! Ps. civ. 24. I know your manifold transgressions. Amos v. 12. Exhibited at divers times or in various
ways; -- used to qualify nouns in the singular number.
"The
manifold wisdom of God." Eph. iii. 10. "The
manifold grace of God." 1 Pet. iv. 10.
Manifold writing, a process or method by which several copies, as of a letter, are simultaneously made, sheets of coloring paper being infolded with thin sheets of plain paper upon which the marks made by a stylus or a type-writer are transferred. A copy of a writing made by the manifold process.
A cylindrical pipe fitting,
having a number of lateral outlets, for connecting one pipe with
several others.
The third stomach of a ruminant
animal.
[Local, U.S.] To take copies of by the process of
manifold writing] as, to manifold a letter.
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