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May 27, 2012

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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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(4) Words.

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mellowness
mellowy
unmellowed

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(4) Words.

mellow
mellowness
mellowy
unmellowed

(17) Words.

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crude
demulcent
emolliate
fallow
malady
mallow
meal
mellow
mild
mill
mollient
omy
subdue
tardy-gaited
tilth
unmellowed

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1828 Definition

MEL'LOW, a. [L. mollis, malus.]

1. Soft with ripeness; easily yielding to pressure; as a mellow peach or apple; mellow fruit.

2. Soft to the ear; as a mellow sound; a mellow pipe.

3. Soft; well pulverized; not indurated or compact; as mellow ground or earth.

4. Soft and smooth to the taste; as mellow wine.

5. Soft with liquor; intoxicated; merry.

6. Soft or easy to the eye.

The tender flush whose mellow stain imbues

Heaven with all freaks of light.

MEL'LOW, v.t. To ripen; to bring to maturity; to soften by ripeness or age.

On foreign mountains may the sun refine

The grape's soft juice and mellow it to wine.

1. To soften; to pulverize. Earth is mellowed by frost.

2. To mature; to bring to perfection.

This episode--mellowed into that reputation which time has given it.

MEL'LOW, v.i. To become soft; to be ripened, matured or brought to perfection. Fruit, when taken from the tree, soon mellows. Wine mellows with age.

1913 Definition

Mellow (mellow)

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Mel"low

[Compar. Mellower (?); superl. Mellowest.] [OE. melwe; cf. AS. mearu soft, D. murw, Prov. G. mollig soft, D. malsch, and E. meal flour.]

Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a mellow apple.

Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a mellow soil.

"Mellow glebe." Drayton (b)

Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial.

May health return to mellow age. Wordsworth.

As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound. W. Irving.

Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated.

Addison.

To make mellow.

Shak.

If the Weather prove frosty to mellow it [the ground], they do not plow it again till April. Mortimer.

The fervor of early feeling is tempered and mellowed by the ripeness of age. J. C. Shairp.

To become mellow] as, ripe fruit soon mellows.

"Prosperity begins to mellow." Shak.

Noah Says...

The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scriptures ought to form the basis of all of our civil constitutions and laws....All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible.

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Project::Noah

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The foundation for American Heritage Access [AHA] strives to capture the essence of American culture with an intent to make early American manuscripts accessible to modern society. We believe that the successful future of this country is dependent on honoring and respecting its past. In order to achieve this ideal, several projects will be introduced and executed. The first initiatives of Project::Noah will involve the accessibility of the 1828 American dictionary.

Vision::Reprint

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The first vision, Vision::Reprint, has an intent to make a modern printing of the first dictionary of the American language available to the public for under $25. The first task, Task::Access, involves the digitizing of the original 1828 dictionary. The dictionary is available in microfilm (American Culture Series, Reel 335.6-336.1, Michigan University Microfilms) at many universities. To digitize the microfilm as a batch process requires a special scanner.

Vision::Redesign

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The second vision, Vision::Redesign, has an intent to improve the current online accessibility to the 1828 dictionary. Beyond the Task::XML, other tasks related to this Vision::Redesign include identifying features and functionality for this new website. In addition, plugins will be discussed and created to make the dictionary accessible in other ways: iPhone, Google widget, Firefox Add-on, etc.

Vision::Recapture

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The third vision, Vision::Recapture, has an intent to evoke the importance of Noah Webster in our American Heritage. This vision will manifest itself in a commissioned painting of Noah Webster. The process involved will require the input from concerned Americans. The final commission painting will be derived from initial sketches and digital compositions. Feedback from the community is essential for this vision's success throughout the entire process.

May 27, 2012