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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
SCREEN, n. [L. cerno, excerno, Gr. to separate, to sift, to judge, to fight, contend skirmish. The primary sense of the root is to separate, to drive or force asunder, hence to sift, to discern, to judge, to separate or cut off danger.]
SCREEN, v.t.
1913 Definition
Anything that separates or cuts off
inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from
view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen.
Your leavy screens throw down. Shak. Some ambitious men seem as screens to princes in matters of danger and envy. Bacon. A dwarf wall or partition
carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a
church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like.
A surface, as that afforded by a curtain,
sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a
magic lantern, solar microscope, etc.
A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a
revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the
finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like.
To provide
with a shelter or means of concealment] to separate or cut off from
inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect
by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a
forest or hill.
They were encouraged and screened by some who were in high commands. Macaulay. To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc.,
through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the
worthless from the valuable; to sift.
An erection of white canvas or wood placed on
the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball
better.
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Noah Says...
An attempt to conduct the affairs of a free government with wisdom and impartiality, and to preserve the just rights of all classes of citizens, without the guidance of Divine precepts, will certainly end in disappointment. God is the supreme moral Governor of the world He has made, and as He Himself governs with perfect rectitude, He requires His rational creatures to govern themselves in like manner. If men will not submit to be controlled by His laws, He will punish them by the evils resulting from their own disobedience.…
Letter to David McClure :: October 25, 1837
