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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.

dispace
interspace
space
spaceful

(284) Words.

abacus
absolute
action
activity
adopter
altitude
ample
anchor
angle
aperture
arch
area
arena
asterisk
awhile
axil
backgammon
basin
berme
berth
between
betwixt
blank
bound
boundless
bow-shot
breach
brief
burning-glass
by
capacity
carry
cast
celerity
chasm
chimney-corner
chirograph
circumference
circus
clamp
claviary
clear
cleft
climacter
closely
coarctation
coextend
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column
common
compass
compress
compressibility
concavity
concentration
consecution
contact
content
contiguously
continuation
continuous
corner
court
covert-way
cycle
cycloidal
deducible
degree
demi-gorge
dentated
dilated
dimension
dispace
distance
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distention
division
dock
dole
dracontic
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elasticity
electricity
elongation
emptiness
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esplanade
ether
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expansion
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extension
extent
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field
fieldroom
fill
filler
flight
for
fortnight
gammut
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heaven
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hold
hollow
hour
hourglass
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humor
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inane
inanity
incapaciousness
inclosure
indefinite
indefinitely
indeterminately
infinite
infiniteness
infinitude
infinity
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intercolumniation
intermediate
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intermundane
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interspace
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isochronous
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like
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ocean
ordinate
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prolongation
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quadrant
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quantity
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region
remotely
remoteness
revolution
room
roomage
roominess
run
sail
scale
scantiness
scoop
scope
sea-room
sennight
session
shortness
snake
space
span
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spot
spread
spreading
spred
spredding
staff
step
stitch
story
swift
temperate
term
terminate
termination
theorem
thin
time
torrid
touch
tympan
unbounded
undefinable
underground
undistinguished
unextended
uniform
universal
unmeasured
vacancy
vacant
vacation
vacuity
vacuum
vastly
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velocity
vestibule
void
volume
wake
walk
walker
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way
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well-hole
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while
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1828 Definition

SPACE, n. [L. spatium, space; spatior, to wander. This word is probably formed on the root of pateo.]

1. Room; extension. Space in the abstract, is mere extension. Pure space is capable neither of resistance nor motion.

2. Any quantity of extension. In relation to bodies, space is the interval between any two or more object' as the space between two stars or two hills The quantity of space or extent between bodies, constitutes their distance form each other.

3. The distance or interval between lines; as in books. The space in music are named as well as the lines.

4. Quantity of time; also, the interval between two points of time. Nine times the space that measures day and God may defer his judgment for a time, and give a people a longer space for repentance.

5. A short time; a while. To stay your deadly strife a space. [This sense is nearly obsolete.]

SPACE, v.i. To rove. [Not in use.]

SPACE, v.t. Among printers, to make space or wider intervals between lines.

1913 Definition

Space (space)
n.	(sps)
Space
[OE. space, F. espace, from L. spatium space; cf. Gr. spa^n to draw, to tear; perh. akin to E. span. Cf. Expatiate.]

Extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible.

Pure space is capable neither of resistance nor motion. Locke.

Place, having more or less extension; room.

They gave him chase, and hunted him as hare;
Long had he no space to dwell [in]. R. of Brunne.

While I have time and space. Chaucer.

A quantity or portion of extension; distance from one thing to another; an interval between any two or more objects; as, the space between two stars or two hills; the sound was heard for the space of a mile.

Put a space betwixt drove and drove. Gen. xxxii. 16.

Quantity of time; an interval between two points of time; duration; time.

"Grace God gave him here, this land to keep long space." R. of brunne.

Nine times the space that measures day and night. Milton.

God may defer his judgments for a time, and give a people a longer space of repentance. Tillotson.

A short time; a while.

[R.] "To stay your deadly strife a space." Spenser.

Walk; track; path; course.

[Obs.]

This ilke [same] monk let old things pace,
And held after the new world the space. Chaucer.

A small piece of metal cast lower than a face type, so as not to receive the ink in printing, -- used to separate words or letters.

(b)

One of the intervals, or open places, between the lines of the staff.

Absolute space, Euclidian space, etc. See under Absolute, Euclidian, etc. -- Space line (Print.), a thin piece of metal used by printers to open the lines of type to a regular distance from each other, and for other purposes; a lead. Hansard. -- Space rule (Print.), a fine, thin, short metal rule of the same height as the type, used in printing short lines in tabular matter.

To walk; to rove; to roam.

[Obs.]

And loved in forests wild to space. Spenser.

To arrange or adjust the spaces in or between] as, to space words, lines, or letters.

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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