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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. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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SQUEAK, v.t. [G., to squeak. This word probably belongs to the family of quack.]
SQUEAK, n. A sharp shrill sound suddenly uttered, either of the human voice or of any animal or instrument, such as a child utters in acute pain, or as pigs utter, or as is made by carriage wheels when dry, or by a pipe or reed.
To utter a
sharp, shrill cry, usually of short duration; to cry with an acute
tone, as an animal; or, to make a sharp, disagreeable noise, as a pipe
or quill, a wagon wheel, a door; to creak.
Who can endure to hear one of the rough old Romans squeaking through the mouth of an eunuch? Addison. Zoilus calls the companions of Ulysses the "squeaking pigs" of Homer. Pope. To break silence or secrecy for fear of
pain or punishment; to speak; to confess.
[Colloq.]
If he be obstinate, put a civil question to him upon the rack, and he squeaks, I warrant him. Dryden. A sharp, shrill,
disagreeable sound suddenly utered, either of the human voice or of
any animal or instrument, such as is made by carriage wheels when dry,
by the soles of leather shoes, or by a pipe or reed.
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