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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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TWANG, v.i. To sound with a quick sharp noise; to make the sound of a string which is stretched and suddenly pulled; as the twanging bows.
TWANG, v.t. To make to sound, as by pulling a tense string and letting it go suddenly.
TWANG, n. A sharp quick sound; as the twang of a bowstring; a twang of the nose.
A tang. See Tang a
state.
[R.] To sound with a quick, harsh noise; to make the sound
of a tense string pulled and suddenly let go; as, the bowstring
twanged.
To make to sound, as by
pulling a tense string and letting it go suddenly.
Sounds the tough horn, and twangs the quivering string. Pope. A harsh,
quick sound, like that made by a stretched string when pulled and suddenly
let go; as, the twang of a bowstring.
An affected modulation of the voice; a kind of
nasal sound.
He has such a twang in his discourse. Arbuthnot. | ||||||||