_Withal_ its class and construc. _Without_, obsol. use of, for
_unless_ or _except_. _Withouten_, paragog. and poet. form.
_Withinside of_ _Won't_, whence formed; its pronunc.
_Worcester, Dr. J. E._, his Universal and Critical Dictionary WORDS,
treated.
--_Word_, defined.
--_Words_ distinguished, and the divisions of, defined.
--(See _Compound Word_.)
--_Words_, Rules for the figure of;
--simp., _when_ compounding is to be avoided
--when to be joined, or to be written separately
--_Words_, the nature of, explained
--the consid. of, as comm., and as prop.,
--brevity sought in the comm. use of
--the identity of, in what consists
--unsettled and variable usage with respect to the figure of
--_Words_ that may constitute diff. parts of speech, their construc.
not to be left doubtf.
--the reference of, to other words, do.
--senselessly jumbled, charac. of
--entirely needless, how to be disposed of
--unintelligently misapplied, what indicates,
--_Words_, PUNCT. _of_: in pairs; alternated; put absol.; in appos.;
repeated
--_Words_, derivation of, treated
--most of those regarded as primitives in Eng., may be traced to
ulterior sources
--the study of, its importance
--how the knowledge of, may be promoted with respect to Eng.
--_Words_, the use of, as affecting Purity
--do., as affect. Propriety
--do., as affect. Precision
--do., as affect. Perspicuity
--do., as affect. Strength
_Worshiper_, whether properly written with a single or a double _p_
_Worth_, its class and construc.
_Worthy_, admits not ellips. of prep, _of_ before obj. following
_Writing, to write_, what meant by
X.
X, its name and plur. num.
--format. of the plur. of nouns in
--why never doubled
--written for a number
--its sounds
Y.
Y, its name and plur. numb.;
--borrowed first by the Romans from the Greeks, by whom called Ypsilon
--in Eng. is either a vowel or a conson.
--classed with the semivowels
--final, changed or unchanged before terminations
--do., when, by former practice, retained in verbs ending in _y_,
before conson. terminations
--sounds of
--in poet. format. of adjectives
_Ye_, nom. plur., solemn style
--its use as the obj. case
--as a mere explet. in burlesque
--its use in the lang. of tragedy
--used fo
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