| English periodicals - 1870 - 792 pages
...not have done more, had it selected as a specimen of the doctor's perspicuity, his definition of '; Network : " — " anything reticulated or decussated...distances, with interstices between the intersections." He talks of Johnson's books, his manuscripts, his wig, his loose breeches, with the solemn emphasis... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...best cannot be expected to go quite true.' Pioszi Letters, ii. 406. 1 See/w/, under July 20, 1762. 1 ' Network. Anything reticulated or decussated, at equal...distances, with interstices between the intersections.' Reticulated is defined ' Made of network ; formed with interstitial vacuities.' 3 ' That part of my... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...cannot be expected to go quite true.' Piozzi Letters, ii. 406. ' See/ftW, under July 20, 1762. ' ' Network. Anything reticulated or decussated, at equal...distances, with interstices between the intersections.' Reticulated is defined ' Made of network ; formed with interstitial vacuities.' 4 ' That part of my... | |
| John Mason Good - 1813 - 830 pages
...ancient A mi urn, at the mouth of the Loracina, 24 miles S. by E. of Rome. NETWORK, s. (net and work.) Anything reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections (Shakspeare). NEVA, a river of Russia, which issues from the lake Ladoga, and flows to Petersburg,... | |
| 1822 - 430 pages
...from martyred chriatians." Of the definitions mentioned in the commencement of this paper, wherein the terms he employs to convey his meaning, are so...sufficient : — " NETWORK. Anything reticulated, or decuisated, ar equal distances, with interstices between the intersections." " TWIST. To form by complication... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English language - 1828 - 860 pages
...NETTLER, (net'-tl-er) ns One who provokes : that which stings or irritates. NETWORK, (net'-wwrk) nt Anything reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections. NEVER, (nev'-er) ad. At no time ; in no degree. It seems in some phrases to have the sense of an adjective... | |
| Congregational churches - 1829 - 704 pages
...definiteness, this deserves to be placed alongside of Dr. Johnson's celebrated definition of neiwork ; " Anything reticulated or decussated at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections." Wehave noticed, in Professor Stuart's English style, a recurrence of new words, both technical and... | |
| Robert Macnish - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1834 - 236 pages
...words net and network. Here they are : " NET — any thing made with interstitial vacuities" — " NETWORK anything reticulated or decussated at equal...distances, with interstices between the intersections." 205 aphorism Su &un&rrti auto Ctoentietf). All sensible Catholics laugh at purgatory and trunsiihst... | |
| Education - 1863 - 456 pages
...that it is correct to talk about the gravy of an orange. We all remember Dr. Johnson's definition of NETWORK — anything reticulated or decussated at...distances, with interstices between the intersections. A cursory examination of school dictionaries and spellingbooks suffices to show that the " old-fashioned... | |
| Charles Churchill, William Tooke - 1844 - 392 pages
...constitution of the state, and the apostolical hierarchy of the Church cf England, — opposed to a whig. Network — anything reticulated or decussated at...distances, with interstices between the intersections. Cough — A convulsion of the lungs vellicated by some sharp serosity. Excise — A hateful tax levied... | |
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