| Maude Morrison Frank - 1909 - 176 pagina’s
...whom excise is paid. 5. Pension — pay given to a state hireling to betray his country. 6. Oats — a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people. 2. Exposition of Terms A. A term may be explained in a paragraph of exposition as follows : — EXAMPLE.... | |
| Maude Morrison Frank - 1909 - 178 pagina’s
...whom excise is paid. 5. Pension—pay given to a state hireling to betray his country. 6. Oats—a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people. 2. Exposition of Terms A. A term may be explained in a paragraph of exposition as follows:— EXAMPLE.—Paragraph... | |
| Duncan A. Bruce - 1998 - 404 pagina’s
...Samuel Johnson's prejudice against the Scots is well known. His landmark Dictionary defines "oats" thus: "A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." Nevertheless, when Dr. Johnson began the monumental task of compiling this great work, five of the... | |
| Connie Robertson - 1998 - 404 pagina’s
...as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it. 2171 Oats: A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people. 2172 Is not a patron one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when... | |
| Gail Rentsch, Steven D. Price, Barbara Burn, David A. Spector - 1998 - 356 pagina’s
...the farrier can cut out the infected area and treat it with a drying agent such as Kopertox. Oats — a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people. SAMUEL JOHNSON, LD.D. Dictionary of the English Language Earlier editions of The Whole Horse Catalog... | |
| Samuel Anthony Barnett - 1998 - 308 pagina’s
...custom, exemplified by a notorious entry in Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language: 'Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.' In every community people take for granted certain conventions about eating: even the usual number... | |
| Kevin J. Vanhoozer - 2009 - 502 pagina’s
...look up a word, one finds only other words. Take, for instance, Dr. Johnson's definition of "oats": "A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." This definition tells us as much about Dr. Johnson and his times as it does the word in question. Wherein... | |
| Klaus-Uwe Panther, Günter Radden - 1999 - 442 pagina’s
...what Langacker (1984) describes as an 'active zone.' 17. The famous Dr Johnson observed that oats is "a grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports die people" (Johnson, 1785, sv oats). 18. One of the rare metonymies in this domain is BritE tea 'drink,'... | |
| 2000 - 484 pagina’s
...cereal grass which can grow in more marginal environments than other cereals. Johnson's Dictionary: 'A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.' (1755) breaded CZECH a snack, usually served with drink CZECH lunch CZECH sauce containing horseradish... | |
| Robert Greenman - 2000 - 468 pagina’s
...Anything reticulated or decussated at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections. Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people. Patron. Commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is paid with flattery. caterwaul KA ter... | |
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