, ^Lh V PIGTIONARY, OR INDEX TO A SET OF CUTS roR CHILDREN. PHILADELPHIA: Published by Jacob Johnsow, Ng, 147, Market-Street. 1804. 65484 DICTIONARY. Three Letters^ alphabetical A.CE, a card with one fpot, 49. Ark, the fliip in which Noah was faved, 1. Bat, a fmall, flying quadruped, 39. Bed, fomething made to fleep on, 2, Bee, an infea, 34. Bow, an inftrument formerly ufed in war, 28. Box, a cafe or cheft, 30. Cat, an animal with four feet, which eats birds, mice, rats, &c. 3. Cot, a hut, a mean habitation, 47. Cup, a fmall drinking veffel, 29. Dab, a flat fiih, 4. Dog, a domeftic quadruped, 37. Eel, a fifli like a fnake, 5. Elm, a fort of tree, 41. Fan, ufed by ladies to waft the air, 44. Fig, a fruit, 50. A 2 FIR deck, 53!^^ ' ^°"«'«es with one Hut, a i5oor cottage, 8. paving for theireS;^;;----ed, Jar, an earthen veffel, 3S. ' ^ neck than bodv To' ^""^' ^'^' ^ f'^aller ^^="', a human being, ss. M A P Map, a fort of pi(5lure, lliewing the fitu- ation of places, 13. Mop, cloth or wool fixed on a handle, for cleaning floors, &c. 43. Net, any kind of thread woven into nieflies, 14. Nun, a woman living in a nunnery, 27. Nut, the fruit of fome trees: it is a kernel or meat covered with a, hard fliell -, and is the feed, 32. Oak, a tree bearing acorns, v/hich are its fruit or feed, 15, Ov/1, a bird of prey; flying little in the day ; eating birds and mice, 36. Pea, a plant: the blolToms are like butter- flies : the feeds in a pod, 26. Pen, an inftrument to write with, 51. Pie, cruft baked with fomething in it, 46. Pig, a young hog, o3» Pot, aveffei, 10^, ROD Rod, a bundle of pliant twigs, uCed far chalUfing naughty children ; but not wanted where they are early' trained to obedience, 17. Sea, a great and deep water, 18. Sty, a cabin to keep hogs in, 52. Top, a fpinning toy for children, 31. Tub, an open veflel of wood, to hold li- quids, 19. Urn, a veffel, of which the mouth is nar- rower than the body, 20. Van, or fan, an instrument bv which the chaff is blown awav from corn, 21. Web, a net, which the fplder makes to en- tangle her prey: there are various kinds, which are very curious, 22. Wig, hair woven for a covering to the head, 42, Yew, an evergreen tree, with narrow leaves and a red hollow berr\', 23. Zed, the lad letter of the ah>hcibet, 24. ARC Four Letters J alphabetical. Arch, a building farming part of a circle', 55. Barn, a building for laying, up hay, corn, or ftraw, 56. Boat, a veflel to pafs the water in, 116. Book, made of paper, and either printed or written on, 96. Bowl, a veffel to hold liquids, 94. Brig, a fmall fliip, 103. Gage, an enclofure for confinement, 89. Camp, the order of tents when placed by armies, when they keep the field, 82. Cane, a ftrong reed, ■98. Cart, a wheel carriage for luggage, 95. Caflc, a barrel, 79. Comb, an implement made of horn, box, or ivory, to fmooth and cleanfe the hair, 92. Coop, a cage or pen, 57. C R O Crown, an ornament for the head of kings, queens, &c. 127. Delk, an inclinuig table, for the ufe of writers or readers, 86. Dice, the pkiral of die ; which is a fmall cube marked with dots, from one to fix: with thefe, people play at games of chance, and ruin their families. Dove, a name for a pigeon, 91. Duck, a water fowl, 58. Drum, an inftrument of military mufic, beaten with flicks. Eggs, they are laid b}^ birds and brooded, whence their young are hatched, 59. Flag, colours or enfign of a fliip or land forces : he wlio carries it is called enfign : it ferves as a badge or mark of dillinc- tion, 60. Fork, an inftrument of two or more prongs, 87. Gate, an opening-, 61. G R O Grove, two rows of trees {landing nearly parallel, 121. Harp, a lyre, a mufical inftrument, fining with wire and flruck with the finger, 90. Hive, a habitation or cell of bees. Hoop, a circular thing j boys make a toy of fuch a one, 115. Horn ; this is a bugle-horn and generally ufed by hunters, 62. Ifle, land furrounded by water, 63. Jack, this is ufed for turning the fpit on which meat is roafled, 64. The King, the fupreme governor of our happy nation: Long may he reign, 97. Kite, a paper toy, fo light as to be borne up by the wind ; floating in the air as the bird of the fame name foars, 65. Knife, an inftrument for cutting or dividing with, 122. Lamb, a young ftieep, 80. LAM Lamp, to hold oil and a wick for the pur- pofe of (hewing light, 100. Leaf, the green part of ftirubs, trees, and flowers ; whicii generally falls off in win- ter, 66. Mace, an enfign of authority borne before a magiftrate, 67. Mail, a poftman's bundle ; fo the coach which carries it takes the name, 117. Mafk, a cover to difguife the face, 120. Mice, well known quadrupeds, 81. Neft, the bed formed by a bird for her young, 68. Oaks, noble trees produced from acorns, 69. Pail, a wooden veflel, with a handle, com- monly ufed for carrying milk or water, 119. Park, apiece of ground enclofed, and ftored with deer, 84. Pink, a beautiful and fweet flower, 70. Pine, a delicious fruit, called pine apple, 101 • p I p Pipe, a tube of clay through which the fmoke of tobacco is drawn, 102. Phims, ftone fruit, 104. Quill, the hard and flrong wing feathers, of which pens are made, 71. Rake, an inftrument with teeth, for collect- ing hay, corn, weeds, &c. 72. Roll, fomething turning about wlien piiflied or drawn forward, to level walks, Sack, a large bag, 99. Ship, a large wooden building, made to pafs over the fea, with fails to catch the wind, 73. Shop, a place where goods are fold, 118. Spoon, an inllrument to take lip food. Spur, a fliarp point fixed to the rider's heel, mod cruelly ufed by jockies who ride races, 83. Star, a light which appears in the night, of which there are many. TEN Tent, a foldier's moveable lodging place, commonly made of canvas extended upon poles, 74. Vane, a plate hung on a pin to turn with the wind, and to Ihew whence it blows, 88. Vafe, a vefiel, Urns, vedels, in which the mouth is nar- . rower than the body: formerly the re- mains of bodies were put into urns after the greater part had been confumed by- fire, 76. Well, a deep, narrow pit of water, 77. Yoke, a bond to couple oxen, 7^. BAR Five or more Letters^ alphaheticaL Barge, a fort of boat, 151. Booth, a houfe made of boards, or boughs, or covered with cloth for a fair, 152. Boots, coverings for the legs for riding, 128. Branch, a flioot of a tree from a main bough, 129. Bridge, a building raifed over water, for pafling on foot or riding, 144. . Broom, a buncii of twigs or hair, to fweep with, lor. Chair, a moveable feat, with a back, 157. Chaife, a carriage for riding in, drawn by- one or more horfes, 138. Cheefe, food made of the curd of milk, 161. Cheft, a box, 145. Child, an infant, or very young perfon, 160. Church, a colledtion of people met for wor- ship, ur: C H U Churn, the veffel in which cream is moved about, to make it feparate into butter and whey, 162. Clock, an inflrument which tells the hour, 150. Coach, a carriage of pleafure or ftate, 158. Couch, a chair to repofe on, 109. Crown, the ornament of the head, which denotes regal or imperial dignity, 127. Flafk, a fort of bottle, 136. Glafs, a vefiel for drinking out of, 140. Glafs a mirror or looking-glafs, 108. Globe, a round ball, to reprefent the earth, with a map of the world drawn upon it, 143. Grapes, the fruit of the vine, 131. Grate, a range of bars for holding fuel. Grove, a colle6lion of trees : a fmall wood of young trees. Horfe, a hoofed animal, well known, 125. Houfe, a place of abode, 113. K N I Knife, fteel, with an edge and handle for cutting meat, &c. 122. Nurfe, a woman who has the care of a child or a fick perfon, 130. Pales, narrow pieces of wood joined above and below to rails, to enclofe grounds, 139. Peach, a ftone fruit, 13/. Plums, a ftone fruit, 104. Plumb, or Plomb, a leaden weight let down at the end of a line, 132. Plume, a feather worn as an ornament, 146. Pound, a pinfold : an enclofure or prifon, in which ftrayed beafts are put till they are claimed by the owners, 154. Queen, wife of a king, 141. Scales, veflels fufpended by a beam, which balance each other : they are ufed to find the weight of any thing, 112. School, a houfe where children are placed to receive inftru^lion, 142, SCR Screen, what is ufed for fliclter, or for con- cealment: we have fire-fcreens, 159. Sheaf, a bundle of corn in the ear, bound together to dry, 105. Shears, initruments for clipping : very large fciffars, 134. Shell, a hard covering, 153. Shield, a buckler: a broad piece of armour, held on the left arm, to vrard oft blows, 114. Shoes, coverings for the feet, 110. Scythe, a crooked blade fixed to a long pole, ufed in mowing, 135. Sloop, a fmall Hiip, Spade, the infcrument ufed for digging, 155. Sphynx, an infecl like a butterfly, 133, Spoon, a little cup with a handle for eating with, 124. Stile, a fet of fteps, over which one maf cltmb, feparating enclofures, 111. "" Stove, fee grate, 148. S T O Stool, a feat without a back. Sword, a fiiarp weapon, worn in a (heath, 149. Wha(k, a board upon a pole, which gar- deners ufe to level grafs walks, 12S. Wheel, a circular body, v/hich turns, and fo makes a carriage move more eaiily, 156. Yatch, a fmall iliip for carrying paflengers, 126, A C O Txvo Syllables^ alphabetical. Acorns, fruit or feed of the oak, 189. Anchor, a heavy iron, to hold a fhip by, being fixed to the ground, 182. Apple, a fruit containing feeds of the apple tree, 178. Arbour, (from the French for tree), a fcreen for feats, made with boughs: a bower, 215. Arrow, the pointed and winged weapon which is fhot from a bow, 169. Baby, a young child : an infant, 203, Balloon, a ball filled with matter fo much lighter than the air, as to float in it, and even keep up other things faftened to it, 188. Barrow, a carriage moved by the hand, 185. Bafin, a fmall earthen veflel, to hold liquids, 211. B A S Baiket, a veffel made of twigs ; we make them of ofier, which is pbant and tough, 204. ^ ,, Bible, a book, called by way of excellence. The Book : the facred volume, m which is contained what God has been pleafed to reveal, 186. Bonnet, a covering for the head, 209. Bottle, a fmall veffel, ufually of glafs : thofe mentioned in the New Teftament were of leather, 202. Bucket, much like a pail, for drawing water out of a well, 199. Candle, a light made of wax, tallow, or fpermaceti, with a v/ick in it, 214. Cannon, a very large gun, 177. Cart-lodge, a place in which carts are kept, Caftle, a houfe fortified ; that is fttengthen- ed againft attacks, 212. CHE Clierries, a fmall fleftiy fruit, of which the ftone is the feed, 200. Comet, a flar with a long ftream of light, called a tail, 1 79. Cottage, a mean habitation: a hut, 201. Currants, fmall juicy fruit, growing in bunches, with many feeds in each berry, isr. Curtain, a cloth, which can be fpread or clofed by rings or pullies, and firings, 287. Dancer, one who dances, 175. Ewer, a veffel in which Water is brought, for wafliing the hands, 194-. Feather, the plume of a bird, 171. Fender, an iron, placed before the fire, to hinder falling coals from rolling forward, i95. Hammer, an inftrument with a handle and a heavy head, for driving or forcing any- thing, 216 Heartfeafe, a fort of violet, 181. I V Y Ivy^^, a plant always green, covering bodies of trees and old walls, into which it llrikes a fort of root, to fupport its weak branches. Jockey, a poor untaught being, little above the animals which he tends : kept to train race-horfes, ISO. Ladder, a fort of portable flair-cafe, or frame made with fteps between two up- rights, 213. Lantern, a tranfparent cafe, to keep a candle from being extinguilhed, 172. Letter, an epiftle : written paper folded, 164. Machine, many contrivances are fo called : this is to drive into the fea a fufficient depth for bathing, 170. Manfion, houfe ; abode ; place of refidence, 166. * By mistake the engraver has given ground-ivy, 167. M I L Milkmaid, a carrier of milk, 184. Myrtle, a beautiful and fragrant plant with leaves ever green, 173. Nofegay, a bunch of flowers, 206. Pi6luie, (from the Latin) a refemblance of perfons, places, or things, in colours, 205. Poker, an iron bar for flirring a fire, 198. Poppy, a plant whofe property it is to pro- cure fleep> 208. Ruins, remains of buildings demolillied, 162. Saddle, a feat placed upon a horfe for th« eafe of his rider, 193. Sceptre, an enfign of royalty borne in the hand, 196. Shovel, an inftrument with a broad blade and long handle : we ufe one to throw up cinders, 190. Steeple, a turret (little tower) in which tlie bells are hung, 168. TAB Table, a flat &oard upon pillars, to place our meals or books, Sec. upon, 197. Tea-tongs, finall tongs for taking up fugar, 192. Trumpet, an inftrument of martial mufic, founded by the breath, 210. Tulip, a flower growing from a root, which looks like an onion ; called bulbous, 183. Tunnel, a pipe, with the mouth fpread into a bafm, for filling bottles with narrow necks, 174. Windmill, a mill turned by the wind, 191. Window, an opening by which air is ad- mitted: we are fo happy as to have glafs ; which lets in light, and fhuts the cold and rain out. Woman, female man, 165^ ALL Three or more Syllables^ alphabetical. Alligator, the crocodile of America, 290. Anhinga, a bird called dalher, 302. Auricula, bear's-ear : an early flower, much efteemed, 270. Avenue, an alley or walk of trees before a houfe : an approach, 239. Balancing, fwaying, poifmg, 319. Eabyrouffa, a foreign fwine, with bending tufKs like horns, 309. Baluilrade, rows of little pillars, called ba- luflers, 257. Battledore, a long handle and fiat blade, 222. Battlement, a wall with fpaces, 226. Bow-window, curving window, 274. Box-iron, a box with a handle, heated by hot iron put into it, for fmoothing linen, 248. B U T Bnttei^fly, an infe6l with four wings, covered Avith dud, which is really plumage, 218. Cameleon, a fort of lizard, 292. Camelopard, a quadruped, 300. Campanula, a flower, bell-fuaped, 301. Candle (lick, an inftrument to hold a candle, 256. Canifter, a fmall vcfiel for tea or other things, 219. Carnation, a very large double pink : it is thought to take its name from lake, meaning flefti-colour, 299. Cafibwary, a large foreign bird, 298. Chinefe Pheafant, a foreign bird, fee Coal-flvuttle, a wide fliallow baiket, to hold coals for ufe, 294. Cocked-hat, a hat fet up, 249. Coffee-pot, for pouring out coffee, 223. Convolvolus, a bell-flower, which is rolled up (Latin) in the bud, 268. Cornucopiae, horn of plenty (Latin) 293. C R O Crown Imperial, a magnificent plant, bear- ing a tuft of leaves, fairounded by co- louring bells, 307. Cucumber, fruit of a plant well known, 229. Decanter, (French) a bottle into which liquor is poured off genth^, 225. Demoifelle, a bird called Numidian Crane, 304. Drefrmg-room, a room for drefling in, 240. Extinguifher, a hollow cone, put upon a candle to extinguifli it, 266. Fiflierman, a man who tries to catch fifh, 234. Flamingo, a foreign bird, 296. Flower-bafket, a balket for flowers, 28Q, Fk)wer-pot, a pot for flowers, 259. Fruit-balket, a bafket for fruit, 217. Gallery, a kind of walk in a houfe : into which the doors of the apartments optn, 22B. G E R Geranium, a tribe of flowers. Green-houfe-pot, ufed by gardeners for ten- der plants, 252. Gridiron, a grate for broiling meat upon, 227. Harpfichord, a mufical inflrument, 264. Hat-and feather, 267. Hemorobius, an infe6l with four gauzy wings, fee 289. Hermitage, the cell or habitation of a her- mit, who lives retired, 245. Honey fuckle, a very fragrant, common flower, 285. Honeyfacker, fmall birds, called likewife, Hummingbirds, 312. Houfe-keeper, a perfon who takes care of the houfe and fervants, 247. Hyacinth, a plant with a bulbous root, and bearing little bell-formed flowers, 263. Ichneumon, an infe6l with four clear wings, fee 330. I N D Indulgence, favour, kindnefs, 315. Jeflamiiie, a fragrant flower, well known, 2G1. Library, (from the Latin and Greek,) a large colleclion of books, 238. Linen-horfe, a frame for drying linen, 251. Mariner (from the Latin), feaman, failor, 237. Maufoleum, a pompous funeral monument, 284. Microfcope, an optic glafs for enlarging cbjeels, 323. Monafter}', a convent ; a houfe of religious retirement, 295. Monoculi, fmall infc6ts, which appear to have but one eye, v/hence their name, 281. Monument, a memorial: any thing by which the memory of perfons or things is preferved; a tomb is a memorial, 277. M U S Mufic-book, a book with notes by which to play or fmg, 244. Naftyrtium, a plant well known, 287* Obeliik, a magnificent high piece of marble or flone, having ufually four faces, and leffening upwards by degrees, 233. Orange-tree, a tree producing oranges, 258. Paradife-bird, a beautiful bird found only near the equator, 306. Parfonage ; the houfe where the clergyman refides is here meant, 230. Pavilion, a tent : a temporary or moveable houfe, 265. Periwinkle, a trailing plant with evergreen leaves and falver-ihaped flov/ers, blue, white,.. &c. 297. Petticoat, the lower garb of females, 250. Phaeton, a high open carriage with four wheels, fo named from a fabulous flory, 270. P I N Pincufliion, a bag fluffed with fomething' foft, to (lick pins in, 269. Plantation, a place which is planted, 286. Port-folio, a large cafe for holding paper, (porte feuille,) 278. Portico, a covered wall : a piazza or walk under a roof fupported by pillars, 255. Portmanteau, a cheft or bag in which cloaths are carried (French), 231. Poftilion, one who guides the fore hdrfes where there are fix ; or who rides on one of a pair, to drive a chaife, 232. Powder-puff, a puff for fliaking powder into the hair, 262. Pyramid, fuppofed to take the name from riling to a point like flame or fire : thofe of Egypt are famous, 271. Rafpberries, a well known fruit, 291. Rhinoceros, a large quadruped, 311. Scolopendra, an infect without wings, 279* SEC Secretary, one who writes for another ; but it here means a place for fecuring and re- ceiving materials for writing, 288. Sedan-chair, a portable coach : a feat car- ried by two men upon poles : from the Latin for fitting, 305. Shop-window, the window of a (hop, srs. Shuttlecock, a toy made of a cork (luck with feathers, and driven about, 220. Soldier, a warrior; a fighting man, 235. Spe6\acles, glaffes to affift the fight, 224. Spinning-wheel, a wheel for twifting flax, wool, &:c, 24^2. Strawberry, a flelhy berry, containing many feeds mixed with the pulp, 221. Sugar-loaf, fugar formed into a loaf, 246. Sun-flower, a large yellow flower with rays, 241. Tea-kettle, a kettle to boil water for 4iiak- ingtea, 2r5. T E L Telefcope, a long glafs by which diftant objects are viewed, and made to appear as if they were near, 254. Tuition, teaching, 316. Umbrella, (from umbra) a fcreen carried over the head, to keep off heat or rain, 303. Veronica, a genus of plants, of which fome are very common, 282. Waterfall, where water runs down a ileep declivity, 243. Watermill, a mill turned by water, 236. Water-pot, ufed to refreih plants in the garden or green-houfe, 273. Water-fcorpion, an infedl with ears, 308. Writing-book, a book for writing, 213, FINIS* LIBRARY OF CONGRESS "0 021 '772 125 8 H