July
[dʒʊˈlaɪ]
Definition
(n.) The seventh month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
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Definition
n. the seventh month of the year—from Caius Julius CéŽ ar who was born in it.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of this month, denotes you will be depressed with gloomy outlooks, but, as suddenly, your spirits will rebound to unimagined pleasure and good fortune.
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Examples
- It was dated from Hampshire on the 25th of July, and it announced the journey of Lady Glyde to London on the 26th. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It was incorporated, in pursuance of an act of parliament, by a charter under the great seal, dated the 27th of July 1694. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Machines with fine metal card teeth are now largely used for this purpose, and of which the planetary napping machine of Ott, patent No. 344,981, July 6, 1886, is an example. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- From that time until July, 1878, his time and attention day and night were almost completely absorbed by the excitement caused by the invention and exhibition of the machine. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- You will see some sausages, both cooked and uncooked; they were made for me by Mr. Bowron, poulterer, of Paddington, early in July last, before I went to Carlsbad. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Timby, No. 35,846, July 8, 1862, and No. 36,593, September 30, 1862. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Sanders’ United States patent, 21,027, July 27, 1858, was the basis of an experiment tried at the Girard House in Philadelphia. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The Fourth of July was safe, as far as the Mediterranean was concerned. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Watson's paper is dated January 21, 1748; Franklin's July 11, 1747; several months prior. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- THIRD STREET DAYTON, OHIO July 22, 1911. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In Fig. 282 is given a section and plan view of the Greener mechanism, which was patented July 6, 1880, No. 229,604, and was one of the first guns of this kind put on the market. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Let Walter Hartright, teacher of drawing, aged twenty-eight years, be heard firSt. II It was the last day of July. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The thunder of our two brave cannon announced the Fourth of July, at daylight, to all who were awake. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- A charter of incorporation was granted in July, 1662; and, later, Charles II proclaimed himself founder and patron of the Royal Society for the advancement of natural science. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- My diary informs me, that I was accidentally passing Aunt Verinder's house in Montagu Square, on Monday, 3rd July, 1848. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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