N
[en] or [ɛn]
Definition
(n.) A measure of space equal to half an M (or em); an en.
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Examples
- Listen to me, Agustín said, and coming close he put his hand on Robert Jordan's shoulder. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- You didn't think your Cap'n was a-goin' to dig with a shovel, did you? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I'll crack _my_ whip about their ear'n, afore they bring it to that, though, said Hiram, while Mr. Solomon, shaking his bridle, moved onward. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Milk, Agustín said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There is no problem, Agustín said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- No, say my lords the mob, you sha'n't have that. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Muriate of ammonium 5 parts}| n t | Nitrate of potassium 5 parts}| y u | | r | Snow or pounded ice 12 parts}| e | Muriate of sodium 5 parts}| to -25° | . William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Den Uncle Peter mus'n't sit in it, cause he al'ays hitches when he gets a singing. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Please, Cap'n Vye, will you let us---- Eustacia arose and went to the door. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Besides, no good-living woman--much less a purehappy spirit--would trouble amity like ours n'est-il pas vrai? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Set a bulldog on hind legs, and dress him up in coat and breeches, and yo'n just getten John Thornton. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Thy duty, said Agustín mockingly. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In September of the same year Eugèn e Bouvard had presented new tables of that planet. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- They have bee n recognized as fundamental from antiquity. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Get thee down, Robert Jordan whispered to Agustín, and he turned his head and flicked his hand _Down, Down_, to Anselmo who was coming through the gap with a pine tree, carrying it over his shoulder like a Christmas tree. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Genetic psychology attempts to trace the development of mind as a mea ns of adjustment. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Over the porch of his school, the Academy at Athe) ns, were inscribed the words, Let no one who is unacquainted with geometry enter here. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- You know him awlung o' his misfort'ns, and his good name. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- In 1814, however, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, of Chal?ns, invented a process that utilized the camera, and which was called Heliography, or sun drawing. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Oh, wery well, Sir,' replied Sam, 'we shan't be bankrupts, and we shan't make our fort'ns. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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