Word: webster
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...taks), v.t. [OF. taxer, fr. L. taxare to touch sharply.] -Webster...
...indeed a puzzling problem, Mr. Brunner, We were frankly stumped for some time. Webster's Dictionary informs us only that "a Bohemian adopts a mode of life in protest against the common conventions of society," and that "pseudo" means "sham...
Soon after the taverns, Daniel Webster came to Boston, and then the Liberator, the transcendentalists, and God. At the height of Boston's literary renaissance Walt Whitman came, and walked with Emerson, listening for two hours in 1860 to his talk. Of Emerson's involved arguments Whitman said, "While I can't answer them at all, I feel more settled than ever to adhere to my own theory, and exemplify...
...Roorback: A defamatory falsehood published for political effect-Webster's. The word comes from a report published in Whig papers on the eve of the 1844 election, attributed to a fictitious Baron Roorback. The report, an unsuccessful attempt to defeat Democratic Candidate (and slaveholder) James K. Polk, charged that a gang of slaves branded with the initials J.K.P. had been seen on their way to Southern markets...
RALPH E. NYE Webster Groves...