...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; Whiy, the name of a faction. Published a semi-weekly, the Rambler, 1750-52; lost his wife, 1752; contributed...

...Sir, old Mr. Sheridan has found out a very good reason! '" The definition of oats referred to was: "A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." 12 9. The opposition. The party in Parliament opposed to the Ministry. 12 14. That noble poem in which...

...Sir, old Mr. Sheridan has found out a very good reason! '" Tho definition of oats referred to was: "A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." 12 9. The opposition. The party in Parliament opposed to the Ministry. 12 14. That noble poem in which...

...everything Scottish, or Scotch as he would have spelt it, in his famous Dictionary defined oats as "a grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." Probably this was " wrote sarkastic," though it was, after all, only partially correct; it awoke, however,...

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...are generally substituted for it. Hence the definition of oats given by the great lexicographer : " A grain, which in England is generally given to horses; but in Scotland supports the people." One reason why wheat does not succeed well in these localities is the great vigor of the grasses in...

...structure and function, through successive differentiations and integrations (Spencer). (n) Oats is a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people. 7. Give examples of terms which are indefinable, and explain why this is the case. What is the distinction...

...shun." — Francis. 198. Hit joke on the article of oats. The definition of oats in his Dictionary: "A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." 300. Leandro Alberts s Description of Italy. See Life, iii. 206. 301. Aforeri's Dictionary. The Grand...

...Anything reticulated or decussated at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections. — Oats. A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but which in Scotland supports the people." Sir Walter Scott related the happy retort by Lord Elibank,...

...capitals, — an educated John Bull, — not immediately likable, but companionable, inimitable. ' Oats, — a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people ' — who could express his aversion like that except Dr. Johnson ? " I thought Ismene, who had her...