A written character, a letter. Obsolete. Cf. bookstaff, n., rune-stave, n.
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释义 | society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > letter (59) staffc888 A written character, a letter. Obsolete. Cf. bookstaff, n., rune-stave, n. bookstaffOE A letter of the alphabet. Kc1000 The letter. The plural appears as Ks, K's, ks, k's. (Although now generally pronounced/keɪ/, the pronunciation/kiː/ was formerly also current.) Yc1000 The letter or its sound. Zc1000 The letter, or its sound. AOE The letter, and the sound it represents. EOE The letter, and the sound it represents. GOE The letter, and the sound it represents. MOE The letter, and the sound it represents. ROE The letter, and the sound it represents. letterc1225 A character representing one or more of the elementary sounds used in speech and language; any of the symbols of an alphabet used in written language. print1340 figurative. An image or likeness of something. Obsolete (Manx English in later use). tawc1400 (The name of) the final letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ת); (also) the corresponding letter in various ancient Semitic alphabets. Cf. tau, n. Wc1465 The letter, its sound or name. J1591 The letter. The plural appears as Js, J's, js, j's. stave1866 quasi-archaic. An alphabetic letter. (Cf. rune-stave, n. and staff, n.1 17.) alphabet1972 regional. In the English of Hawaii, Hong Kong, India, South-East Asia, and West Africa: a letter of the alphabet. X- Used like other letters of the alphabet to denote serial order, as in the signatures of the sheets of a book, the batteries of the Royal Horse… Subcategories:— representing a sound (5) — representing more than one sound (1) — representing type of sound (2) — digraph or trigraph (8) — having the same form as another (1) — ligature or compendium (3) — monogram (4) — used as abbreviation (3) — letter according to position (7) — unchanged letter, usually Welsh initial consonant (5) — not sounded, specifically in Hebrew grammar (2) |
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