The second letter of the Roman alphabet, ancient and modern, corresponding, in position and power, to the Greek Beta, and Phœnician and Hebrew Beth…
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| 释义 | society > communication > writing > written character > name of written character > [noun] > others (22) Bc1000 The second letter of the Roman alphabet, ancient and modern, corresponding, in position and power, to the Greek Beta, and Phœnician and Hebrew Beth… Dc1000 The fourth letter of the Roman alphabet, corresponding in position and power to the Phoenician and Hebrew Daleth, and Greek Delta, Δ, whence also… ellc1000 A measure of length varying in different countries. The English ell = 45 in.; the Scotch = 37·2; the Flemish = 27 in. Now historical or with… Fc1000 The letter, and the sound it represents. Sc1000 The letter and its sound. yogha1300 (The name of) the letter ȝ commonly used in Middle English to represent the palatal semivowel/j/, the voiced velar fricative/ɣ/, or the unvoiced… Pa1398 The letter, and the sound it represents. ess1540 Anything in the shape of an S, or beginning with S. collar of esses: see collar, n. 3c. tee1610 The name of the letter T; also applied to objects having the form of this (T or ⊦). See also T, n. 2. alif1727 The first letter of the Arabic and Persian alphabets, corresponding to Roman a, and having the form ا when written or printed. Cf. aleph, n. 1. Also… cue1755 The name of the letter Q. em1793 The square, formerly of the type m, used in typography as the unit for measuring and estimating the amount of printed matter in a line, page, etc… en1793 The half square, formerly of the type n, used as a unit for measuring the amount of printed matter in a line, page, etc. Also attributive, esp. in en… dee1795 Applied to a D-shaped iron or steel loop used for connecting parts of harness, or for fastening articles to the saddle: cf. 2a. double U1841 (a) name of the letter W; (b) colloquial short for W.C. = water-closet. edh1846 Name of the Anglo-Saxon and Old Icelandic letter, or the phonetic symbol, ð (‘crossed d’). wye1857 (See quots. and cf. Y, n. 3.) vee1883 A thing having or arranged in the shape of a V. gee1926 The letter G; spec. in U.S. slang, a thousand dollars (cf. G, n. initialisms). nut1940 Typography colloquial = en, n. See also nut quad n. at compounds 2. kay1959 = O.K., n.1 int.2 used as int. at sign1977 The symbol @, read in English as ‘at’. Cf. commercial A n., commercial at n. at commercial, adj. n.additions. |
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