Definition of letter

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Letter (n.) One who retards or hinders.

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Suffix :: Suffix (n.) A letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added or appended to the end of a word or a root to modify the meaning; a postfix..
Date :: Date (v. t.) To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter..
Provection :: Provection (n.) A carrying forward, as of a final letter, to a following word; as, for example, a nickname for an ekename..
Liquid :: Liquid (a.) Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth; as, l and r are liquid letters..
Capitalize :: Capitalize (v. t.) To print in capital letters, or with an initial capital..
Hornbook :: Hornbook (n.) The first book for children, or that from which in former times they learned their letters and rudiments; -- so called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or printed; a primer..
Type :: Type (n.) A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character, cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing..
News-writer :: News-writer (n.) One who gathered news for, and wrote, news-letters..
A B C :: A B C () The first three letters of the alphabet, used for the whole alphabet..
Quadrat :: Quadrat (n.) A block of type metal lower than the letters, -- used in spacing and in blank lines..
Annodated :: Annodated (a.) Curved somewhat in the form of the letter S.
Literatim :: Literatim (adv.) Letter for letter.
Transcribe :: Transcribe (v. t.) To write over again, or in the same words; to copy; as, to transcribe Livy or Tacitus; to transcribe a letter..
Mail :: Mail (n.) That which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received through the post office..
Roman :: Roman (a.) Upright; erect; -- said of the letters or kind of type ordinarily used, as distinguished from Italic characters..
Limn :: Limn (v. t.) To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders..
Delta :: Delta (n.) A tract of land shaped like the letter delta (/), especially when the land is alluvial and inclosed between two or more mouths of a river; as, the delta of the Ganges, of the Nile, or of the Mississippi..
Character :: Character (n.) A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol..
Consonant :: Consonant (n.) An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of the spoken alphabet other than a vowel; also, a letter or character representing such a sound..
Mute :: Mute (n.) A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t..
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