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Definition of Schwas
1. schwa [n] - See also: schwa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Schwas
Literary usage of Schwas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Switzerland, and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1887)
"... both on the lake, on the Halden-Strasse : "ENGLISCHER HOF (PI. c)i "schwas (PI.
d), R., L., »t A. 4>/2 5'/2, ..."
2. The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1886)
"... nearer the town; schwas and NEUE POST, at the upper end of the town, I'/^M.
from the station ; LOWE. — Omnibus to Badenweiler, see p. 376. ..."
3. The Saxons in England: A History of the English Commonwealth Till the Period by John Mitchell Kemble (1849)
"... the most important quality of the Ga or schwas its power of uniting distinct
populations for public purposes: in this respect it resembled the shire, ..."
4. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science by Robley Dunglison (1856)
"WHITE, OF schwas*. A hollow cylinder within the tubular nervous fibre, which
differs in composition and refracting power from the matter that occupies the ..."
5. Switzerland, and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1887)
"... both on the lake, on the Halden-Strasse : "ENGLISCHER HOF (PI. c)i "schwas (PI.
d), R., L., »t A. 4>/2 5'/2, ..."
6. The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1886)
"... nearer the town; schwas and NEUE POST, at the upper end of the town, I'/^M.
from the station ; LOWE. — Omnibus to Badenweiler, see p. 376. ..."
7. The Saxons in England: A History of the English Commonwealth Till the Period by John Mitchell Kemble (1849)
"... the most important quality of the Ga or schwas its power of uniting distinct
populations for public purposes: in this respect it resembled the shire, ..."
8. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science by Robley Dunglison (1856)
"WHITE, OF schwas*. A hollow cylinder within the tubular nervous fibre, which
differs in composition and refracting power from the matter that occupies the ..."
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