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Definition of Spreads
1. spread [v] - See also: spread
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spreads
Literary usage of Spreads
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bachelor of the Albany by Marmion Wilard Savage (1848)
"The Furies of the Real World—Further Acquaintance of the spreads with Miss
Medlicott—The Trials of that Young Lady—Her Conquest of Philip —Mr. Barker ..."
2. A Dictionary of Similes by Frank Jenners Wilstach (1916)
"spreads like honeysuckle in Virginia. — IBID. spreads like a lie. ... Calumny spreads
like an oil-spot : we endeavor to cleanse it, but the mark remains. ..."
3. The Journal of the Rev. Francis Asbury, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal by Francis Asbury (1821)
"God has preached to the whole family by the death of his daughter, and the fire
spreads throughout the whole neighbourhood. We must needs go through Samaria ..."
4. The Seasons by James Thomson (1844)
"Heavens! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods,
and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, ..."
5. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"... Who rants on nothing long incessant hours; Wide spreads the leaves oflaw, that
weigh a grain, With splish.splash morals of a school-boy's brain; ..."
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