What is an inanimate object, in distinction from a living being; any lifeless material. Ye meads and groves, unsonscious things! Cowper called?
thing — An inanimate object, in distinction from a living being; any lifeless material. Ye meads and groves, unsonscious things! Cowper. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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