lignifies

Its name lignifies the Fall of the Wye, that river being here precipitated in a catarafh It is 20 miles WNW of New Radnor and

The general gazetteer, or, Compendious geographical dictionary [microform] : containing a description of the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, cities, towns, forts, seas, harbours, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, &c. in the known world : with the government, customs, manners, and religion of the inhabitants; the extent, boundaries, and natural productions of each country, the trade, manufactures, and curiosities of the cities and towns; their longitude, latitude, bearings and distances in English miles from remarkable places; and the various events by which they have been distinguished : including an account of the counties, cities, boroughs, market-towns, and principal villages, in Great Britain and Ireland 1797

But, provided the nature of it be well underftood, it lignifies very little whether \fc call it a Figure or a Trope.

Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres: By Hugh Blair, ... In Three Volumes ... 1787

(d) Ja Arabjc Nehid lignifies a generous well-bom man.

Collectanea de rebus hibernicis .. 1786