A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…
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A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especially for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a fence or gate; the bar of a door.
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A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…
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A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…
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To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing;…
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To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing;…
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A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy.
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A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…
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A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.
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To refuse to allow; to deny the force or validity of; to disown and reject; as, the judge disallowed the executor's charge.
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To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as to expel air from a bellows.
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To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.
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Fixed; solidified.
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of Forbid
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Same as Hindrance.
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The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered.
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To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops.
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That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect.
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That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade…
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To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations.
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The act or state of interfering; as, the stoppage of a machine by the interference of some of its parts; a meddlesome interference in the business of…
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A kind of frock for children.
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of Mark
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One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition.
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To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing;…
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One who obstructs or hinders.
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The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
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To shut up; to close.
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The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a profession of faith.
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To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, an…
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To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile; as, Sylla and Marius proscribed each other's adherents.
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An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.
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of Rail
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The back, or top of the back; a crest.
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Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a ho…
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Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.
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To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…
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An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
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of Avert
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A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or con…
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of Band
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A strong pin in the side of a vessel, or by the mast, round which ropes are wound when they are fastened or belayed.
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A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which resem…
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A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard.
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A body of individuals; an assemblage.
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A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluk…
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of Crush
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Hindrance from approach; exclusion.
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The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as, the disqualification of men for holdin…
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An openmouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to giv…
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of Forestall
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See 1st Frith.
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A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.
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One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver.
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The act of intercepting; as, interception of a letter; interception of the enemy.
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More agreeable; more pleasing.
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The act of obviating, or the state of being obviated.
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The act of precluding, or the state of being precluded; a shutting out.
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The art of preserving from, or of preventing, disease; the observance of the rules necessary for the preservation of health; preservative or preventi…
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of Quell
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An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.
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The channel of a stream.
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The herb sage, or salvia.
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Stubble.
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of Stifle
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A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, the striae, or groovings, produced on…
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The quality or condition of being striated.
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The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the suppression of trut…
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A small table or flat surface.
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A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.
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To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.
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A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.
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A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually…
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A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually…
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To care; to desire.
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To care; to desire.
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The act of going, or state of being, before.
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The act of going, or state of being, before.
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The act of relegating, or the state of being relegated; removal; banishment; exile.
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The act of relegating, or the state of being relegated; removal; banishment; exile.
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To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.
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To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.
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One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.
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One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.
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A line, or long, narrow division of anything of a different color or structure from the ground; hence, any linear variation of color or structure; as…
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A line, or long, narrow division of anything of a different color or structure from the ground; hence, any linear variation of color or structure; as…
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An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street a…
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The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the constestants run, or from which they start to return to it again; the place at which a race…
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An alehouse.
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A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amus…
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A house where liquors are retailed.
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To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power.
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A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually…
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A room containing a bar or counter at which liquors are sold.
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A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…
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The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of th…
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A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake.
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To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or re…
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To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as,…
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A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and s…
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The act of going, or state of being, before.
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To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish.
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A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amus…
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To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.
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To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.
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A line, or long, narrow division of anything of a different color or structure from the ground; hence, any linear variation of color or structure; as…
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A room where liquors are kept on tap; a barroom.
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To remove a bar or bars from; to unbolt; to open; as, to unbar a gate.
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To remove a bar or bars from; to unbolt; to open; as, to unbar a gate.
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