Bilk: alternatives and connections

An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.

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A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a m…

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To take away; to put an end; to destroy.

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To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.

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of Forbid

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To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude.

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To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate.

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To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede.

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To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct.

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To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.

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To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of…

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The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.

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The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.

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The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.

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of Foil

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of Foil

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A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling, or convulsive motions.

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A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling, or convulsive motions.

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To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight.

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A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below th…

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To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an…

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To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pur…

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To tread under foot; to trample.

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Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect.

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At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or ac…

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Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish.

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To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.

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Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.

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