Blackguard: alternatives and connections

To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

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A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make as…

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To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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To mock; to ridicule.

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To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.

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To whisper.

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A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a man without honor or virtue.

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Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

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One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant.

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To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.

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To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.

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A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress.

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An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.

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To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach.

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To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.

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imp. of Sling. Slung.

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To make foolish; to make a fool of; as, to stultify one by imposition; to stultify one's self by silly reasoning or conduct.

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To comb or card, as wool or flax.

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To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to disgrace.

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To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.

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To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to ma…

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One who, or that which, limits; a boundary.

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A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards.

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To fight and scratch.

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A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).

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A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which hold…

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To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.

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A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but a…

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One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.

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An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.

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To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having reflecting surfaces wit…

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To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.

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