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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 especi…

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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 especi…

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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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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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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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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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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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The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of…

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The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.

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To render insensible by an anaesthetic.

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Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

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a man-made object taken as a whole

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a man-made object taken as a whole

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The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.

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Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.

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of Cast

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of Cast

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To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.

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To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.

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That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.

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To engage in continuous thought; to think.

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The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.

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To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of.

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To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate.

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A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region o…

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Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted.

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To arise the surface of into bosses or protuberances; particularly, to ornament with raised work.

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That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.

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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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A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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A bird.

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To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.

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Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.

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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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of House

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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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The quality or state of being unable; lack of ability; want of sufficient power, strength, resources, or capacity.

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To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a t…

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A kind of frock for children.

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of Lodge

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In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmi…

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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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To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

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A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively.

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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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of Run

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To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies; having a fixed form; hard…

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To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.

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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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To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.

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To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

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To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.

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An iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped.

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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 especi…

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The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the inser…

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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 stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask.

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A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiece running between pa…

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A regular solid body, with six equal square sides.

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A kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church; a sort of amice.

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That in which metal is cast; a mold.

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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 noggin.

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The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing…

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A footpath; a road.

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To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm.

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Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.

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A thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other stone, having plane surfaces.

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To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in successio…

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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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That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple.

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The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem.

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The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1.

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A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising…

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To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used commonly in the past pple.]

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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 especi…

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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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See Barricade.

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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 word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.

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That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.

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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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To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate.

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A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother.

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An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions; a prohibition…

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A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American c…

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A bird.

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To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sig…

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Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire s…

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To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

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A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Thos…

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The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- ca…

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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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Suffocated; choked.

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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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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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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 frieze.

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A frieze.

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A kind of frock for children.

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A kind of frock for children.

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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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That which closes or stops an opening.

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That which closes or stops an opening.

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To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm.

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To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm.

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Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.

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Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.

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A solid body which may be generated by the rotation of a parallelogram round one its sides; or a body of rollerlike form, of which the longitudinal s…

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A part of a circle comprehended between two radii and the included arc.

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Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, britt…

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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 especi…

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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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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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The act of blocking up; the state of being blocked up.

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The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.

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A regular solid body, with six equal square sides.

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To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often deflected.

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To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert;…

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To lose the remembrance of; to let go from the memory; to cease to have in mind; not to think of; also, to lose the power of; to cease from doing.

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A frieze.

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3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.

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Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.

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To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturally mobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages.

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To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops.

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A kind of frock for children.

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The ear, or its lobe.

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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 shut up; to close.

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The act of occluding, or the state of being occluded.

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To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm.

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A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for transmitting power from, or imparting power to, the different parts of machinery, or for changing the d…

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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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The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; th…

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Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.

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To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

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To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

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