The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
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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 resembles an arrow; a dart.
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The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
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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 act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty; the quitting of one's duties willfully…
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To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, makin…
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To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.
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To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or around its staff, s…
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Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals.
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To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
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To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.
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A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the eart…
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A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…
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A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.
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A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to l…
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Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They h…
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A vertical iron bolt, by which the forward axle and wheels of a vehicle or the trucks of a railroad car are connected with the other parts.
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Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant.
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To take one's self off; to decamp.
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To take one's self off; to decamp.
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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 throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.
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A turkey cock; a bubbling Jock.
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A turkey cock; a bubbling Jock.
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To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.
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The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…
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See Chank.
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A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.
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To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.
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Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.
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To hide, withdraw, or be concealed.
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To take one's self off; to decamp.
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To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.
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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 break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly.
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To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp.
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In a rigid manner; stiffly.
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A blow, esp. one given with the open hand, or with something broad.
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In a bold, careless manner; at random.
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A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.
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In a stiff manner.
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A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of electricity passing from one part of the heavens to another, or from the clouds to the earth.
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To remove a bolt from; to unfasten; to unbar; to open.
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To remove a bolt from; to unfasten; to unbar; to open.
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