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A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.

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Arm 76% connected

The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

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Call 76% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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Firewood 76% connected

Wood for fuel.

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form 76% connected

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

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Kind 76% connected

Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

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Label 76% connected

A tassel.

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Mark 76% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Marker 76% connected

One who or that which marks.

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Marking 76% connected

of Mark

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Name 76% connected

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

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Sort 76% connected

Chance; lot; destiny.

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Symbol 76% connected

A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emb…

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Tag 76% connected

Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.

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Variety 76% connected

The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness.

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Weapon 76% connected

An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring…

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Backsword 76% connected

A sword with one sharp edge.

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Broadsword 76% connected

A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore.

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Cutlass 76% connected

A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy. See Curtal ax.

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Demerit 76% connected

That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.

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Falchion 76% connected

A broad-bladed sword, slightly curved, shorter and lighter than the ordinary sword; -- used in the Middle Ages.

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Label 76% connected

A tassel.

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Rapier 76% connected

A straight sword, with a narrow and finely pointed blade, used only for thrusting.

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Saber 76% connected

Alt. of Sabre

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Sabre 76% connected

A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword.

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Tuck 76% connected

A long, narrow sword; a rapier.

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Maculate 74% connected

To spot; to stain; to blur.

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Maculate 74% connected

To spot; to stain; to blur.

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Stigma 74% connected

A mark made with a burning iron; a brand.

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Stigma 74% connected

A mark made with a burning iron; a brand.

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Component part 9

Blade 70% connected

Properly, the leaf, or flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants. The term is sometimes applied to the spire of grasses.

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Foible 70% connected

Weak; feeble.

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Forte 70% connected

The strong point; that in which one excels.

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Haft 70% connected

A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; t…

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Helve 70% connected

The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze.

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Hilt 70% connected

A handle; especially, the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like.

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Peak 70% connected

A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.

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Point 70% connected

To appoint.

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Tip 70% connected

The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

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Synonym 12

Blade 92% connected

Properly, the leaf, or flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants. The term is sometimes applied to the spire of grasses.

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Denounce 92% connected

To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim (especially an evil).

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Firebrand 92% connected

A piece of burning wood.

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Make 92% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Mark 92% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Marque 92% connected

A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals.

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Post 92% connected

Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.

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Stain 92% connected

To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood.

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Steel 92% connected

A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one…

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Stigma 92% connected

A mark made with a burning iron; a brand.

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Stigmatize 92% connected

To mark with a stigma, or brand; as, the ancients stigmatized their slaves and soldiers.

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Sword 92% connected

An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp/pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, r…

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