A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; a professional assassin or murderer.
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To applaud.
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To show approval of by clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign.
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The face; the countenance or its expression.
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To strike; to slap; to strike, or strike together, with a quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap one's hands; a clapping of wings.
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One who, or that which, liquidates.
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One who kills a human being; one who commits manslaughter.
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One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice.
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imp. of Spit.
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One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense.
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An assassin.
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