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Canvass

To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote.

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Manner of action 21

Anatomize 76% connected

To dissect; to cut in pieces, as an animal vegetable body, for the purpose of displaying or examining the structure and use of the several parts.

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Appraise 76% connected

To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.

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Assay 76% connected

Trial; attempt; essay.

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Audit 76% connected

An audience; a hearing.

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Check 76% connected

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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Compare 76% connected

To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to b…

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Consider 76% connected

To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

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Diagnose 76% connected

To ascertain by diagnosis; to diagnosticate. See Diagnosticate.

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Follow 76% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

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Inspect 76% connected

To look upon; to view closely and critically, esp. in order to ascertain quality or condition, to detect errors, etc., to examine; to scrutinize; to…

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Investigate 76% connected

To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation; to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and examine into with care and ac…

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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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Reexamine 76% connected

To examine anew.

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Review 76% connected

To view or see again; to look back on.

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Screen 76% connected

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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Scrutinize 76% connected

To examine closely; to inspect or observe with critical attention; to regard narrowly; as, to scrutinize the measures of administration; to scrutiniz…

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Sieve 76% connected

A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It consist of a vessel, usually shallow…

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Sift 76% connected

To separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the coarse; as, to sift meal or flour; to sift powder; to sift sand or lime.

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Survey 76% connected

To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country.

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Trace 76% connected

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be draw…

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View 76% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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Broader term 21

Background 76% connected

Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.

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Beg 76% connected

A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey.

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Cloth 76% connected

A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made…

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Consider 76% connected

To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

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Enquiry 76% connected

See Inquiry.

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Fabric 76% connected

The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric.

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Inquiry 76% connected

The act of inquiring; a seeking for information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.

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Mat 76% connected

A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.

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Material 76% connected

Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.

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Reckon 76% connected

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

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Regard 76% connected

To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.

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Research 76% connected

Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborious or continued search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom.

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Scope 76% connected

That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate de…

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See 76% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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Setting 76% connected

of Set

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Solicit 76% connected

To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.

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Survey 76% connected

To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country.

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Tap 76% connected

To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.

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Tent 76% connected

A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also tent wine, and tinta.

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Textile 76% connected

Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.

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View 76% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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Narrower term 11

Crossjack 76% connected

The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast.

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Foresail 76% connected

The sail bent to the foreyard of a square-rigged vessel, being the lowest sail on the foremast.

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Headsail 76% connected

Any sail set forward of the foremast.

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Mainsail 76% connected

The principal sail in a ship or other vessel.

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Royal 76% connected

Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or prerogative; royal domains; the royal famil…

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Save-all 76% connected

Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss.

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Skysail 76% connected

The sail set next above the royal. See Illust. under Sail.

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Tarpaulin 76% connected

A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats, etc.

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Top 76% connected

A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem,…

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Topgallant 76% connected

Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast; designatb, or pertaining to, the third spars in order from the deck; as, the topgallant mast, ya…

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Topsail 76% connected

In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the shi…

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Derivationally related 8

Poll 74% connected

A parrot; -- familiarly so called.

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Poll 74% connected

A parrot; -- familiarly so called.

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Sail 74% connected

An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water.

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Sail 74% connected

An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water.

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Solicitor 74% connected

One who solicits.

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Solicitor 74% connected

One who solicits.

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Survey 74% connected

To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country.

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Survey 74% connected

To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country.

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Substance part 1

Hemp 70% connected

A plant of the genus Cannabis (C. sativa), the fibrous skin or bark of which is used for making cloth and cordage. The name is also applied to variou…

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Component part 1

Reef 70% connected

A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under Coral.

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Containing whole 1

Ring 70% connected

To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.

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Synonym 8

Analyse 92% connected

Alt. of Analyser

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Analyze 92% connected

To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of…

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Canvas 92% connected

A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; -- used for tents, sails, etc.

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Examine 92% connected

To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection o…

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Poll 92% connected

A parrot; -- familiarly so called.

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Sail 92% connected

An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water.

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Sheet 92% connected

In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.

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Study 92% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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