Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.
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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, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move.
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Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.
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Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.
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In good part; kindly.
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In good part; kindly.
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To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.
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To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.
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To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.
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To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.
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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…
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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…
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A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall.
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A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall.
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A state of agreement; harmony; union.
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A state of agreement; harmony; union.
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One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband.
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One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband.
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A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.
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A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.
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To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each othe…
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To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each othe…
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To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.
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To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.
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To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.
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To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.
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To make sure. See Insure.
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To make sure. See Insure.
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To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…
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To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…
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imp. & p. p. of Fight.
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imp. & p. p. of Fight.
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To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.
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To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.
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A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.
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A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.
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To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize.
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To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize.
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To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.
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To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.
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To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe.
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To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe.
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To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…
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To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…
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A license of reprisals. See Marque.
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A license of reprisals. See Marque.
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Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…
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Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…
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To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…
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To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…
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A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.
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A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.
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Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which cor…
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Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which cor…
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Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.
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Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.
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To draw along; to trail; to drag.
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To draw along; to trail; to drag.
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To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.
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To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.
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The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or pre…
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The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or pre…
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To deny and reject; to abjure.
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Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.
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To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.
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In good part; kindly.
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To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.
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To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.
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To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…
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Strife; contention.
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To be suitable to; to suit; to become.
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Literally: To appear or seem (well, ill, best, etc.) for (one) to do or to have. Hence: To be fit, suitable, or proper for, or worthy of; to become;…
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A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game play…
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To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.
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A strong saddle girth, as of canvas.
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To occupy the same place in space, as two equal triangles, when placed one on the other.
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A state of agreement; harmony; union.
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Of the same form; similar in import; conformable.
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To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to overcome by fo…
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To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist…
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One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband.
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A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.
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To have reciprocal or mutual relations; to be mutually related.
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To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen.
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To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract g…
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To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.
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To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.
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To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.
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To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.
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Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
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To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
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A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.
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To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.
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To keep back or from; to withhold.
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Double; twofold.
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To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man…
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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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3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.
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To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize.
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To determine the homologies or structural relations of.
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To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the return of the same; to grant the temporary use of; as, to lend a book; -- opposed to borrow.
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To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…
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To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.
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To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or…
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Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.
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Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.
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Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
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The act of receiving; reception.
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To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other.
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An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of language.
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A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack.
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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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The corner, or angle, of a figure.
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To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound.
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Alt. of Staunchness
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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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Alt. of Steem
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To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.
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The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit.
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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 overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
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To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel.
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A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
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A self-acting apparatus for regulating temperature by the unequal expansion of different metals, liquids, or gases by heat, as in opening or closing…
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To draw along; to trail; to drag.
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To rise above; to surmount; as, lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds.
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Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister.
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To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest.
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The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or pre…
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A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.
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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
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To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.
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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
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Alt. of Analyser
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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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A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement.
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The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club.
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To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.
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To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.
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A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal.
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To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind.
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A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…
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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 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 p…
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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…
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To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.
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To give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different state, with the sense of…
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To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.
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of Cut
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Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity.
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To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.
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To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…
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Difficulty.
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The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a…
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Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.
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To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.
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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 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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Gone.
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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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Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.
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The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter.
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A written account of the particulars of merchandise shipped or sent to a purchaser, consignee, factor, etc., with the value or prices and charges ann…
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The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air fr…
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To care; to desire.
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A small lake. See Mere.
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A license of reprisals. See Marque.
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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…
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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 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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The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…
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Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
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To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress…
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The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, phy…
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To view or see again; to look back on.
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A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.
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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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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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To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.
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To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence,…
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A web-footed bird, of the genus Diomedea, of which there are several species. They are the largest of sea birds, capable of long-continued flight, an…
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To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.
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To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.
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A confection; a comfit; a drug.
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Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinae, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.
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One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance.
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That which stands in the way, or opposes; anything that hinders progress; a hindrance; an obstruction, physical or moral.
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The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
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One who checks.
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One who checks.
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The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.
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The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.
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A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.
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A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.
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The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, menta…
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The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, menta…
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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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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 sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.
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To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.
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To make to exist; to make real.
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To make to exist; to make real.
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Gone.
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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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A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood)…
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In good part; kindly.
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To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.
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To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.
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Trial; attempt; essay.
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To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.
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A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.
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See Balk.
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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…
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The head gear with which a horse is governed and restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages.
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One who checks.
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See Check.
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Same as Checker.
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A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall.
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To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.
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The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes.
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Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…
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The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.
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To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.
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A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.
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To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each othe…
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To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.
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To bend or curve
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A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.
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To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.
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Serving to deter.
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The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, menta…
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To make sure. See Insure.
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imp. & p. p. of Fight.
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To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.
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3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.
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An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additiona…
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Same as Hindrance.
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The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered.
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To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
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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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That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect.
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To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.
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To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe.
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To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…
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A license of reprisals. See Marque.
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Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…
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Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained
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To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of…
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A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.
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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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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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The act of substantiating or proving; evidence; proof.
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The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle.
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Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which cor…
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Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.
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To draw along; to trail; to drag.
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Checking that something was built according to its requirements.
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The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or pre…
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