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Chisel

A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a mallet or hammer.

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Manner of action 37

Beat 76% connected

of Beat

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Beguile 76% connected

To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.

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Bilk 76% connected

To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a credito…

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Bunk 76% connected

A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.

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Con 76% connected

Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro.

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Cook 76% connected

To make the noise of the cuckoo.

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Cozen 76% connected

To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way.

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Crib 76% connected

A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals.

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Defraud 76% connected

To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; to cheat; to overreac…

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Diddle 76% connected

To totter, as a child in walking.

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Fake 76% connected

One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

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Falsify 76% connected

To make false; to represent falsely.

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Fleece 76% connected

The entire coat of wood that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time.

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Fudge 76% connected

A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; -- often an exclamation of contempt.

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Gip 76% connected

To take out the entrails of (herrings).

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Gyp 76% connected

A college servant; -- so called in Cambridge, England; at Oxford called a scout.

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Hoodwink 76% connected

To blind by covering the eyes.

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Hook 76% connected

A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…

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Job 76% connected

A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

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Juggle 76% connected

To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and sport by tricks of skill; to conjure.

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Manipulate 76% connected

To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate…

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Misrepresent 76% connected

To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfacorably); to give a false erroneous representation of, either maliciously, ignirantly, or carelessly.

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Mulct 76% connected

A fine or penalty, esp. a pecuniary punishment or penalty.

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Overcharge 76% connected

To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy.

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Pluck 76% connected

To pull; to draw.

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Plume 76% connected

A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.

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Rig 76% connected

A ridge.

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Rob 76% connected

The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mi…

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Rook 76% connected

Mist; fog. See Roke.

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Shark 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas.

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Soak 76% connected

To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the p…

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Surcharge 76% connected

To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.

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Swindle 76% connected

To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property.

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Victimize 76% connected

To make a victim of, esp. by deception; to dupe; to cheat.

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Welch 76% connected

See Welsh.

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Welsh 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Wales, or its inhabitants.

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Whipsaw 76% connected

A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a frame, and worked by two persons; also, a fret saw.

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Narrower term 2

Burin 76% connected

The cutting tool of an engraver on metal, used in line engraving. It is made of tempered steel, one end being ground off obliquely so as to produce a…

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Drove 76% connected

of Drive

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Broader term 5

Carve 76% connected

To cut.

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Cozen 76% connected

To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way.

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Deceive 76% connected

To lead into error; to cause to believe what is false, or disbelieve what is true; to impose upon; to mislead; to cheat; to disappoint; to delude; to…

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Delude 76% connected

To lead from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or judgment of; to beguile; to impose on; to dupe; to make a fool of.

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Victimize 76% connected

To make a victim of, esp. by deception; to dupe; to cheat.

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Derivationally related 4

Defrauder 74% connected

One who defrauds; a cheat; an embezzler; a peculator.

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Defrauder 74% connected

One who defrauds; a cheat; an embezzler; a peculator.

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Swindler 74% connected

One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat.

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Swindler 74% connected

One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat.

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Entails 3

Cozen 72% connected

To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way.

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Deceive 72% connected

To lead into error; to cause to believe what is false, or disbelieve what is true; to impose upon; to mislead; to cheat; to disappoint; to delude; to…

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Delude 72% connected

To lead from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or judgment of; to beguile; to impose on; to dupe; to make a fool of.

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Synonym 1

Cheat 92% connected

An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.

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