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Cinch

A strong saddle girth, as of canvas.

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Broader term 19

All fours 76% connected

All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of a person.

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Ascertain 76% connected

To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.

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Assure 76% connected

To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.

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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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Control 76% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Ensure 76% connected

To make sure. See Insure.

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Fasten 76% connected

To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.

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Fix 76% connected

Fixed; solidified.

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Insure 76% connected

To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.

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Labor 76% connected

Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort di…

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Labour 76% connected

productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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Master 76% connected

A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.

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Project 76% connected

The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.

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Saddlery 76% connected

The materials for making saddles and harnesses; the articles usually offered for sale in a saddler's shop.

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Secure 76% connected

Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.

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See 76% connected

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

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Tack 76% connected

A stain; a tache.

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Task 76% connected

Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.

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Undertaking 76% connected

of Undertake

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Derivationally related 4

Breeze 74% connected

Alt. of Breeze fly

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Breeze 74% connected

Alt. of Breeze fly

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Picnic 74% connected

Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party in which the members par…

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Picnic 74% connected

Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party in which the members par…

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Containing whole 1

Harness 70% connected

Originally, the complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; hence, in general, armor.

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Synonym 4

Breeze 92% connected

Alt. of Breeze fly

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Girth 92% connected

A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Picnic 92% connected

Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party in which the members par…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Snap 92% connected

To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.

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