Clapperclaw: alternatives and connections

To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

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A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make as…

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To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.

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To whisper.

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Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

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To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.

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An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.

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To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach.

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imp. of Sling. Slung.

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To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to disgrace.

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To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.

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To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to ma…

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The scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who, in a removal from one residence to another, had charge of the kitchen…

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To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.

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