A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier that the other, used as an offensive weapon.
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To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
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A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier that the other, used as an offensive weapon.
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Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.
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To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…
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Alt. of Railway
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To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.
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To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.
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To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.
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To attach, as by a bond.
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The act or process of coercing.
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The act or process of coercing.
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Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain.
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Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain.
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The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force.
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The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force.
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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 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 stuff; to lard; to farce.
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Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.
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The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.
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To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orang…
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