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Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.

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Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.

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To study, as another actor's part, in order to be his substitute in an emergency; to study another actor's part.

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Proof; evidence.

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A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another.

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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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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 m…

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Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injure…

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One who is confined in a prison.

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A ridge.

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The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.

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

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Admitting of being safely trusted; justly deserving confidence; fit to be confided in; trustworthy; reliable.

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Proved or found guilty; convicted.

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Proved or found guilty; convicted.

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The faculty of the mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events.

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The faculty of the mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events.

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

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

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of Use

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of Use

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A kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by a sham lottery.

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Proved or found guilty; convicted.

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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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To totter, as a child in walking.

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A freak; a trick; a lie.

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To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a room.

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One who lives in the same house or apartment with another; a fellow lodger; esp.,one of the occupants of an asylum, hospital, or prison; by extension…

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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 cause to be remembered ; hence, to record.

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

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Mist; fog. See Roke.

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Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal stin…

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

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

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A Latin preposition signifying for, before, forth.

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A Latin preposition signifying for, before, forth.

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