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To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manu…

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To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manu…

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Mixed; confounded.

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Mixed; confounded.

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To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.

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To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.

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A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze; as, a flurry of wind.

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A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze; as, a flurry of wind.

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To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without order; -- often followed by together or up.

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To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without order; -- often followed by together or up.

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To cloud; to obscure.

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To cloud; to obscure.

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Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim.

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Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim.

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To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

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To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place.

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To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.

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To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze.

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To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight.

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To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for want of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly.

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To corrupt or undermine in morals; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral principles on; to render corrupt or untrustworthy in morals, in disciplin…

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To turn away from the cast; to confuse as to which way is east; to cause to lose one's bearings.

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To turn away from the east, or (figuratively) from the right or the truth.

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To bewilder or confuse someone

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Jet, the mineral.

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Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand.

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To involve in mystery; to make obscure or difficult to understand; as, to mystify a passage of Scripture.

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A state or condition which daffles reason or confounds judgment; insuperable difficalty; inability to proceed or decide; puzzle; quandary.

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To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts.

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Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

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Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill…

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A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.

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To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility; to make torpid.

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To to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

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The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.

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The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.

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To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment.

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To becloud and confuse, as with liquor.

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Mixed; confounded.

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A carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family Canidae, of many species. The European fox (V. vulgaris or V. vulpes), the American red fox (V. fulv…

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To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated.

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Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

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