To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge.
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A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.
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To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge.
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To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge.
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To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…
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To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…
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To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road.
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To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.
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To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.
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To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.
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The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.
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Alt. of But
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To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
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To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.
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To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually foll…
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To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass.
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To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.
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The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge…
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To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop.
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Affray; broil; contest; combat.
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See 1st Frith.
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To cower; to crouch; to curl up.
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The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
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The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or in passing through the air.
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To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.
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To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.
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To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back…
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To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…
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The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.
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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 inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.
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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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The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.
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To share in common; to participate in.
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The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.
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The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league.
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The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.
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Intermediate action.
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To communicate mutually; to hold mutual communication.
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The act of joining, or the state of being joined; union; combination; coalition; as, the junction of two armies or detachments; the junction of paths.
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A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, a…
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Flax; linen.
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A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.
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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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A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.
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Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.
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Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.
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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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of Touch
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An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purpos…
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The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.
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The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.
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To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots.
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It.
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To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place.
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The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net.
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An agent between two parties; a broker; a go-between; any dealer between the producer and the consumer; in Ireland, one who takes land of the proprie…
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The act of kissing; a kiss.
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The act of placing, or the state of being placed.
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To appoint.
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A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.
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To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back…
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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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A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity.
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A small cut or mark.
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The quality or state of being tangent; a contact or touching.
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Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.
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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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of Touch
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To set the foot; to step.
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The lapwing.
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One who, or that which, wipes.
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To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.
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To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.
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To retch.
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To retch.
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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 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 join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.
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A union, or bond of union; an intimacy; especially, an illicit intimacy between a man and a woman.
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A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.
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To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…
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To retch.
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The quality or state of being tangent; a contact or touching.
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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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