To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…
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To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.
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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…
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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…
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A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…
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A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…
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A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall.
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A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall.
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More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image.
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More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image.
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A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth…
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To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
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A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…
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A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall.
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To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase.
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A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.
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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
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To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.
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To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind.
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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…
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The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles broken.
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A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.
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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…
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A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…
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A powerful alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for producing local…
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To make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning, or to expla…
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To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring…
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Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity.
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The act of depressing.
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An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle…
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To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.
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An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or…
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Jet, the mineral.
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Gone.
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It.
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The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.
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To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.
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A small lake. See Mere.
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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…
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To tell, rehearse, or recite, as a story; to relate the particulars of; to go through with in detail, as an incident or transaction; to give an accou…
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Sound of any kind.
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Fit or convenient time; a time or place favorable for executing a purpose; a suitable combination of conditions; suitable occasion; chance.
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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…
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To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from reco…
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To count or reckon again.
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To mark in a notable manner; to distinquish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to piont out.
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To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.
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The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
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To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.
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To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.
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To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.
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To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…
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Of a white or pale color; without color.
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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…
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To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
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A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall.
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To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase.
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A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided.
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Defect; want; lack; default.
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The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
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A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
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p. p. of Rive.
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To divide; to distribute; to apportion.
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3d. pers. sing. pres. of Slide.
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Sale; opportunity to sell; market.
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A mountain or hill, usually more or less conical in form, from which lava, cinders, steam, sulphur gases, and the like, are ejected; -- often popular…
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The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
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The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
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Capable of being broken.
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Capable of being broken.
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To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall i…
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To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall i…
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One who, or that which, cracks.
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One who, or that which, cracks.
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of Crack
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The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
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The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
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A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort; a gibe.
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A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort; a gibe.
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To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.
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To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.
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A unit; a single point or spot on a card or die; the card or die so marked; as, the ace of diamonds.
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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…
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To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
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A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…
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of Cleave
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A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.
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A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent.
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Of the highest excellence; preeminent in quality, size, or estimation.
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A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.
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To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into the pond.
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The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
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An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or…
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Gone.
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To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.
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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…
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A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort; a gibe.
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To leap or rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as a body of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers; to make a sally.
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A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure.
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To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.
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A contraction of Supernumerary, in sense 2.
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The highest or utmost degree; the best of anything.
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A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with s…
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To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.
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