To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
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That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
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To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
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of Bind
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Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.
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To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.
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To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.
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To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.
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Fixed; solidified.
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Jet, the mineral.
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of Have
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That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a…
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Restricted.
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Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.
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To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.
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To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession,…
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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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Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease…
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The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.
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A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.
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The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.
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A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a cord.
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A tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened.
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A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching.
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An urgent and distressing sensation, as if a discharge from the intestines must take place, although none can be effected; -- always referred to the…
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The lockjaw.
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To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand;…
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of Twitch
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The act of twitching, or of causing to twitch.
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That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a m…
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That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a m…
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See Cramp, n., 2.
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One who halts or limps; a cripple.
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A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which…
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An involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers.
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To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as wi…
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