To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes.
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To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.
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To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.
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To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning; to defeat or overreach by superior craft.
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To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning; to defeat or overreach by superior craft.
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To reach above or beyond in any direction.
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To reach above or beyond in any direction.
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To lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.
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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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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
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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 injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a s…
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Vexation; mortification.
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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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The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.
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To beat, pound, or together.
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To push, to press, to shove.
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To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man…
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A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing.
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Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.
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To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes, or in the eyes of others; to humble; to mortify.
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The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively.
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A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preeminent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderne…
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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 destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.
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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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To go beyond in performance; to excel; to surpass.
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To go beyond; to exceed in swiftness; to surpass; to outdo.
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To go faster than; to outrun; to advance beyond; to leave behing.
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An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…
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To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.
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To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop.
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To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel.
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A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.
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Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best road; the best cl…
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To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a s…
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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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The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.
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The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; tr…
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To cheat, trick, defraud; -- followed by of, or out of; as, to chouse one out of his money.
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The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part of milk from w…
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To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.
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To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.
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To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturally mobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages.
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A professional rider of horses in races.
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To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand.
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A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.
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The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, a…
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To go beyond in performance; to excel; to surpass.
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To go beyond, or be superior to, on the flank; to pass around or turn the flank or flanks of.
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To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than; as, to be outplayed in tennis or ball.
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To overpower; to subdue; to vanquish; to govern.
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To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to vanquish; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes.
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To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; t…
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A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming…
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Same as Squash.
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To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.
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To press again.
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To roar; to bellow; to snort; to snore loudly.
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A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.
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A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to l…
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The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.
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Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle orator; a spread-eagle speech.
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To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.
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To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.
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To subdue, and bring under the yoke of power or dominion; to conquer by force, and compel to submit to the government or absolute control of another;…
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To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop.
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An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies.
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Alt. of Thresh
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To set the foot; to step.
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A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a trumpet; -- used chiefly in Scripture and poetry.
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To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.
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Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See Worse.
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To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing.
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To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.
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A money of account of the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar.
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The action of reducing to dust or powder.
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A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; a…
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A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; a…
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The act of making compact, or the state of being compact.
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The act of making compact, or the state of being compact.
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To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or…
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To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or…
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One who, or that which, crushes.
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One who, or that which, crushes.
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Infatuated.
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Infatuated.
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A mesh.
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A mesh.
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Tending to suppress; subduing; concealing.
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Tending to suppress; subduing; concealing.
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One who suppresses.
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One who suppresses.
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To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to w…
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The act of making compact, or the state of being compact.
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To chew with force and noise; to craunch.
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The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates.
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A kind of frock for children.
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A mesh.
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To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty.
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An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…
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A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.
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To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.
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An American animal allied to the weasel.
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To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orang…
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To quell; to crush; to silence or put down.
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To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
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To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.
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To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.
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