To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
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To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
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To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.
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Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
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To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers o…
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To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly.
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Suffocated; choked.
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Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.
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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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Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
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To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers o…
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A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.
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To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
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To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of…
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To make soft or more soft.
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To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
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To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weak…
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Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet…
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That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draug…
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That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draug…
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To cast off; to molt.
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To cast off; to molt.
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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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Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
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To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers o…
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Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.
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To make damp; to wet in a small degree.
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The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp. of ruminants.
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To cast off; to molt.
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To make soft or more soft.
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The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- ca…
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To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or…
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To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weak…
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To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a per…
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To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a per…
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