To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.
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Acquitted; set free; rid of.
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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 support or sustain; to hold up.
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To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.
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To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.
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To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.
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The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.
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To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.
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To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.
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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 confection; a comfit; a drug.
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To hunt by the track; to track.
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One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler.
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One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler.
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of Dawdle
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of Dawdle
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To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…
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To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…
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To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.
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Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy.
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To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.
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