A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a morass.
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To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off.
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A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a morass.
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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 curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold.
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To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.
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Alt. of Crayfish
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To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.
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Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted.
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The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…
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To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.
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To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love,…
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To make a hissing sound.
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To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.
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To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a t…
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One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…
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To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; -- said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions; as, to que…
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Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.
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To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
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The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.
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To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.
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of Split
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To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…
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To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or…
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To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.
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The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…
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To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.
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To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.
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To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.
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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 come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.
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Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.
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To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.
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To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
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To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
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