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Drumstick
A stick with which a drum is beaten.
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An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle.
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A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a long handle, -- used in playi…
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of Help
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That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
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of Serve
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A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.
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Containing whole 2
Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).
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Any bird; esp., any large edible bird.
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