To fasten on, as armor.
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To aim; to direct.
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To aim; to direct.
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To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.
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To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.
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A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.
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A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.
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To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
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To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
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Alt. of Plough
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Alt. of Plough
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To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.
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To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.
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To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.
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The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acce…
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Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable.
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The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child.
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To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).
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See Clinch.
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A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp.
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The act of espousing or betrothing; especially, in the plural, betrothal; plighting of the troths; a contract of marriage; sometimes, the marriage ce…
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To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.
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The griffin.
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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
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To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell.
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The act of including, or the state of being included; limitation; restriction; as, the lines of inclusion of his policy.
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To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.
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To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.
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To cower; to crouch; to curl up.
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To make and occupy a nest; to nest.
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To move one way and the other so as to get a close place; to lie close for comfort; to cuddle; to nestle.
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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 hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.
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To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.
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To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly.
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A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.
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The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.
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The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.
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Including much; comprising many things; having a wide scope or a full view.
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Including much; comprising many things; having a wide scope or a full view.
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To cower; to crouch; to curl up.
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To cower; to crouch; to curl up.
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The act of including, or the state of being included; limitation; restriction; as, the lines of inclusion of his policy.
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The act of including, or the state of being included; limitation; restriction; as, the lines of inclusion of his policy.
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To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place o…
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The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.
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To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.
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To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.
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A clasp in the arms; embrace.
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To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a…
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To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse.
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To cower; to crouch; to curl up.
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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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