To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.
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The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which particularly offers itself to the view of a spectator.
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To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.
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To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.
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The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.
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The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.
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To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…
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Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.
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Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.
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The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.
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To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
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To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.
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To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.
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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 unclose; to open; -- applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch.
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To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile in…
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To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.
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The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.
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Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city.
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See Lye.
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Flax; linen.
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To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…
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Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.
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A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic represe…
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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.
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The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.
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Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.
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To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
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A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person.
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Sole.
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State; condition; position of affairs.
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The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, t…
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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…
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The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem.
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To take the cover from; to divest of covering; as, to uncover a box, bed, house, or the like; to uncover one's body.
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The face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal; -- chiefly applied to the human face.
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The quality of being audacious; impudence; audacity.
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Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness.
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The hinder part, posteriors, or rump of a person or animal.
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The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It was conspicuous f…
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Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous.
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The lowest part of anything; the foot; as, the bottom of a tree or well; the bottom of a hill, a lane, or a page.
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To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.
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An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp., a sundial; bu…
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The part most advanced, or first in time or in place; the beginning.
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The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.
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State of being gloomy.
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Pertaining to the Goths; as, Gothic customs; also, rude; barbarous.
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Relating to Italy or to its people.
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One who kisses.
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To lie; to speak falsely.
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To learn.
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Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the part or side toward which the wind blows; -- opposed to windward; as, a leeward berth; a leeward ship.
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That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.
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A kind of earthen or metal drinking cup, with a handle, -- usually cylindrical and without a lip.
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The projecting mouth and nose of a quadruped, as of a horse; a snout.
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Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the…
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The face or visage.
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The art and science of discovering the predominant temper, and other characteristic qualities of the mind, by the outward appearance, especially by t…
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The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl.
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Early; soon.
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One who smiles.
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A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is emitted by a body in combustion.
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A little spark; a scintillation.
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A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem,…
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To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.
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The lower or lowest side of anything.
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The upper side; the part that is uppermost.
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The face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal; -- chiefly applied to the human face.
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The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward; -- opposed to leeward.
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The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse.
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To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.
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The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.
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Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…
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To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
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A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation
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To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material.
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Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the bl…
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To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt.
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To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
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To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
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Of or pertaining to the face; as, the facial artery, vein, or nerve.
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Of or pertaining to the face; as, the facial artery, vein, or nerve.
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of Face
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of Face
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A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary aad occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobatio…
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A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary aad occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobatio…
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of Line
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of Line
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To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…
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To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…
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The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distin…
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The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distin…
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An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity…
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Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc.
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Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.
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The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.
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Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man.
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The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of America; fossil fauna; recent fauna.
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The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…
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Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to man or to the race of man; as, a human voice; human sha…
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A human being; -- opposed tobeast.
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A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It…
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See Racket.
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One who, or that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound, as a watch or clock, a telegraphic sounder, etc.
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The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or pre…
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The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults.
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The prominent ridge over the eye, with the hair that covers it, forming an arch above the orbit.
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The side of the face below the eye.
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The lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point of the under jaw.
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A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.
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The brow or hairy arch above the eye.
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Of or pertaining to the face; as, the facial artery, vein, or nerve.
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The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.
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The front of that part of the head which incloses the brain; that part of the face above the eyes; the brow.
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One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
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The cheek; the jaw.
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One of the outlines, exterior features, or distinctive marks, of a body or figure, particularly of the face; feature; form; mark; -- usually in the p…
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The front median plate of the labium in insects. See Labium.
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The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…
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The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, an…
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An eye; (Bot.) a leaf bud.
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The organ of sight; an eye.
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The eyebrow, or the region of the eyebrows.
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The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance.
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The state or quality of being bold.
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An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes cont…
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A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cove…
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The side of the face below the eye.
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To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.
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The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expr…
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A complete assortment of printing type of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the alphabet, large and small, points, accents,…
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A font.
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The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.
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A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary aad occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobatio…
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To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…
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One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nerve centers and various pa…
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Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.
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The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distin…
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