The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.
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Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air.
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The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.
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That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
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of Fee
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imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.
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To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness.
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To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to pierce or penetrate the surfa…
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of Run
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To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.
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To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something.
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See 3d Leech.
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To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain.
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Siliceous earth; specifically, porous infusorial earth, used as an absorbent of nitroglycerin in the manufacture of dynamite.
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One who strains.
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To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.
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To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.
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To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation.
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To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation.
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The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.
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The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.
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Race; stock; generation; descent; family.
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Race; stock; generation; descent; family.
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To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.
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To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation.
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To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain.
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To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; -- applied especially to fluids w…
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Race; stock; generation; descent; family.
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To flow in a small, gentle stream; to run in drops.
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