Fling: alternatives and connections

To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.

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A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing.

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A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.

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The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck.

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A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk.

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To render liquid.

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A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas,…

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To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

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Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

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A cloud.

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To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.

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That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.

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To forget, as what has been learned; to lose from memory; also, to learn the contrary of.

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To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.

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To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.

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An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle…

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To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.

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The act of becoming, or state of being, intemperate; excess in any kind of action or indulgence; any immoderate indulgence of the appetites or passio…

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The state of being intemperate; excessive indulgence of any appetite or passion; as, intemperateness in eating or drinking.

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That which is lifted up; an elevation.

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

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Indulgence of one's appetites, desires, or inclinations; -- the opposite of self-restraint, and self-denial.

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To scatter; to disperse.

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Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

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To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…

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Wore.

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Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic; a carousal.

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A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic; a carousal.

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To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

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To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards).

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To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent.

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Gone.

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To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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A blustering demonstration, or great effort; a great display.

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A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic; a carousal.

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To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.

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To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.

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