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The last struggle of life; death struggle.

A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt.

A sudden suspension of sensation and volition, the body and limbs preserving the position that may be given them, while the action of…

A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife.

To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest.

To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.

To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.

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

Any beetle of the family Elateridae, having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement of…

Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; als…

The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laborious or per…

To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste.

To fling the limbs and body, as in making efforts to move; to struggle, as a horse in the mire, or as a fish on land; to roll, toss, a…

A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.

Between members or limbs; as, intermembral homology, the correspondence of the limbs with each other.

The principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the spring in a gu…

To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon.

To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.