A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; -- often an exclamation of contempt.
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To empty.
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To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger.
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An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.
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A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a m…
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To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of.
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A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey.
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To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and sport by tricks of skill; to conjure.
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A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.
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The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God; deity; godhead.
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To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.
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To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.
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One who dodges or evades; one who plays fast and loose, or uses tricky devices.
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One who dodges or evades; one who plays fast and loose, or uses tricky devices.
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The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.
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The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.
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To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.
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To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.
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To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.
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To make the noise of the cuckoo.
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To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.
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A pet; a darling.
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To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an…
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To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pur…
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One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
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To make false; to represent falsely.
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A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrub…
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To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate…
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To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfacorably); to give a false erroneous representation of, either maliciously, ignirantly, or carelessly.
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To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm.
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The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.
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