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The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.

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To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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The act of supposing; also, that which is supposed; supposition; opinion.

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The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or considering as true or existing, what is known not to be true, or what is not proved.

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An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction fro…

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A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.

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imp. & p. p. of Reave.

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of Grind

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of Grind

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The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

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The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in S…

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The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.

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The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.

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The buttocks, or hind part of an animal; the posteriors; the fundament; the bottom.

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A quadruped of the genus Equus (E. asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is pat…

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The hinder part, posteriors, or rump of a person or animal.

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Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.

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The foundation of anything; that on which a thing rests.

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On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill.

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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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The buttock.

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Alt. of But

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an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]

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The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing,…

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The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.

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That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle.

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The buttocks.

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Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior.

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Early; soon.

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The end of the backbone of an animal, with the parts adjacent; the buttock or buttocks.

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The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.

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The black tern.

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Same as Substruction.

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Limitation; abridgment.

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An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it.

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