Hitch: alternatives and connections

To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

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To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

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To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

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To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation betwee…

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The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.

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Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection.

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One who, or that which, connects

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Connection. See Connection.

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A going; a walk; a march; a way.

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That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect.

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Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.

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The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter.

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A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling.

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A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.

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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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That which stands in the way, or opposes; anything that hinders progress; a hindrance; an obstruction, physical or moral.

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One who obstructs or hinders.

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The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.

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A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a divis…

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To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

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A knot; a fastening.

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To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate…

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A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air.

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That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.

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To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.

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A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.

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To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

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To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

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Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

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Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

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To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.

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To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.

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Smart; spruce; trim; nice.

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Smart; spruce; trim; nice.

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To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops.

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To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops.

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To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui.

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To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui.

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To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively.

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To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively.

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One who limps.

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One who limps.

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To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.

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Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.

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To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

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A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance.

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The act or enlisting, or the state of being enlisted; voluntary enrollment to serve as a soldier or a sailor.

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Smart; spruce; trim; nice.

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3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.

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Same as Hindrance.

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The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered.

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To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.

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A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check.

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The act or state of interfering; as, the stoppage of a machine by the interference of some of its parts; a meddlesome interference in the business of…

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To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui.

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To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively.

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That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.

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Going before; preceding.

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To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back…

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A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.

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A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Thos…

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To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; th…

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The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. See Pollex.

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A tower.

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