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Hobbyhorse

A strong, active horse, of a middle size, said to have been originally from Ireland; an ambling nag.

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Plaything 76% connected

A thing to play with; a toy; anything that serves to amuse.

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Preoccupation 76% connected

The act of preoccupying, or taking possession of beforehand; the state of being preoccupied; prepossession.

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Toy 76% connected

A plaything for children; a bawble.

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Rocker 70% connected

One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle.

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Hobby 92% connected

A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking.

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Active adjective · 78% connection

In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities;…

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Activity noun · 78% connection

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing varie…

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Amble verb · 78% connection

To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks.

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Amblingly adverb · 78% connection

With an ambling gait.

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Animosity verb · 78% connection

Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.

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Barony noun · 78% connection

In Ireland, a territorial division, corresponding nearly to the English hundred, and supposed to have been originally the district of…

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Bayard adjective · 78% connection

Properly, a bay horse, but often any horse. Commonly in the phrase blind bayard, an old blind horse.

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Caesura noun · 78% connection

A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle…

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Canon bone unknown · 78% connection

The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middl…

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Clam verb · 78% connection

A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus m…

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Crannoge noun · 78% connection

One of the stockaded islands in Scotland and Ireland which in ancient times were numerous in the lakes of both countries. They may be…

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Exert verb · 78% connection

To put force, ability, or anything of the nature of an active faculty; to put in vigorous action; to bring into active operation; as,…

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Frigate noun · 78% connection

Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vesse…

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Inactive adjective · 78% connection

Not active; inert; esp., not exhibiting any action or activity on polarized light; optically neutral; -- said of isomeric forms of cer…

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Irish adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced in Ireland.

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Izzard noun · 78% connection

The letter z; -- formerly so called. J () J is the tenth letter of the English alphabet. It is a later variant form of the Roman lette…

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Mediaevalism noun · 78% connection

The method or spirit of the Middle Ages; devotion to the institutions and practices of the Middle Ages; a survival from the Middle Age…

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Medium adjective · 78% connection

Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength.

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