To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturally mobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages.
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of Beat
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To cause to turn; to turn.
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To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mas…
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To bend or curve
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To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.
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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
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Restricted.
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A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.
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To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.
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To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.
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To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.
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Same as Paralyze.
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To affect or strike with paralysis or palsy.
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To make senseless or dizzy by violence; to render senseless by a blow, as on the head.
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To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility; to make torpid.
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A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…
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A frieze.
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To peen.
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To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.
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