That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade, of husbandry, or of war.
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To complete, as time or distance.
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To complete, as time or distance.
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A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…
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A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…
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To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform.
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To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform.
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To fill up; to make full or complete.
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To fill up; to make full or complete.
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To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.
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To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform.
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To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…
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To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.
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Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.
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To inclose; to infold.
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To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.
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The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency.
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The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means; agency.
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To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.
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To attach, as by a bond.
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The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…
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To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities.
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A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…
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One who, or that which, beats.
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An iron to brand with.
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An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purpos…
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A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other animals, dressed i…
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An elastic apparatus or fender, for deadening the jar caused by the collision of bodies; as, a buffer at the end of a railroad car.
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One who, or that which, erases; esp., a sharp instrument or a piece of rubber used to erase writings, drawings, etc.
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A spear with barbed prongs used for harpooning fish.
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A fishgig.
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An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stouter and shorter…
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A fiddle.
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A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…
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The most common and most useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite, magnetite, etc.…
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A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag;…
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A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing.
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An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle at one end and a broad blade at the…
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A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).
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One who snuffs.
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A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance.
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A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.
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A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.
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One who, or that which, stirs something; also, one who moves about, especially after sleep; as, an early stirrer.
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An instrument to strike grain to a level with the measure; a strike.
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To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship.
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An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by…
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That which is used; an instrument; an implement; especially, an instrument or vessel used in a kitchen, or in domestic and farming business.
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Act of effectuating.
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Act of effectuating.
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The act of enforcing; compulsion.
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The act of enforcing; compulsion.
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One who enforces.
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One who enforces.
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Pertaining to, or characterized by, implements or their use; mechanical.
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Pertaining to, or characterized by, implements or their use; mechanical.
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To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…
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To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands.
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