Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.
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To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.
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Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.
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To arise the surface of into bosses or protuberances; particularly, to ornament with raised work.
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To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.
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The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.
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To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
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To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.
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A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.
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See Creese.
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A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent.
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To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl.
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A stroke; a blow.
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A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin.
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To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.
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To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like.
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A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.
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A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow.
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A furrow, channel, or long hollow, such as may be formed by cutting, molding, grinding, the wearing force of flowing water, or constant travel; a dep…
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The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.
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The act of incising, or cutting into a substance.
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Flax; linen.
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That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.
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To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, th…
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To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…
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Grease; tallow; lard.
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3d. pers. sing. pres. of Slide.
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A winkle.
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A concave surface, or the space bounded by it; the state of being concave.
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That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
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The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified.
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The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.
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The act of bending, or curving.
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A flowing in or upon; influx.
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To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.
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Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…
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The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state of being so formed.
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The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state of being so formed.
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A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.
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A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.
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Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts.
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Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts.
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An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…
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The act of depressing.
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The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state of being so formed.
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A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.
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To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).
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The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.
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