That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
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To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks speaking.
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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…
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To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.
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To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off.
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The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…
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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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Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.
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A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agr…
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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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To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.
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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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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…
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of Cut
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A frieze.
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Same as Hackle.
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To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid into a cavity of the body; to inject mo…
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To throw in between; to insert; to interpose.
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To cause to cease for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt; to suspend.
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To place between; as, to interpose a screen between the eye and the light.
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A kind of frock for children.
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A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
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To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning.
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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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To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone.
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The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.
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The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.
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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…
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Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted.
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To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.
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