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Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones.

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Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones.

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Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look.

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Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look.

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Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, defic…

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Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, defic…

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of Emaciate

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of Emaciate

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Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim.

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Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim.

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Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk.

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Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk.

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Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; as, the provisions are insufficient in quantity, and defective in quality.

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Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; as, the provisions are insufficient in quantity, and defective in quality.

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Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.

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Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.

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Somewhat lank.

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Somewhat lank.

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of Pinch

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of Pinch

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Having little flesh on the bones; gaunt.

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Having little flesh on the bones; gaunt.

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Abounding with reeds; covered with reeds.

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Abounding with reeds; covered with reeds.

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Rough with irregular points; scragged.

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Rough with irregular points; scragged.

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Meager; thin; rawboned; bony; scranny.

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Meager; thin; rawboned; bony; scranny.

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of Shrivel

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of Shrivel

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of Shrivel

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of Shrivel

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of Shrink

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of Shrink

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Pertaining to the skeleton.

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Pertaining to the skeleton.

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Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh.

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Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh.

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Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.

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Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.

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Sleight.

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Sleight.

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Worthless; bad.

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Worthless; bad.

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To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save.

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To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save.

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Having long, slender legs.

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Having long, slender legs.

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Having long, slender legs.

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Having long, slender legs.

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Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root.

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Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root.

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Like a sylph; airy; graceful.

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Like a sylph; airy; graceful.

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To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

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To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

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Of or pertaining to a twig or twigs; like a twig or twigs; full of twigs; abounding with shoots.

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Of or pertaining to a twig or twigs; like a twig or twigs; full of twigs; abounding with shoots.

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of Waste

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of Waste

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Of or pertaining to weeds; consisting of weeds.

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Of or pertaining to weeds; consisting of weeds.

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Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire.

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Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire.

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of Wither

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of Wither

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To wither; to dry.

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To wither; to dry.

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Dried; shriveled; withered; shrunken; weazen; as, a wizened old man.

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Dried; shriveled; withered; shrunken; weazen; as, a wizened old man.

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To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.

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To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.

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A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a…

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A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a…

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To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

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To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

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To bend; as, to flex the arm.

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of Lie, to recline.

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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 portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

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The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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A pit.

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of Set

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Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; relia…

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To obey the law of gravitation; to exert a force Or pressure, or tend to move, under the influence of gravitation; to tend in any direction or toward…

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To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.

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To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to…

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A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a…

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A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas,…

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To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.

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An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface t…

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To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.

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The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, or any other meteorologi…

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The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.

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The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.

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To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.

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To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.

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A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a…

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A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a…

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The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness.

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The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness.

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The quality or state of being lean or thin; leanness.

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The quality or state of being lean or thin; leanness.

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Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.

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To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to…

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of Lean

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A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a…

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of Run

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To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.

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To make a tender of; to offer or tender.

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Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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A covering overhead; especially, a tent.

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The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

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A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.

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A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.

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Having an abundance of material possessions; possessed of a large amount of property; well supplied with land, goods, or money; wealthy; opulent; aff…

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Having an abundance of material possessions; possessed of a large amount of property; well supplied with land, goods, or money; wealthy; opulent; aff…

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