Loft: alternatives and connections

A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon.

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of Cast

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To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.

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To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or…

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To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

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To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots.

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To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into the pond.

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A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.

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of Grind

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To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land.

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To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance.

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To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.

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The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck.

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To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and sport by tricks of skill; to conjure.

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A dull, heavy person.

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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell.

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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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Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate.

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The back, or top of the back; a crest.

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Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird.

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To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; t…

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A basket. See Skep.

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To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he slammed the door.

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To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.

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An upper loft; a garret; the highest room in a building.

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A loft or scaffold for hay.

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A mow or mass of hay laid up in a barn for preservation.

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A wry face.

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The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.

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It.

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To drive or urge forward or on; to press on; to incite to action or motion in any way.

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A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface…

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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 drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder.

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An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting hay, or other light things which…

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That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.

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

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That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a great quantity, or a great number.

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See Story.

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A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered…

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A turret; a watchtower.

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A turret; a watchtower.

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Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

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Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

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One who throws. Specifically: (a) One who throws or twists silk; a throwster. (b) One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine.

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One who throws. Specifically: (a) One who throws or twists silk; a throwster. (b) One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine.

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A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a d…

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Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical;…

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A turret; a watchtower.

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Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

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