To separate, as one from another; to cut off from something; to divide; to part in any way, especially by violence, as by cutting, rending, etc.; as,…
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To separate, as one from another; to cut off from something; to divide; to part in any way, especially by violence, as by cutting, rending, etc.; as,…
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To separate, as one from another; to cut off from something; to divide; to part in any way, especially by violence, as by cutting, rending, etc.; as,…
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To deprive of buds or shoots, as for training, or economizing the vital strength of a tree.
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To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as be…
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A parrot; -- familiarly so called.
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A tree having its top cut off at some height above the ground, that may throw out branches.
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To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.
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A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem,…
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One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous.
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One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous.
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The act of severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation.
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The act of severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation.
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of Sever
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To embrace, hence; to encompass.
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The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.
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To tear in pieces; to rend.
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To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.
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To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune…
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To separate, as one from another; to cut off from something; to divide; to part in any way, especially by violence, as by cutting, rending, etc.; as,…
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To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.
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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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