To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.
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The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net.
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To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.
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A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made…
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A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.
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Equal in rank or order; not subordinate.
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To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…
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To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.
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The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric.
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A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.
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of Impinge
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A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.
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Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.
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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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To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organized matter;…
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To bring back; to restore.
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To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.
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To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.
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To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.
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of Strike
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To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel.
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Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.
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The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place.
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A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.
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To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.
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A small, flexible twig or rod.
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Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.
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A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze.
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of Net
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Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss.
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The fillet which binds the hair of a young unmarried woman, and is emblematic of her maiden character.
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A spark arrester.
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In plate armor, a suspended plate in from of the thigh. See Illust. of Tasses.
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of Veil
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Work, especially openwork, formed of wires.
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To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly.
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To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly.
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The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.
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The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying…
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An island; -- often used in the names of small islands off the coast of Scotland, as in Inchcolm, Inchkeith, etc.
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To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or…
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The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.
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To catch or entangle in, or as in, meshes.
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To entangle.
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To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly.
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A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.
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of Mesh
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To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk.
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A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes…
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To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.
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