A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing.
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of Beset
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See Chivy, v. t.
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To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch.
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To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens o…
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To strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land.
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That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade…
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To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with; to vex.
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That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation.
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One who, or that which, points.
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That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.
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A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine.
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To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite…
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An instrument for writing. See Style, n., 1.
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A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.
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A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.
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of Goad
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of Goad
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A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.
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To appoint.
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A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.
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