To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm.
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To empty.
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A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…
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A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.
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That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.
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To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand.
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A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and…
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A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the k…
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A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard.
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A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey.
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A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.
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A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…
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A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…
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The act of blocking up; the state of being blocked up.
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The act of blocking up; the state of being blocked up.
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A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…
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To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.
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A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.
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To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often deflected.
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To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.
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A pet; a darling.
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To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an…
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To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pur…
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A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; -- often an exclamation of contempt.
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A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrub…
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The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.
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