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Peg

A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.

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Attach 76% connected

To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Holder 76% connected

One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Leg 76% connected

A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mark 76% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Marker 76% connected

One who or that which marks.

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Marking 76% connected

of Mark

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Pierce 76% connected

To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument.

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Pin 76% connected

To peen.

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Prosthesis 76% connected

The addition to the human body of some artificial part, to replace one that is wanting, as a log or an eye; -- called also prothesis.

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Regulator 76% connected

One who, or that which, regulates.

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Succeed 76% connected

To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds sum…

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Thrust 76% connected

Thrist.

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Win 76% connected

To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to w…

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Tee 76% connected

The mark aimed at in curling and in quoits.

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Treenail 76% connected

A long wooden pin used in fastening the planks of a vessel to the timbers or to each other.

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Trenail 76% connected

Same as Treenail.

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Trunnel 76% connected

A trundle.

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Derivationally related 2

Nog 74% connected

A noggin.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Nog 74% connected

A noggin.

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Containing whole 3

Dinghy 70% connected

A kind of boat used in the East Indies.

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Dory 70% connected

A European fish. See Doree, and John Doree.

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Rowboat 70% connected

A boat designed to be propelled by oars instead of sails.

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Synonym 8

Leg 92% connected

A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nail 92% connected

the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nog 92% connected

A noggin.

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Oarlock 92% connected

The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, in which the oar rests in rowing. See Rowlock.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pin 92% connected

To peen.

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Rowlock 92% connected

A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an oar in rowing. It consists sometimes of a notch in the gunwale of a boat, sometimes of a pai…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stick 92% connected

A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Thole 92% connected

A wooden or metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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