Pester: alternatives and connections

To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment.

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To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.

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A mound or small hill.

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Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect.

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To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.

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An engine for casting stones.

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An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place…

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To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.

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A bugbear; anything which terrifies.

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To comb or card, as wool or flax.

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