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Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine.

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Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine.

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Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.

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Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.

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Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent.

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Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent.

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Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid o…

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Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid o…

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Having no distinct or distinctive features.

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Having no distinct or distinctive features.

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Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate.

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Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate.

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Not elaborate; not wrought with care; unpolished; crude; unfinished.

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Not elaborate; not wrought with care; unpolished; crude; unfinished.

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According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase.

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According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase.

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A pool or lake.

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A pool or lake.

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Opposing; fronting.

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Opposing; fronting.

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Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure…

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Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure…

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Serious in feeeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful.

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Serious in feeeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful.

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Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance;…

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Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance;…

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Stiff; rigid.

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Stiff; rigid.

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The black tern.

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The black tern.

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of Tailor

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of Tailor

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To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

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To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

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A genus of climbing orchidaceous plants, natives of tropical America.

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A genus of climbing orchidaceous plants, natives of tropical America.

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To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent).

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An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, B. taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow…

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Pain in the bowels; colic.

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To express deep grief for by moaning; to express sorrow for; to lament; to bewail; to pity or sympathize with.

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To express deep sorrow for, as by wailing; to lament; to wail over.

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The female of the canine kind, as of the dog, wolf, and fox.

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To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry like a sheep or calf.

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One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen i…

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To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound.

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To feel or to express deep and poignant grief for; to bewail; to lament; to mourn; to sorrow over.

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To growl; to snarl.

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A vulture; the griffin.

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Gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black.

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Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the family Tetraonidae, and subfamily Tetraoninae, inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. T…

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To murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.

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To declaim or rail (against some person or thing); to utter censorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh criticism or reproach, either spoken…

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To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.

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A low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of running water.

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To utter words indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; esp., to utter indistinct complaints or angry expressions; to grumble; to gro…

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A small horse; a pony; hence, any horse.

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The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.

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To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow.

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An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.

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To fail; to wane.

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To refer.

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To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to sco…

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To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly.

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To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress, or the like, in a plaintive, n…

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See Yaup.

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The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world as the dwelling place of mortals, in d…

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Exactly representing; exact.

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of Grind

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Urine. See Lant.

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Outer.

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To convert into a verb; to verbify.

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Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so, without prominences or depressions; level without inclination; plane.

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An extensive plain with or without vegetation.

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One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns.

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Land consisting of a moor or moors.

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One of the vast plains in Southeastern Europe and in Asia, generally elevated, and free from wood, analogous to many of the prairies in Western North…

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A rolling, marshy, mossy plain of Northern Siberia.

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The quality or state of being plain.

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The quality or state of being plain.

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Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance;…

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Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance;…

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Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.

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Visibly.

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Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.

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A flat, open country.

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To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; -- commonly used with of. Also, to creak…

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Clear to the vision; especially, clear to the understanding, and satisfactory to the judgment; as, the figure or color of a body is evident to the se…

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In an evident manner; clearly; plainly.

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Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.

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Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate.

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To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.

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of Knit

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Evident to the senses, esp. to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived; hence, obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehens…

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In a manifest manner.

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Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the touch; as, a palpable form.

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Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous.

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Openly; evidently.

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In a plain manner; clearly.

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Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.

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To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save.

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Incapable of being mistaken or misunderstood; clear; plain; obvious; evident.

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The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into…

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The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into…

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of Pattern

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of Pattern

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