To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.
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To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for…
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To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for…
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To flower; to blossom; to bloom.
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To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.
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To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.
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Inclosure. See Inclosure.
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A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing.
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It.
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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; separation; division; distribution; as, the partition of a kingdom.
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To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress…
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A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emb…
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Thrist.
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To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate…
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Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.
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To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings.
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To beat rapidly and more strongly than usual; to throb; to bound with emotion or exertion; to pulsate violently; to flutter; -- said specifically of…
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To throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart.
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Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc.
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Alt. of Thresh
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To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc.
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An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle.
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An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle.
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A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission.
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A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission.
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One who, or that which, pounds, as a stamp in an ore mill.
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One who, or that which, pounds, as a stamp in an ore mill.
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To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc.
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To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc.
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A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 437/ grains.
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Denoting pound weight for one thousand; -- used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pou…
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A silver coin of Spain and various other countries. See Peso. The Spanish piaster (commonly called peso, or peso duro) is of about the value of the A…
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See Piaster.
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One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, o…
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Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded…
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An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle.
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To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for…
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A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.
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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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To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble.
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A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of tobacco.
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The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.
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The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.
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