A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line.
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To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of.
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A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line.
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To determine (something) beforehand.
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of Have
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To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).
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A flowing in or upon; influx.
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To grant; to acknowledge; to admit to be true; to confess; to recognize in a particular character; as, we own that we have forfeited your love.
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To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold.
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To take possession of before another; as, to preoccupy a country not before held.
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Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…
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Foresight.
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