That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.
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A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, etc.
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That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.
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That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
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The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.
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To stuff; to lard; to farce.
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Jet, the mineral.
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of Have
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To lead in; to introduce.
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A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.
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A pustule; a pimple.
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To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…
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Thrist.
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The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.
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A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.
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Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserinae, and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several allied genera. See Anseres.
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A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a person or an animal; a shout.
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To push or shake with the elbow or hand; to jostle; esp., to push or touch, in order to give notice, to excite one's attention, or to warn.
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The point of a spear, or an arrowhead.
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A sparrow.
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A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.
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A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.
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To thrust; to stab; to punch. See Job, v. t.
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To thrust; to stab; to punch. See Job, v. t.
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To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, o…
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A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.
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of Goad
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To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.
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To thrust; to stab; to punch. See Job, v. t.
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To touch gently, as with the elbow, in order to call attention or convey intimation.
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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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of Prod
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A sparrow.
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of Spur
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To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to sta…
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of Urge
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