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Rail

An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.

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Abuse 76% connected

To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to ma…

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Bar 76% connected

A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…

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Barrier 76% connected

A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy.

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Blackguard 76% connected

The scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who, in a removal from one residence to another, had charge of the kitchen…

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Clapperclaw 76% connected

To fight and scratch.

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Complain 76% connected

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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Confine 76% connected

To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

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Denounce 76% connected

To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim (especially an evil).

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Divide 76% connected

To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.

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Enclose 76% connected

To inclose. See Inclose.

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Fish 76% connected

A counter, used in various games.

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Furnish 76% connected

To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provis…

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Kick 76% connected

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

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Lay 76% connected

of Lie, to recline.

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Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Plain 76% connected

To lament; to bewail; to complain.

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Provide 76% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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Railroad 76% connected

Alt. of Railway

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Railway 76% connected

A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and s…

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Render 76% connected

One who rends.

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Repose 76% connected

To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit.

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Ride 76% connected

To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

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Separate 76% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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Shout 76% connected

To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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Transport 76% connected

To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

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Wader 76% connected

One who, or that which, wades.

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Narrower term 6

Bar 76% connected

A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…

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Coot 76% connected

A wading bird with lobate toes, of the genus Fulica.

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Crake 76% connected

To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake.

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Notornis 76% connected

A genus of birds allied to the gallinules, but having rudimentary wings and incapable of flight. Notornis Mantelli was first known as a fossil bird o…

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Taffrail 76% connected

The upper part of a ship's stern, which is flat like a table on the top, and sometimes ornamented with carved work; the rail around a ship's stern.

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Weka 76% connected

A New Zealand rail (Ocydromus australis) which has wings so short as to be incapable of flight.

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Derivationally related 10

Track 74% connected

A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

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Track 74% connected

A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

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Train 74% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Train 74% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Vitriol 74% connected

A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster.

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Vitriol 74% connected

A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster.

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Vituperative 74% connected

Uttering or writing censure; containing, or characterized by, abuse; scolding; abusive.

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Vituperative 74% connected

Uttering or writing censure; containing, or characterized by, abuse; scolding; abusive.

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Containing whole 5

Balustrade 70% connected

A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a buildi…

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Banister 70% connected

A stringed musical instrument having a head and neck like the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is played with the fin…

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Railroad 70% connected

Alt. of Railway

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Railway 70% connected

A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and s…

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Tramway 70% connected

Same as Tramroad.

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Synonym 9

Fulminate 92% connected

To thunder; hence, to make a loud, sudden noise; to detonate; to explode with a violent report.

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Inveigh 92% connected

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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Railing 92% connected

of Rail

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Revile 92% connected

To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach.

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Runway 92% connected

The channel of a stream.

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Track 92% connected

A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Train 92% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vilify 92% connected

To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to disgrace.

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Vituperate 92% connected

To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.

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