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Rustle

To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.

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Forage 76% connected

The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Noise 76% connected

Sound of any kind.

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Rip 76% connected

A wicker fish basket.

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Sound 76% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Steal 76% connected

A handle; a stale, or stele.

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Lift 92% connected

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rustling 92% connected

of Rustle

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Whisper 92% connected

To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibratio…

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Whispering 92% connected

of Whisper

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Alternation noun · 78% connection

The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performa…

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Attrition noun · 78% connection

The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion.

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Brush noun · 78% connection

The act of brushing; as, to give one's clothes a brush; a rubbing or grazing with a quick motion; a light touch; as, we got a brush fr…

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Buchu noun · 78% connection

A South African shrub (Barosma) with small leaves that are dotted with oil glands; also, the leaves themselves, which are used in medi…

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Chafing verb · 78% connection

The act of rubbing, or wearing by friction; making by rubbing.

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Clatter verb · 78% connection

To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds.

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Damask noun · 78% connection

Damask silk; silk woven with an elaborate pattern of flowers and the like.

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Dress verb · 78% connection

To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically: (a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an inten…

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Dribble verb · 78% connection

To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.

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Fray verb · 78% connection

To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head.

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Ftiction noun · 78% connection

The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the body with the hand,…

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Gyve verb · 78% connection

To fetter; to shackle; to chain. H () the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with t…

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Katydid noun · 78% connection

large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings

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Melodious adjective · 78% connection

Containing, or producing, melody; musical; agreeable to the ear by a sweet succession of sounds; as, a melodious voice.

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Melody noun · 78% connection

A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds.

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Organzine noun · 78% connection

A kind of double thrown silk of very fine texture, that is, silk twisted like a rope with different strands, so as to increase its str…

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Patter verb · 78% connection

To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet.

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Pitapat adverb · 78% connection

In a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats.

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