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Scuff

The back part of the neck; the scruff.

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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.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rub 76% connected

To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Scrape 76% connected

To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Scratch 76% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Scuffle 76% connected

To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Shamble 76% connected

One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Shuffle 76% connected

To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another; as, to shuffle money from hand to hand.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slipper 76% connected

One who, or that which, slips.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Wear 76% connected

Same as Weir.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Wipe 76% connected

The lapwing.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Drag 74% connected

A confection; a comfit; a drug.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Drag 74% connected

A confection; a comfit; a drug.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Drag 92% connected

A confection; a comfit; a drug.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mule 92% connected

A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare, sometimes a horse and a she-ass. See Hinny.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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