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A bringing into action; movement.

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The act of approximating; a drawing, advancing or being near; approach; also, the result of approximating.

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To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.

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To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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One that bursts.

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A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.

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To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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To make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning, or to expla…

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An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle…

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To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.

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To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data, -- either the extrinsic (money), or intrinsic (moral), value; to fix the worth of…

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The act of estimating.

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Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; having facility of operation or performance from practice; knowing and ready from much practice;…

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The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to reprobation or cont…

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The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or…

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Alt. of Manoeuvre

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Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position.

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Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be projected from the hand, or from any instrument or rngine, so as to strike an object at a dista…

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Fit or convenient time; a time or place favorable for executing a purpose; a suitable combination of conditions; suitable occasion; chance.

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A contraction of Photograph.

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A picture or likeness obtained by photography.

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A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches.

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The art of painting; representation by painting.

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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force.

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The act driving forward or away; the act or process of propelling; as, steam propulsion.

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To mark in a notable manner; to distinquish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to piont out.

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To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…

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Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.

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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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A coarse leaden shot, larger than swan shot, used in hunting deer and large game.

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of Cannon

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A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's b…

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of Cut

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To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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The act of disharging firearms.

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A well-known edible berry growing in pendent clusters or bunches on the grapevine. The berries are smooth-skinned, have a juicy pulp, and are cultiva…

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A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two rings, and a c…

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of Gin

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One who works a gun, whether on land or sea; a cannoneer.

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Act of firing a gun; a shot.

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A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…

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One who, or that which, jumps.

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Alt. of Masse shot

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A stroke made with the cue held vertically.

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A false stroke with a billiard cue, the cue slipping from the ball struck without impelling it as desired.

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Except.

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One skilled in shooting at an object with exactness; a good marksman.

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An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…

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To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.

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A swape or sweep. See Sweep.

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The lower or under side of a sirloin of beef; the fillet.

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A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming…

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A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming…

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An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…

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An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…

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Struck.

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Struck.

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A small basket of rushes, reeds, or willow twigs, etc.

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A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister.

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A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering.

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To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots.

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A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches.

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The art of painting; representation by painting.

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Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.

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Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor.

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Having a changeable, varying luster, or color, like that of a changeable silk, or oa a cat's eye in the dark.

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To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

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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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To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.

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To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.

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of Guess

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Work performed, or results obtained, by guess; conjecture.

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The act of injecting or throwing in; -- applied particularly to the forcible throwing in of a liquid, or aeriform body, by means of a syringe, pump,…

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Having colors like the rainbow; exhibiting a play of changeable colors; nacreous; prismatic; as, iridescent glass.

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To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe.

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A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

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A little ball; as, a pellet of wax / paper.

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The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the st…

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The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.

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One who shoots, as an archer or a gunner.

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of Shoot

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To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he slammed the door.

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To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.

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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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Struck.

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