That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
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To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.
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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
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The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
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a man-made object taken as a whole
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a man-made object taken as a whole
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A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…
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A costume for women, consisting of a short dress, with loose trousers gathered round ankles, and (commonly) a broad-brimmed hat.
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To make a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in writing or preparing a medical prescription.
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A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease.
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To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.
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The side of a thing.
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To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.
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To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…
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To inclose. See Inclose.
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A wandering; a roving or irregular course.
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To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.
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The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.
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Defect; want; lack; default.
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To lose the remembrance of; to let go from the memory; to cease to have in mind; not to think of; also, to lose the power of; to cease from doing.
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To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…
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The glede or kite.
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That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.
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To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a to…
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To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to ins…
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To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.
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Mischance; misfortune; ill lick; unlucky accident; ill adventure.
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Ill luck; ill fortune; mishap.
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Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance.
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To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…
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To retch.
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In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.
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To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.
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Quality or state of being smooth.
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The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.
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Alt. of Steem
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To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair.
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A young person; a stripling; a yonker.
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of Youth
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To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.
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A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to…
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To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue.
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To mistake in remembering; not to remember correctly.
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A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a…
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To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step.
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Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants.
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A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or con…
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That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
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See Cramp, n., 2.
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To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…
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One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…
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of Lead
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A slender bar or pier which forms the division between the lights of windows, screens, etc.
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A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge; specifically, the hawthorn.
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A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under Coral.
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A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes.
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To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.
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A strip of plaster of the thickness proposed for the coat, applied to the wall at intervals of four or five feet, as a guide.
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A bit of wood split off; a splinter.
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A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Thos…
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The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle.
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A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape.
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To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.
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To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pur…
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To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pur…
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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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A false stroke with a billiard cue, the cue slipping from the ball struck without impelling it as desired.
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A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a…
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A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a…
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Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; gli…
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Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; gli…
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The act of stealing; theft.
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The act of stealing; theft.
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A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging.
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To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…
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To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…
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To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step.
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To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step.
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Convenient sea room.
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A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cove…
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A shift, or undergarment, worn by women.
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of Cut
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To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a bone: To remove from its normal connections with a neighboring bone; to put out of join…
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of Elude
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Act of eluding; adroit escape, as by artifice; a mockery; a cheat; trickery.
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To wander; to roam; to stray.
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A false step; a mistake or wrong measure.
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An awkward action; clumsiness; boorishness.
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Luxated.
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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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To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.
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A place for mooring.
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of Moor
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A removable case or covering for a pillow, usually of white linen or cotton cloth.
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To divide; to distribute; to apportion.
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A chemise.
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A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a…
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of Slay
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See Schlich.
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The state or quality of being slick; smoothness; sleekness.
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To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.
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The quality of being slippery.
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A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2.
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To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company.
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An impropriety or incongruity of language in the combination of words or parts of a sentence; esp., deviation from the idiom of a language or from th…
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To display; to spread.
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A handle; a stale, or stele.
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To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession,…
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To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by it. See It, 5.
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