To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason.
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An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc. It was especially used in the case of the gangue minerals of a metalliferous vein.
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To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason.
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A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B.…
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of Box
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To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
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To engage in combat for; to strive for.
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To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way; to provide wi…
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That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.
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To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…
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imp. & p. p. of Fight.
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An inorganic species or substance occurring in nature, having a definite chemical composition and usually a distinct crystalline form. Rocks, except…
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A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of a person for an expedition in an unoccupied region or residence in a foreign land; thin…
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A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.
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The practice of boxing, or fighting with the fist.
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To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
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A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc.
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A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward.
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Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limesto…
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Alt. of Feldspath
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Alt. of Felspath
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A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish.
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Alt. of Martingal
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The fruit of the oak and beech, or other forest trees; nuts; acorns.
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To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.
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A rod; a stick; a staff.
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Pay; reward.
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of Spar
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