To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save.
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To conceal.
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To conceal.
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Alt. of Meagre
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Alt. of Meagre
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Alt. of Meagrely
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Alt. of Meagrely
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Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean.
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Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean.
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Stinging; able to sting.
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Stinging; able to sting.
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Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.
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Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.
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A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck.
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Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent.
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Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component.
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To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.
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To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
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of Eat
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One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are…
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Cut off; set apart.
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To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.
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To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend mon…
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An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural.
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Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclination…
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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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To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.
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To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.
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A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
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The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…
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Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.
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an inclination to approve; "that style is in favor this season"
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The quality or state of being sparse; as, sparseness of population.
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The quality or state of being sparse; as, sparseness of population.
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Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.
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The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or pr…
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Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; additional; supernumerary; also, extraordinarily good; superior; as, extra work; extra pay.
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Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclination…
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To lament; to bewail; to complain.
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Exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant; exuberant; as, a redundant quantity of bile or food.
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The herb sage, or salvia.
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Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.
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Performed to an extent not enjoined, or not required, by duty or necessity; as, supererogatory services.
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More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a superfluous price.
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Exceeding the number stated or prescribed; as, a supernumerary officer in a regiment.
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That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.
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To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
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