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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A blustering demonstration, or great effort; a great display.
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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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A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.; also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.
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To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.
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To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously; as, a flaunting show.
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of Humor
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The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.
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of Indulge
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To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly.
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The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense.
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of Pamper
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To scatter; to disperse.
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of Swink
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Wore.
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Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
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A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic; a carousal.
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A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic; a carousal.
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To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into the pond.
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A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See Orgies
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