To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.
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Liquid filth; mire.
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To defile by adultery.
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To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind.
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A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere.
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Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
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To change into curd; to coagulate; as, rennet causes milk to curdle.
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To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.
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To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to de…
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To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or porti…
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To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.
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To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing.
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To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of…
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To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform.
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A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load.
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The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.
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To reach out; to extend; to put forth.
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To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; -- used literally and figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to sully a person's reputation.
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A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
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Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.
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To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail;…
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To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.
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To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.
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To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expect…
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To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude.
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To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate.
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To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
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Any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong,…
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To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat.
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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…
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The act of pillaging; robbery.
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To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede.
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To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct.
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The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.
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To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.
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The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of p…
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A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below th…
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A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below th…
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Same as Deflour.
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Same as Deflour.
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One who fumbles.
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One who fumbles.
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A small lake. See Mere.
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A small lake. See Mere.
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of Pillage
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The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation.
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The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation.
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To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.
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To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.
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An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.
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To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight.
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To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a credito…
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To flower; to blossom; to bloom.
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A botch; a patch.
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A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease.
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The bittern.
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To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.
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To treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to pamper.
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To parboil, or soften by boiling.
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Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
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A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in general.
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A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below th…
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Same as Deflour.
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To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe.
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Despoliation.
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A stripping or plundering; spoliation.
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Nap or down; flue; soft, downy feathers.
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To tread under foot; to trample.
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Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect.
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To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.
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To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value.
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To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain
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To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected.
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A small lake. See Mere.
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To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat.
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A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.
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To feed to the full; to feed luxuriously; to glut; as, to pamper the body or the appetite.
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To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers.
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At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or ac…
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Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster.
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Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish.
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The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation.
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Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.
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To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.
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To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exagger…
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