To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress.
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To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orange with the fingers; to squeeze the hand in friendship.
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To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress.
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To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds; the wound bled freely; to bleed at the nose.
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A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier that the other, used as an offensive weapon.
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To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.
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See Clinch.
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To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.
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Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
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To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or…
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To contract violently and irregulary, as the muscular parts of an animal body; to shake with irregular spasms, as in excessive laughter, or in agony…
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To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.
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Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.
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To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…
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See 1st Frith.
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To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of spe…
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Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserinae, and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several allied genera. See Anseres.
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To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place.
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To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly.
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A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.
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To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress.
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The privet.
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Alt. of Railway
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Something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially, a bony neckpiece of meat; hence, humorously or in contempt, the neck.
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To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.
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To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as wi…
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Strangulated.
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An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies.
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To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.
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To set the foot; to step.
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To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose.
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To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing.
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To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.
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To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).
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To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.
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The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.
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The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression.
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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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An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle…
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To fasten on, as armor.
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A clasp in the arms; embrace.
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To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.
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The entire coat of wood that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time.
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To stuff; to lard; to farce.
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The griffin.
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A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…
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The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation.
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One who loves; one who is in love; -- usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex.
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The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…
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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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The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…
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To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.
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To attach, as by a bond.
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To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy.
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To pull; to draw.
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A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.
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An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…
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A pustule; a pimple.
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. imp. & p. p. of Read.
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The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mi…
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To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the p…
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To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.
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To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.
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To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…
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The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expr…
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The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc.
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The act of thrusting or pushing out; a driving out; expulsion.
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To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as be…
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To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose.
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The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression.
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The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression.
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That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.
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That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.
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A mesh.
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A mesh.
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To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as be…
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To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as be…
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Thrist.
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Thrist.
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To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
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To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
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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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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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The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.
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To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.
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To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
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Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
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To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or…
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To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.
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To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.
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To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mas…
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To fasten on, as armor.
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To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away…
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To stuff; to lard; to farce.
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A chisel, with a hollow or semicylindrical blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc.; a similar instrument, wi…
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Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.
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To cower; to crouch; to curl up.
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A mesh.
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A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.
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To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as be…
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An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…
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The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.
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Same as Arrack.
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To drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; to push; especially, to push (a body) so as to make it move along the surface of…
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An American animal allied to the weasel.
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To quell; to crush; to silence or put down.
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Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.
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Thrist.
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To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
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To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand;…
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A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising…
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To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing.
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