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 pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a person.
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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 flower; to blossom; to bloom.
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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 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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of Feel
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To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to…
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Thrist.
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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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of Wind
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A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offense and defense.
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A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.
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A kind of dagger, -- usually a slender one with a triangular or square blade.
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That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.
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A sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword.
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A pass or thrust.
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To send, give, or grant back; to release a claim to; to resign or surrender by deed; to return.
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A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and…
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A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and…
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of Poke
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of Poke
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One who, or that which, stabs; a privy murderer.
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One who, or that which, stabs; a privy murderer.
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Thrist.
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Thrist.
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To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, o…
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To thrust; to stab; to punch. See Job, v. t.
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An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and…
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A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death.
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A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and…
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A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, etc.
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of Shoot
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Thrist.
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To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
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