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Steer

A young male of the ox kind; especially, a common ox; a castrated taurine male from two to four years old. See the Note under Ox.

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Cattle 76% connected

Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules, asses, and swine.

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Command 76% connected

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

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Control 76% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Counsel 76% connected

Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.

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Counseling 76% connected

of Counsel

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Counselling 76% connected

of Counsel

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Cows 76% connected

of Cow

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Direct 76% connected

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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Direction 76% connected

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…

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Guidance 76% connected

The act or result of guiding; the superintendence or assistance of a guide; direction; government; a leading.

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Kine 76% connected

of Cow

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Male 76% connected

Evil; wicked; bad.

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Oxen 76% connected

of Ox

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Manner of action 12

Channel 76% connected

The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.

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Conn 76% connected

See Con, to direct a ship.

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Corner 76% connected

The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.

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Crab 76% connected

One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen i…

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Dock 76% connected

A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.

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Helm 76% connected

See Haulm, straw.

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Navigate 76% connected

To joirney by water; to go in a vessel or ship; to perform the duties of a navigator; to use the waters as a highway or channel for commerce or commu…

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Park 76% connected

A piece of ground inclosed, and stored with beasts of the chase, which a man may have by prescription, or the king's grant.

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Pilot 76% connected

One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.

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Sheer 76% connected

Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.

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Starboard 76% connected

That side of a vessel which is on the right hand of a person who stands on board facing the bow; -- opposed to larboard, or port.

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Tree 76% connected

Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk.

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Canalization 74% connected

Construction of, or furnishing with, a canal or canals.

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Canalization 74% connected

Construction of, or furnishing with, a canal or canals.

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Direction 74% connected

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…

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Direction 74% connected

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…

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Entails 3

Go 72% connected

Gone.

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Move 72% connected

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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Travel 72% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Synonym 11

Bullock 92% connected

A young bull, or any male of the ox kind.

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Direct 92% connected

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Guide 92% connected

The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Head 92% connected

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…

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Hint 92% connected

To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.

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Lead 92% connected

One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Maneuver 92% connected

Alt. of Manoeuvre

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Manoeuvre 92% connected

Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position.

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Point 92% connected

To appoint.

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Tip 92% connected

The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wind 92% connected

To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twin…

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