A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses.
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One who, or that which, sticks; as, a bill sticker.
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A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses.
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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 tassel.
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A question proposed for solution; a matter stated for examination or proof; hence, a matter difficult of solution or settlement; a doubtful case; a q…
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A dagger.
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A label, placed upon or in a book, showing its ownership or its position in a library.
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See Creese.
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A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade.
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A kind of dagger or poniard; -- formerly much used by the Scottish Highlander.
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The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent's gills.
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A Malay dagger. See Creese.
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A kind of dagger, -- usually a slender one with a triangular or square blade.
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A kind of dagger with a slender, rounded, and pointed blade.
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A soft composition, as of flour moistened with water or milk, or of earth moistened to the consistence of dough, as in making potter's ware.
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A soft composition, as of flour moistened with water or milk, or of earth moistened to the consistence of dough, as in making potter's ware.
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A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.
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A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.
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Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.
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Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.
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A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; t…
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The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze.
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A handle; especially, the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like.
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A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace.
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One who pastes; as, a paster in a government department.
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One who, or that which, puzzles; a difficult or inexplicable question or fact.
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One who, or that which, pricks; a pointed instrument; a sharp point; a prickle.
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A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine.
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A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.
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One who stumps.
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A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.
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