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Sticker

One who, or that which, sticks; as, a bill sticker.

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Aculeus 76% connected

A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses.

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Knife 76% connected

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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Label 76% connected

A tassel.

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Problem 76% connected

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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Narrower term 9

Bodkin 76% connected

A dagger.

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Bookplate 76% connected

A label, placed upon or in a book, showing its ownership or its position in a library.

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Crease 76% connected

See Creese.

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Creese 76% connected

A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade.

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Dirk 76% connected

A kind of dagger or poniard; -- formerly much used by the Scottish Highlander.

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Glochidium 76% connected

The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent's gills.

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Kris 76% connected

A Malay dagger. See Creese.

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Poniard 76% connected

A kind of dagger, -- usually a slender one with a triangular or square blade.

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Stiletto 76% connected

A kind of dagger with a slender, rounded, and pointed blade.

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Paste 74% connected

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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Paste 74% connected

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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Stick 74% connected

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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Stick 74% connected

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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Thorny 74% connected

Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.

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Thorny 74% connected

Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.

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Component part 3

Haft 70% connected

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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Helve 70% connected

The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze.

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Hilt 70% connected

A handle; especially, the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like.

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Dagger 92% connected

A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace.

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Paster 92% connected

One who pastes; as, a paster in a government department.

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Poser 92% connected

One who, or that which, puzzles; a difficult or inexplicable question or fact.

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Pricker 92% connected

One who, or that which, pricks; a pointed instrument; a sharp point; a prickle.

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Prickle 92% connected

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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Spine 92% connected

A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.

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Stumper 92% connected

One who stumps.

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Thorn 92% connected

A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.

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