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Strand

One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.

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Abandon 76% connected

To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.

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Desert 76% connected

That which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; right to reward; merit.

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Desolate 76% connected

Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.

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Fiber 76% connected

Alt. of Fibre

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Fibre 76% connected

One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or of muscle.

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Forsake 76% connected

To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity.

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Land 76% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Necklace 76% connected

A string of beads, etc., or any continuous band or chain, worn around the neck as an ornament.

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Pattern 76% connected

Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

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Shape 76% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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Shore 76% connected

of Shear

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Barb 76% connected

Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.

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Cobweb 76% connected

The network spread by a spider to catch its prey.

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Gossamer 76% connected

A fine, filmy substance, like cobwebs, floating in the air, in calm, clear weather, especially in autumn. It is seen in stubble fields and on furze o…

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Paraphysis 76% connected

A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.

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Ply 76% connected

To bend.

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Rhizoid 76% connected

A rootlike appendage.

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Thread 74% connected

A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or mo…

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Thread 74% connected

A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or mo…

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Chain 92% connected

A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornam…

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Fibril 92% connected

A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread; a fibrilla.

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Filament 92% connected

A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber; esp. (Bot.), the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther.

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Ground 92% connected

of Grind

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Maroon 92% connected

In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.

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String 92% connected

A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larg…

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