A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley.
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To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope.
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A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley.
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To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used commonly in the past pple.]
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of Bind
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Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
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To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or…
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To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.
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To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.
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To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.
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A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.
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To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
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A kiln.
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That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a…
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An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…
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Restricted.
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To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orang…
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The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- ca…
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To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.
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Suffocated; choked.
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To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
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The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.
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A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.
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A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the ins…
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Something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially, a bony neckpiece of meat; hence, humorously or in contempt, the neck.
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One who, or that which, stifles.
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One who, or that which, stifles.
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One who, or that which, strangles.
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One who, or that which, strangles.
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of Strangle
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of Strangle
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The act of strangling, or the state of being strangled.
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The act of strangling, or the state of being strangled.
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One who, or that which, throttles, or chokes.
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One who, or that which, throttles, or chokes.
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To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.
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Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
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To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or…
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To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.
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To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.
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An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…
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To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orang…
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To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.
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That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
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To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of spe…
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One who halts or limps; a cripple.
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A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which…
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The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp. of ruminants.
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To press again.
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To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to…
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The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- ca…
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Strangulated.
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Suffocated; choked.
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The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.
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