A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.
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Cloth or flax dipped in warm water or medicaments and applied to a hurt or sore.
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A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.
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One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.
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A dunce; a numskull; a blockhead.
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A shark of the genus Sphyrna or Zygaena, having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape. The Sphyrna zy…
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A person who is clumsy or accident-prone
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A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull.
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A dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow.
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Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance;…
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A person of weak intellect; a silly person.
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A heavy, stupid fellow; a blockhead; a numskull; an ignoramus; a dunce; a dullard.
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A stupid person; a dunce.
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Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons.
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