A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
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To aim; to direct.
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To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a f…
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Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.
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The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…
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The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the constestants run, or from which they start to return to it again; the place at which a race…
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Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…
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The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.
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A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.
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Taken.
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To draw along; to trail; to drag.
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A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of.
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That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or…
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A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.
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See Drag, n., 6, and Drag sail, under Drag, n.
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A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.
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To appoint.
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Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.
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To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a f…
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To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a f…
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To appoint.
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To appoint.
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The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.
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A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging.
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To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a f…
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Alt. of But
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Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.
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A license of reprisals. See Marque.
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To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.
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Of or pertaining to an object.
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Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…
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To appoint.
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Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder.
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Same as 1st Quarrel.
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