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Tote

To carry or bear; as, to tote a child over a stream; -- a colloquial word of the Southern States, and used esp. by negroes.

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Bag 76% connected

A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Carry 76% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Transport 76% connected

To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

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Toter 74% connected

The stone roller. See Stone roller (a), under Stone.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Toter 74% connected

The stone roller. See Stone roller (a), under Stone.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Carryall 92% connected

A light covered carriage, having four wheels and seats for four or more persons, usually drawn by one horse.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lug 92% connected

The ear, or its lobe.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tug 92% connected

To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Adopt verb · 78% connection

To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be…

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Adoption noun · 78% connection

a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all pri…

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Affluent noun · 78% connection

A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream.

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Africanize verb · 78% connection

To place under the domination of Africans or negroes.

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Bastard noun · 78% connection

A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.

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Bear noun · 78% connection

An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea…

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Bermuda grass unknown · 78% connection

A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now w…

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Buckra noun · 78% connection

A white man; -- a term used by negroes of the African coast, West Indies, etc.

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Bull brier unknown · 78% connection

A species of Smilax (S. Pseudo-China) growing from New Jersey to the Gulf of Mexico, which has very large tuberous and farinaceous roo…

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Burden noun · 78% connection

The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.

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Child noun · 78% connection

One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place…

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Circuit noun · 78% connection

(law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different lo…

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Colloquial adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloq…

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Colored adjective · 78% connection

Of some other color than white; specifically applied to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored people.

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Confederate adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven Southern States of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to establish an inde…

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Corrasion noun · 78% connection

The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water, principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream, but also by…

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Coulee noun · 78% connection

a stream of lava. Also, in the Western United States, the bed of a stream, even if dry, when deep and having inclined sides; distingui…

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Current adjective · 78% connection

A flowing or passing; onward motion. Hence: A body of fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a stream; esp., the swiftest p…

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