Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably tough.
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Bade.
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Bade.
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Hardened; indurated.
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Hardened; indurated.
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Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough like cartilage.
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Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough like cartilage.
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Consisting of or resembling, leather; leatherlike; tough.
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Consisting of or resembling, leather; leatherlike; tough.
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Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.
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Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.
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Containing, or consisting of, fibers; as, the fibrous coat of the cocoanut; the fibrous roots of grasses.
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Containing, or consisting of, fibers; as, the fibrous coat of the cocoanut; the fibrous roots of grasses.
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Consisting of, or containing, gristle; like gristle; cartilaginous.
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Consisting of, or containing, gristle; like gristle; cartilaginous.
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Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…
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Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…
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of Harden
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of Harden
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Made of hemp; as, a hempen cord.
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Made of hemp; as, a hempen cord.
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of Inure
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of Inure
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of Leather
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of Leather
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Resembling leather in appearance or consistence; tough.
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Resembling leather in appearance or consistence; tough.
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Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting.
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Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting.
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Full of asperities on the surface; broken into sharp or irregular points, or otherwise uneven; not smooth; rough; as, a rugged mountain; a rugged roa…
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Full of asperities on the surface; broken into sharp or irregular points, or otherwise uneven; not smooth; rough; as, a rugged mountain; a rugged roa…
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Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews.
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Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews.
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Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root.
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Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root.
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of Thicken
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of Thicken
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Feeling discomfort; uneasy; as, to be uncomfortable on account of one's position.
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Feeling discomfort; uneasy; as, to be uncomfortable on account of one's position.
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Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; f…
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Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; f…
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Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn by exposure to the weather, especially to severe weather.
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Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn by exposure to the weather, especially to severe weather.
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The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
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Assailing; attacking.
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One who assaults, or violently attacks; an assailant.
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One who attacks.
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A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to…
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Waging war; carrying on war.
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Contending; disposed to contend.
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Guilty of crime or sin.
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A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure.
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A person who has committed a felony.
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One who fights; a combatant; a warrior.
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An evil doer; one who commits a crime; one subject to public prosecution and punishment; a criminal.
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A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection.
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A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.
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An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion.
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The external membranous integument of an animal.
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The quality or state of being tough.
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The quality or state of being tough.
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of Exrerience
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of Exrerience
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Experienced.
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Experienced.
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Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…
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Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…
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Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility.
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Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility.
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Full of asperities on the surface; broken into sharp or irregular points, or otherwise uneven; not smooth; rough; as, a rugged mountain; a rugged roa…
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Full of asperities on the surface; broken into sharp or irregular points, or otherwise uneven; not smooth; rough; as, a rugged mountain; a rugged roa…
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Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous.
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Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous.
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Bade.
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of Baffle
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A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.
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Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.
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Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…
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State; condition.
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A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow.
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Full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty timber; a knotty rope.
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Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful.
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Wood so decayed as to be dry, crumbly, and useful for tinder; touchwood.
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One who engages in rows, or noisy quarrels; a ruffianly fellow.
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A pimp; a pander; also, a paramour.
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Like a ruffian; bold in crimes; characteristic of a ruffian; violent; brutal.
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Full of asperities on the surface; broken into sharp or irregular points, or otherwise uneven; not smooth; rough; as, a rugged mountain; a rugged roa…
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Foolishly obstinate or resolute; stubborn; unrelenting; unfeeling; stern.
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One of an association of robbers and murderers in India who practiced murder by stealthy approaches, and from religious motives. They have been nearl…
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of Toughen
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One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.
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One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.
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