That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
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A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.
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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
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The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal.
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To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.
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The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity.
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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An S-shaped hook on which pots and kettles are hung over an open fire.
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The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, phy…
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To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.
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That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
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To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruc…
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To fix the limits of; to demarcate; to bound.
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To mark by bounds; to set the limits of; to separate; to discriminate.
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To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements…
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A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber,…
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Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.
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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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To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.
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To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress…
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Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisi…
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To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.
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To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch.
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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 wi…
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A knot; a fastening.
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To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.
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To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap.
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A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond;…
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A fastening, consisting of an iron ring around the wrist, usually connected by a chain with one on the other wrist; a manacle; -- usually in the plur…
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To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.
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A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural.
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The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.
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The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.
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To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.
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To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.
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One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals for their furs.
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One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals for their furs.
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That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a m…
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of Bind
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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 catch in a snare. See Insnare.
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To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contrad…
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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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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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Restricted.
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Stubble.
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A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and caught; a trap; a gin.
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The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.
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To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.
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