To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
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To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.
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To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.
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To conceal.
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To conceal.
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To lament; to bewail; to complain.
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To lament; to bewail; to complain.
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Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.
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Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.
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The wren; -- called also tiddy.
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The wren; -- called also tiddy.
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To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a stan…
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To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive.
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An adorning; an ornament; a decoration.
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The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue.
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An apparatus for weighing.
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To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish.
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Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…
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To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice…
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To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as…
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To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrativ…
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To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise.
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The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred.
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To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, ran…
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To make small, or smaller; to diminish the apparent dimensions of; to lessen.
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The state or quality of being neat.
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That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.
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To weave, interlace, or entwine together, as three or more strands or threads; to form into a braid; to plait.
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A fur esteemed in the Middle Ages as a part of costume. It is uncertain whether it was the fur of one animal only or of different animals.
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A kind of openwork edging made of serpentine braid.
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To reduce from an inflated condition.
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To take away; to withdraw.
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To deprive of buds or shoots, as for training, or economizing the vital strength of a tree.
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To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.
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The entire coat of wood that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time.
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Blown in; inflated.
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To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as be…
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A parrot; -- familiarly so called.
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A tree having its top cut off at some height above the ground, that may throw out branches.
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To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; -- said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions; as, to que…
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To cut off; to pare away.
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obs. p. p. of Shave.
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To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.
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To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity.
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To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.
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A bit of wood split off; a splinter.
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To withdraw, or take away, as a part from the whole; to deduct; as, subtract 5 from 9, and the remainder is 4.
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Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.
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A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem,…
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To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.
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To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.
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Beaded embroidery for women's dresses.
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Beaded embroidery for women's dresses.
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To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.
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To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.
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One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.
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One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.
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of Trim
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of Trim
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The quality or state of being trim; orderliness; compactness; snugness; neatness.
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The quality or state of being trim; orderliness; compactness; snugness; neatness.
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See Clear-cut.
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To embrace, hence; to encompass.
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of Clip
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The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.
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of Cut
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To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.
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To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.
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A flea.
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To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's hoof.
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Beaded embroidery for women's dresses.
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To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune…
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To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.
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obs. p. p. of Shave.
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Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly.
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To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.
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To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save.
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To fill; to stuff; to cram.
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of Trim
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The quality or state of being trim; orderliness; compactness; snugness; neatness.
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