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Tuck

A long, narrow sword; a rapier.

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Attitude 76% connected

The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue.

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Blade 76% connected

Properly, the leaf, or flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants. The term is sometimes applied to the spire of grasses.

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Brand 76% connected

A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.

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Comestible 76% connected

Suitable to be eaten; eatable; esculent.

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Eatable 76% connected

Capable of being eaten; fit to be eaten; proper for food; esculent; edible.

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Edible 76% connected

Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes.

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Enclose 76% connected

To inclose. See Inclose.

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Fold 76% connected

To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.

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Inclose 76% connected

To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pabulum 76% connected

The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment; hence, that which feeds or sustains, as fuel for a fire; that upon which the mind or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Plait 76% connected

A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait.

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Pleat 76% connected

See Plait.

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Posture 76% connected

The position of the body; the situation or disposition of the several parts of the body with respect to each other, or for a particular purpose; espe…

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Sew 76% connected

Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.

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Steel 76% connected

A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one…

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Stitch 76% connected

A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

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Sword 76% connected

An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp/pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, r…

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Victual 76% connected

Food; -- now used chiefly in the plural. See Victuals.

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Victuals 76% connected

Food for human beings, esp. when it is cooked or prepared for the table; that which supports human life; provisions; sustenance; meat; viands.

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Dart 76% connected

A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.

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Insertion 74% connected

The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings.

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Insertion 74% connected

The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings.

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Tucker 74% connected

One who, or that which, tucks; specifically, an instrument with which tuck are made.

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Tucker 74% connected

One who, or that which, tucks; specifically, an instrument with which tuck are made.

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Synonym 4

Gather 92% connected

To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Insert 92% connected

To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to ins…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pucker 92% connected

To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, to pucker up the mouth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rapier 92% connected

A straight sword, with a narrow and finely pointed blade, used only for thrusting.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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