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The act of aggravating, or making worse; -- used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional t…

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To mock; to ridicule.

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The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially,…

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To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.

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The act of provoking, or causing vexation or, anger.

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Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance;…

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A person of weak intellect; a silly person.

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To address playful good-natured ridicule to, -- the person addressed, or something pertaining to him, being the subject of the jesting; to rally; as,…

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A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied to a permanent…

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The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc.

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To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.

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To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.

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A gear; a tackle.

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Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.

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A young goat.

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Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.

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Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts.

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Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts.

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Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net.

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A husk; a pod; as, a peascod.

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To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.

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To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.

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To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

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To tease or torment by presenting some good to the view and exciting desire, but continually frustrating the expectations by keeping that good out of…

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Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts.

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of Taunt

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To comb or card, as wool or flax.

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A foolish or annoying person

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