To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fi…
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To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball.
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To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fi…
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To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fi…
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The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, a…
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A violent gust of wind.
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To flower; to blossom; to bloom.
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The north wind; -- usually a personification.
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An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes cont…
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Alt. of Breeze fly
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Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility;…
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One of a tribe of North American Indians now living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom of flattening their skulls. Chinooks also called…
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A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks; -- so c…
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Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.
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The act of drawing or pulling
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An annual church festival commemorating Christ's resurrection, and occurring on Sunday, the second day after Good Friday. It corresponds to the pasha…
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Coming from the east; as, it was easterly wind.
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A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.
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A sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden and brief rushing or driving of the wind. Snow, and hail, stormy gust and flaw.
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A dry, hot wind, prevailing on the Atlantic coast of Africa, in December, January, and February, blowing from the interior or Sahara. It is usually a…
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A hot southwesterly wind in Egypt, coming from the Sahara.
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A state of the body or mind which is caused by exhaustion of strength and characterized by a languid feeling; feebleness; lassitude; laxity.
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A wind blowing part of the year from one direction, alternating with a wind from the opposite direction; -- a term applied particularly to periodical…
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A wind from the north; esp., a strong and cold north wind in Texas and the vicinity of the Gulf of Mexico.
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Of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from the north; northern.
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A storm or gale from the northwest; a strong northwest wind.
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An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers…
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A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pi…
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A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows, in Turkey, from the desert. It is identical with the simoom of Arabia and the kamsin of Syria.
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Alt. of Simoon
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A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind, that blows occasionally in Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the p…
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A storm, strong wind, or gale coming from the southeast.
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A strong wind, gale, or storm from the south.
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Southern.
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A storm, gale, or strong wind from the southwest.
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A sudden violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow.
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Of or pertaining to heat; warm; hot; as, the thermal unit; thermal waters.
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To make a kind of musical sound, or series of sounds, by forcing the breath through a small orifice formed by contracting the lips; also, to emit a s…
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Mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious; frantic.
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The west wind; poetically, any soft, gentle breeze.
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Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.
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Alt. of Clue
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A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.
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To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.
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To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.
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A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.
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A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel.
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Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent.
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Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring.
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A piece of cane or red with a knot at each end, or a hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind thread or yarn upon.
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To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away.
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Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.
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of Counsel
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of Counsel
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The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…
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To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…
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Elevated; raised aloft.
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To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle.
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To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round.
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The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation.
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The act of expiring
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To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.
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To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.
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Gone.
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The act or result of guiding; the superintendence or assistance of a guide; direction; government; a leading.
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A flowing in or upon; influx.
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That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical…
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To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.
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To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.
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That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in dr…
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One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…
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The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.
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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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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…
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To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.
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Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective.
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The act of turning, as a wheel or a solid body on its axis, as distinguished from the progressive motion of a revolving round another body or a dista…
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of Run
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To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate ma…
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To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.
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of Talk
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To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.
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To labor; to travail.
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A twist; a convolution.
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The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, or any other meteorologi…
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One who, or that which, crimps
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One who, or that which, crimps
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Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.
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Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.
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An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lo…
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An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lo…
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To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…
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To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…
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A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or mo…
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A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or mo…
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One who, or that which, winds; hence, a creeping or winding plant.
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One who, or that which, winds; hence, a creeping or winding plant.
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of Wind
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of Wind
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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…
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The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, a…
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A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound o…
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The mouth of a river; also, the mouth of a cannon.
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The part of a musical or other instrument to which the mouth is applied in using it; as, the mouthpiece of a bugle, or of a tobacco pipe.
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Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.
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A noisy release of gas from the digestive system
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To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.
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To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight.
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One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…
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The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.
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Nonsense or foolish talk
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A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries.
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The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, an…
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Nihility; nonexistence.
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To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…
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To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.
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A young male of the ox kind; especially, a common ox; a castrated taurine male from two to four years old. See the Note under Ox.
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A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or mo…
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The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.
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A twist; a convolution.
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To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
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To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fi…
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To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence,…
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of Wind
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To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.
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To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.
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