The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
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Any one of several species of wild and savage carnivores belonging to the genus Canis and closely allied to the common dog. The best-known and most destructive species are the European wolf (Canis lupus), the American gray, or timber, wolf (C. occidentalis), and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man.
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The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
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Assailing; attacking.
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One who assaults, or violently attacks; an assailant.
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One who attacks.
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Of or pertaining to the family Canidae, or dogs and wolves; having the nature or qualities of a dog; like that or those of a dog.
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One who hangs about women; a male flirt.
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A carnivorous animal (Canis latrans), allied to the dog, found in the western part of North America; -- called also prairie wolf. Its voice is a snap…
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A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arth…
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A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arth…
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Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc.
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Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.
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One who, or that which, mashes; also (Brewing), a machine for making mash.
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Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.
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