Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.
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To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.
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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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To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.
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To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure.
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Alt. of Capsulated
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a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily,…
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The soft naked sheath at the base of the beak of birds of prey, parrots, and some other birds. See Beak.
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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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An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval sta…
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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 overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.
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To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.
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To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.
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To cover with, or as with, a shroud; to shroud.
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To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.
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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 portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
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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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To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case.
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That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
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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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A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.
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A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by wome…
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To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.
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of Cover
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To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.
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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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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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Two pieces of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat, cheese, or the like, between them.
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Alt. of Envelop
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A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering.
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A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts.
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One who, or that which, wraps.
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One who, or that which, wraps.
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of Wrap
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of Wrap
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An unleavened cake, as of maize flour, baked on a heated iron or stone.
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To inclose. See Inclose.
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To infold. See Infold.
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To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose within a case, wrapper, integument or the like; to surround entirely; as, to envelop goods or a…
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To envelop. See Inwrap.
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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 twist; a convolution.
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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 twin…
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One who, or that which, wraps.
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of Wrap
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To reverse, as what has been done; to annul; to bring to naught.
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To reverse, as what has been done; to annul; to bring to naught.
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