To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest.
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To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing.
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To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest.
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To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest.
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To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.
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To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.
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Distorted; misshapen.
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Distorted; misshapen.
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Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.
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Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.
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To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds; the wound bled freely; to bleed at the nose.
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To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mas…
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Distorted; misshapen.
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The entire coat of wood that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time.
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A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…
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A mesh.
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The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…
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The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…
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To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy.
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To pull; to draw.
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A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.
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The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mi…
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To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the p…
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An American animal allied to the weasel.
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To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orang…
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To quell; to crush; to silence or put down.
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To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.
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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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One who, or that which, wrings; hence, an extortioner.
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One who, or that which, wrings; hence, an extortioner.
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To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest.
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To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.
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Distorted; misshapen.
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To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away…
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A chisel, with a hollow or semicylindrical blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc.; a similar instrument, wi…
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Same as Arrack.
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To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orang…
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Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.
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