1405
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ague-cake |
[.] A'GUE-CAKE, n. a hard tumor on the left side of the belly, lower than the false ribs; supposed to be the effect of intermitting fevers. |
1492
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ake |
[.] AKE, v.i. Less properly written ache. [See Ache.] [.] 1. To be in pain; usually, in pain of some continuance. [.] 2. To feel distress of mind; to be grieved; as, the heart akes. |
1493
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aker |
[.] A'KER, n. [Gr., L. ager.] [.] Originally an open field. But in G. Britain the quantity of land in the aker is fixed by statute at four thousand eight hundred and forty square yards, making one hundred and sixty square rods, perches or poles; and this is the quantity ... |
1588
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ale-stake |
[.] A'LE-STAKE, n. a stake set as a sign before an ale-house. |
1906
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almanack-maker |
[.] ALMANACK-MAKER, n. A maker of almanacks. |
3891
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aslake |
[.] ASLA'KE, v.t. [See Slack.] [.] To remit; to slacken. [Not in use.] |
4608
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awake |
[.] AWA'KE, v.t. pret. awoke, awaked; pp. awaked. [The L. vigilo seems to be formed on this root. See Wake.] [.] 1. To rouse from asleep. [.] I go that I may awake him out of sleep. John 11. [.] 2. To excite from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity ... |
4609
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awaken |
[.] AWA'KEN, v.t. awa'kn. This is the word awake, with its Saxon infinitive. It is transitive or intransitive; but more frequently transitive, as awake is more frequently intransitive. its significations are the same as those of awake. |
4610
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awakened |
[.] AWA'KENED, pp. Roused from sleep, in a natural or moral sense. |
4611
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awakener |
[.] AWA'KENER, n. He or that which awakens. |
4612
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awakening |
[.] AWA'KENING, n. A revival of religion, or more general attention to religion, than usual. |
4807
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bake |
[.] BAKE, v.t. [.] 14 [.] 1. To heat, dry and harden, as in an oven or furnace, or under coals of fire; to dress and prepare for food, in a close place heated; as, to bake bread. [.] 2. To dry and harden by heat, either in an oven, kiln or furnace, or by the solar rays; ... |
4808
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baked |
[.] BA'KED, pp. Dried and hardened by heat; dressed in heat; as baked meat. |
4809
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bakehouse |
[.] BA'KEHOUSE, n. [bake and house.] A house or building for baking. |
4810
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bakemeats |
[.] BA'KEMEATS, n. Meats prepared for food in an oven. Gen.xl. |
4811
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baken |
[.] BA'KEN, pp. The same as baked, and nearly obsolete. |
4812
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baker |
[.] BA'KER, n. One whose occupation is to bake bread, biscuit, &c. |
4813
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baker-foot |
[.] BA'KER-FOOT, n. An ill-shaped or distorted foot. |
4814
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baker-legged |
[.] BA'KER-LEGGED, a. One who has crooked legs, or legs that bend inward at the knees. |
4815
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bakery |
[.] BA'KERY, n. The trade of a baker. [.] 2. A place occupied with the business of baking bread, &c. |
4848
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ballad-maker |
[.] BAL'LAD-MAKER, n. A maker or composer of ballads. |
5049
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barley-brake |
[.] B'ARLEY-BRAKE, n. A rural play; a trial of swiftness. |
5308
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bead-maker |
[.] BE'AD-MAKER,n. One who makes beads. In French, paternostrier is one who makes, strings, and sells beads. In Paris are three companies of paternostriers; one that works in glass or crystal; one, in wood and horn; a third, in amber, coral, &c. |
5318
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beaked |
[.] BE'AKED, a. Having a beak; ending in a point, like a beak. |
5319
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beaker |
[.] BE'AKER, n. A cup or glass. |
5467
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bedmaker |
[.] BED'MAKER, n. [bed and maker.] One whose occupation is to make beds, as a college or university. |
5914
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bespeaker |
[.] BESPE'AKER, n. One who bespeaks. |
5963
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betake |
[.] BETA'KE, v.t. pret. betook; pp. betaken. [be and take.] [.] 1. To take to; to have recourse to; to apply; to resort; with the reciprocal pronoun; as, to betake ourselves to arms, or to action. It generally implies a motion towards an object, as to betake ourselves ... |
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betaken |
[.] BETA'KEN, part of betake. |
6025
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bewake |
[.] BEWA'KE, v.t. [be and wake.] To keep awake. [Not used.] |
6558
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bloodsnake |
[.] BLOOD'SNAKE, n. A species of snake, the haemorrhus. |
7124
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brake |
[.] BRAKE, pp. of break. [See Break.] [.] BRAKE, n. [L. erica; Gr. to break.] [.] 1. Brake is a name given to fern, or rather to the female fern, a species of cryptogamian plants, of the genus Pteris, whose fructification is in lines under the margin of the leaf ... |
7227
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breaker |
[.] BREAKER, n. The person who breaks any thing; a violator or transgressor; as a breaker of the law. [.] 1. A rock which breaks the waves; or the wave itself which breaks the waves; or the wave itself which breaks against a rock, a sand bank, or the shore, exhibiting ... |
7314
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brickmaker |
[.] BRICK'MAKER, n. [brick and make.] One who makes bricks, or whose occupation is to make bricks. |
7320
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bridecake |
[.] BRI'DECAKE, n. [bride and cake.] The cake which is made for the guests at a wedding; called, in the U. States, wedding cake. |
7326
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bridestake |
[.] BRI'DESTAKE, n. A stake or post set in the ground to dance round. |
7450
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brogue-maker |
[.] BROGUE-MAKER, n. A maker of brogues. |
7865
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button-maker |
[.] BUT'TON-MAKER, n. One whose occupation is to make buttons. |
7930
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cabinet-maker |
[.] CABINET-MAKER, n. A man whose occupation is to make cabinets, tables, bureaus, bed-steads, and other similar furniture. |
8014
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cake |
[.] CAKE, n. [.] 1. A small mass of dough baked; or a composition of flour, butter, sugar, or other ingredients, baked in a small mass. The name is applied to various compositions, baked or cooked in different shapes. [.] 2. Something in the form of a cake, rather ... |
8271
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cane-brake |
[.] CANE-BRAKE, n. A thicket of canes. |
8501
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card-maker |
[.] CARD-MAKER, n. A maker of cards. |
9522
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cheese-cake |
[.] CHEESE-CAKE, n. A cake made of soft curds, sugar and butter. |
10348
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click-maker |
[.] CLICK-MAKER, n. An artificer whose occupation is to make clocks. |
10590
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coach-maker |
[.] COACH-MAKER, n. A man whose occupation is to make coaches. |
10798
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coffin-maker |
[.] COFFIN-MAKER, n. One who makes, or whose occupation is to make coffins. |
11054
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comb-maker |
[.] COMB-MAKER, n. One whose occupation is to make combs. |
11093
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comfit-maker |
[.] COMFIT-MAKER, n. One who makes or prepares comfits. |
12752
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corn-crake |
[.] CORN-CRAKE, n. The crake or land rail; the corn-crow, for kraka, in Sw., and krage, in Dan., is our word crow, and the name is probably taken from its cry. The Dutch kraai, a crow, is contracted from kraag, and kraaijen is to crow, to vaunt, to tell tales. |
13260
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cow-quakes |
[.] COW-QUAKES, n. Quaking grass, the Briza, a genus of plants. |
13330
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crake |
[.] CRAKE, n. A boast. [See Crack.] [.] CRAKE, n. The corn-crake, a migratory fowl, is a species of the rail, Rallus, found among grass, corn, broom or furze. Its cry is very singular, crek, crek, and is imitated by rubbing the blade of a knife on an indented bone, ... |
13331
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crake-berry |
[.] CRAKE-BERRY, n. A species of Empetrum or berry-bearing heath. |
13566
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croaker |
[.] CROAKER, n. One that croaks, murmurs or grumbles; one who complains unreasonably. |
13810
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cuckold-maker |
[.] CUCKOLD-MAKER, n. One who has criminal conversation with another mans wife; one who makes a cuckold. |
14152
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daker-hen |
[.] DA'KER-HEN, n. A fowl of the gallinaceous kind, somewhat like a patridge or quail. The corn-crake or land-rail, a bird of the grallic order of Linne. |
15887
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dice-maker |
[.] DICE-MAKER, n. A maker of dice. |
17651
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dough-baked |
[.] DOUGH-BAKED, a. Unfinished; not hardened to perfection; soft. |
17766
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drake |
[.] DRAKE, n. [G., L, a duck.] [.] 1. The male of the duck kind. [.] 2. [L., dragon.] A small piece of artillery. [.] 3. The drake-fly. |
17845
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dress-maker |
[.] DRESS-MAKER, n. A maker of gowns, or similar garments; a mantuamaker. |
17962
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drum-maker |
[.] DRUM-MAKER, n. One who makes drums. |
18264
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earthquake |
[.] EARTH'QUAKE, n. A shaking, trembling or concussion of the earth; sometimes a slight tremor; at other times a violent shaking or convulsion; at other times a rocking or heaving of the earth. Earthquakes are usually preceded by a rattling sound in the air, or by a subterraneous ... |
21213
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fake |
[.] FAKE, n. [.] One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn. |
21647
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fellow-rake |
[.] FELLOW-RA'KE, n. An associate in vice and profligacy. |
21671
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feltmaker |
[.] FELT'MAKER, n. One whose occupation is to make felt. |
21847
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fever-weakened |
[.] FE'VER-WEAKENED, a. Debilitated by fever. |
22101
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firedrake |
[.] FI'REDRAKE, n. [.] 1. A fiery serpent. [.] 2. An ignis fatuus. |
22250
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flake |
[.] FLAKE, n. [L. floccus; Gr. Flake and flock are doubtless the same word, varied in orthography, and connected perhaps with L. plico, Gr. The sense is a complication, a crowd, or a lay.] [.] 1. A small collection of snow, as it falls from the clouds or from the ... |
22251
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flake-white |
[.] FLAKE-WHITE, n. Oxyd of bismuth. |
22393
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fleshquake |
[.] FLESH'QUAKE, n. A trembling of the flesh. [Not used.] |
23048
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forsake |
[.] FORSA'KE, v.t. pret. forsook; pp. forsaken. See Seek .] [.] 1. To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart from. Friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity. [.] Forsake the foolish, and live. Prov. 9. [.] 2. To abandon; to renounce; to ... |
23049
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forsaken |
[.] FORSA'KEN, pp. Deserted; left; abandoned. |
23050
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forsaker |
[.] FORSA'KER, n. One that forsakes or deserts. |
23419
|
fringemaker |
[.] FRINGEMAKER, n. One who makes fringe. |
25114
|
grave-maker |
[.] GRA'VE-MAKER, n. A grave-digger. |
25681
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hake |
[.] HAKE, n. A kind of fish, the Gadus merlucius; called by some authors lucius marinus. It was formerly salted and dried. |
26097
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haymaker |
[.] HA'YMAKER, n. One who cuts and dries grass for fodder. |
26147
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headshake |
[.] HEADSHAKE, n. hed'shake. A significant shake of the head. |
26196
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heart-breaker |
[.] HE`ART-BREAKER, a. A lady's curl; a love-lock. |
27238
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horsebreaker |
[.] HORSEBREAKER, n. One whose employment is to break horses, or to teach them to draw or carry. |
27351
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house-breaker |
[.] HOUSE-BREAK'ER, n. house'-breaker. One who breaks, opens and enters a house by day with a felonious intent, or one who breaks or opens a house, and steals therefrom, by daylight. |
29895
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inkmaker |
[.] INK'MAKER, n. One whose occupation is to make ink. |
31256
|
jakes |
[.] JAKES, n. [L. jacio, to throw.] A house of office or back-house; a privy. |
31408
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jigmaker |
[.] JIG'MAKER, n. One who makes or plays jigs. [.] 1. A ballad maker. |
31675
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keepsake |
[.] KEE'PSAKE, n. Any thing kept, or given to be kept for the sake of the giver; a token of friendship. |
31831
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kittiwake |
[.] KIT'TIWAKE, n. A fowl of the genus Larus, or gull kind. |
31937
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kraken |
[.] KRA'KEN, n. A supposed enormous sea animal. |
32062
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lake |
[.] LAKE, v.i. [.] To play; to sport. North of England. This is play, without a prefix. [.] LAKE, n. [L. lacus. A lake is a stand of water, from the root of lay. Hence L. lagena, Eng. flagon.] [.] 1. A large and extensive collection of water contained in ... |
33873
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make |
[.] MAKE, v.t. pret. and pp. made. [.] 1. To compel; to constrain. [.] [.] They should be made to rise at an early hour. [.] 2. To form of materials; to fashion; to mold into shape; to cause to exist in a different form, or as a distinct thing. [.] [.] He fashioned ... |
33874
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makebate |
[.] MA'KEBATE, n. One who excites contention and quarrels. |
33875
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makeless |
[.] MA'KELESS, a. Matchless; without a mate. |
33876
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makepeace |
[.] MA'KEPEACE, n. A peace-maker; one that reconciles persons when are variance. |
33877
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maker |
[.] MA'KER, n. The Creator. [.] [.] The universal Maker we may praise. [.] 1. One that makes, forms, shapes, or molds; a manufacturer; as a maker of watches, or of jewelry; a maker of cloth. [.] 2. A poet. |
33878
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makeweight |
[.] MA'KEWEIGHT, n. That which is thrown into a scale to make weight. |
34016
|
mandrake |
[.] MAN'DRAKE, n. [L. mandragoras.] A plant of the genus Atropa, growing naturally in Spain, Italy and the Levant. It is a narcotic,and its fresh roots are a violent cathartic. Its effect in rendering barren women prolific is supposed to be imaginary. |
34142
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mantua-maker |
[.] MAN'TUA-MAKER, n. One who makes gowns for ladies. |
34421
|
matchmaker |
[.] MATCH'MAKER, n. One who makes matches for burning. [.] 1. One who contrives or effects a union by marriage. |
34874
|
merrimake |
[.] MER'RIMAKE, n. [merry and make.] A meeting for mirth; a festival; mirth. [.] MER'RIMAKE, v.i. To be merry or jovial; to feast. |
35354
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mischief-maker |
[.] MIS'CHIEF-MAKER, n. One who makes mischief; one who excites or instigates quarrels or enmity. |
35609
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mistake |
[.] MISTA'KE, v.t. To take wrong; to conceive or understand erroneously; to misunderstand or misapprehend. [.] [.] 'Tis to mistake them costs the time and pain. [.] 1. To take one thing or person for another. [.] [.] We mistake the eloquence of self-apology for ... |
35610
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mistaken |
[.] MISTA'KEN. In the use of this participle, there is a peculiarity which ought to be carefully noticed. When used of persons, it signified to be in an error, to be wrong; as, I am mistaken, you are mistaken, he is mistaken. But when used of things, it signified misunderstood, ... |
35611
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mistaker |
[.] MISTA'KER, n. One that mistakes or misunderstands. |
36635
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naked |
[.] NAKED, a. Open, discovered, to strip. [.] 1. Not covered; bare; having no clothes on; as a naked body or a naked limb. [.] 2. Unarmed; defenseless; open; exposed; having no means of defense or protection against an enemys attack, or against other injury. [.] [.] Behold ... |
36636
|
nakedly |
[.] NAKEDLY, adv. [.] 1. Without covering. [.] 2. Simply ;barely ;merely; in the abstract. [.] 3. Evidently. |
36637
|
nakedness |
[.] NAKEDNESS, n. [.] 1. Want of covering or clothing; nudity; bareness. [.] 2. Want of means of defense. [.] [.] Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land are ye come. Gen 42. [.] 3. Plainness; openness to view. [.] To uncover nakedness, in Scripture, ... |
36638
|
naker |
[.] NAKER, n. Mother of pearl; the white substance which constitutes the interior surface of a shell producing a pearl. |
36645
|
namesake |
[.] NAMESAKE, n. One that has the same name as another. |
36843
|
needle-maker |
[.] NEEDLE-MAKER, n. One who manufactures needles. |
37215
|
noise-maker |
[.] NOISE-MAKER, n. One who makes a clamor. |
37534
|
nut-breaker |
[.] NUT-BREAKER. [See Nutcracker.] |
37566
|
oaken |
[.] OAKEN, a. o'kn. [.] 1. Made of oak or consisting of oak; as an oaken plank or bench; an oaken bower. [.] 2. Composed of branches of oak; as an oaken garland. |
37567
|
oakenpin |
[.] OAKENPIN, n. An apple; so called from its hardness. |
37576
|
oatcake |
[.] OATCAKE, n. A cake made of the meal of oats. [.] |
38111
|
opake |
[.] OPA'KE, a. [L. opacus.] [.] 1. Impervious to the rays of light; not transparent. [This is the word now generally used.] Chalk is an opake substance. [.] 2.Dark; obscure. |
38112
|
opakeness |
[.] OPA'KENESS, n. The quality of being impervious to light; want of transparency; opacity. |
38926
|
overrake |
[.] OVERRA'KE, v.t. To break in upon a ship. When the waves break in upon a ship riding at anchor, it is said, they overrake her, or she is overraked. |
38988
|
overtake |
[.] OVERTA'KE, v.t. [.] 1. To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress or motion; to catch. [.] The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake. Ex. 15. [.] 2. To come upon; to fall on afterwards. Vengeance shall overtake the wicked. [.] 3. To take by surprise. [.] Brethren, ... |
39192
|
painstaker |
[.] PA'INSTAKER, n. A laborious person. |
39300
|
pancake |
[.] PAN'CAKE, n. A thin cake fried in a pan. [.] [.] Some folks think it will never be good times, till houses are tiled with pancakes. |
39386
|
paper-maker |
[.] PA'PER-MAKER, n. One that manufactures paper. |
39426
|
parachment-maker |
[.] P`ARACHMENT-MAKER, n. One who dresses skins for parchment. |
39624
|
partake |
[.] PARTA'KE, v.i. pret. partook; pp. partaken. [part and take.] [.] 1. To take a part, portion or share in common with others; to have a share or part; to participate; usually followed by of, sometimes less properly by in. All men partake of the common bounties of ... |
39625
|
partaken |
[.] PARTA'KEN, pp. Shared with others; participated. |
39626
|
partaker |
[.] PARTA'KER, n. One who has or takes a part, share or portion in common with others; a sharer; a participator; usually followed by of. [.] [.] If the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things-- Rom.15. [.] [.] Sometimes followed by in. [.] [.] ... |
39832
|
patten-maker |
[.] PAT'TEN-MAKER, n. One that makes pattens. |
39892
|
peacebreaker |
[.] PE'ACEBREAKER, n. One that violates or disturbs public peace. |
39897
|
peacemaker |
[.] PE'ACEMAKER, n. One who makes peace by reconciling parties that are at variance. [.] [.] Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. Matt.5. |
40203
|
pepper-cake |
[.] PEP'PER-CAKE, n. A kind of spiced cake or gingerbread. |
40559
|
peruke-maker |
[.] PERU'KE-MAKER, n. A maker of perukes; a wig-maker. |
41031
|
pin-maker |
[.] PIN'-MAKER, n. One whose occupation is to make pins. |
41466
|
plum-cake |
[.] PLUM-CAKE, n. Cake containing raisins or currants. |
43185
|
promise-breaker |
[.] PROM'ISE-BREAKER, n. A violator of promises. |
44091
|
quake |
[.] QUAKE, v.i. [.] 1. To shake; to tremble; to be agitated with quick but short motions continually repeated; to shudder. Thus we say, a person quakes with fear or terror, or with cold. Heb. 12. [.] 2. To shake with violent convulsions, as well as with trembling; ... |
44092
|
quaker |
... [.] QUA'KER, n. One that quakes; ... |
44093
|
quakerism |
[.] QUA'KERISM, n. The peculiar manners, tenets or worship of the quakers. |
44094
|
quakerly |
[.] QUA'KERLY, a. Resembling quakers. |
44095
|
quakery |
[.] QUA'KERY, n. Quakerism. |
44480
|
rake |
[.] RAKE, n. [.] An instrument consisting of a head-piece in which teeth are inserted, and a long handle; used for collecting hay or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or in gardens for breaking and smoothing the earth. [.] RAKE, n. [.] A ... |
44481
|
raked |
[.] RA'KED, pp. Scraped; gathered with a rake; cleaned with a rake; cannonaded fore and aft. |
44482
|
rakehell |
[.] RA'KEHELL, n. [.] A lewd, dissolute fellow; a debauchee; a rake. |
44483
|
rakehelly |
[.] RA'KEHELLY, a. Dissolute; wild. |
44484
|
raker |
[.] RA'KER, n. One that rakes. |
44485
|
rakeshame |
[.] RA'KESHAME, n. A vile dissolute wretch. |
44658
|
rattlesnake |
[.] RAT'TLESNAKE, n. A snake that has rattles at the tail, of the genus Crotalus. The rattles consist of articulated horny cells, which the animal vibrates in such a manner as to make a rattling sound. The poison of the rattlesnake is deadly. |
44659
|
rattlesnake-root |
[.] RATTLESNAKE-ROOT, n. A plant or root of the genus Polygala, and another of the genus Prenanthes. |
44660
|
rattlesnake-weed |
[.] RATTLESNAKE-WEED, n. A plant of the genus Eryngium. |
45866
|
remake |
[.] REMA'KE, v.t. pret. and pp. remade. [re and make.] To make anew. |
46585
|
retake |
[.] RETA'KE, v.t. pret. retook; pp. retaken. [re and take.] [.] 1. To take again. [.] 2. To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners. |
46586
|
retaker |
[.] RETA'KER, n. One who takes again what has been taken; a recaptor. |
47027
|
ring-streaked |
[.] RING'-STREAKED, a. [ring and streak.] Having circular streaks or lines on the body; as ring-streaked goats. Gen. 30. |
47250
|
rope-maker |
[.] RO'PE-MAKER, n. One whose occupation is to make ropes or cordage. [I do not know that roper is ever used.] |
47595
|
sabbath-breaker |
[.] SABBATH-BREAKER, n. One who profanes the sabbath by violating the laws of God or man which enjoin the religious observance of that day. |
47672
|
saddle-maker |
[.] SAD'DLE-MAKER, |
47717
|
sail-maker |
[.] SA'IL-MAKER, n. [.] 1. One whose occupation is to make sails. [.] 2. An officer on board ships of war, whose business is to repair or alter sails. |
47737
|
sake |
[.] SAKE, n. [Heb. to press or oppress. The primary sense is to strain, urge, press or drive forward, and this is from the same root as seek, essay and L. sequor, whence we have pursue and prosecute. We have analogous words in cause, thing, and the L. res.] [.] 1. ... |
47738
|
saker |
[.] SA'KER, n. [.] 1. A hawk; a species of falcon. [.] 2. A piece of artillery. |
47739
|
sakeret |
[.] SAK'ERET, n. The male of the sakerhawk. |
48894
|
seed-cake |
[.] SEE'D-CAKE, n. [seed and cake.] A sweet cake containing aromatic seeds. |
49147
|
semi-opake |
[.] SEMI-OPA'KE, a. [L. semi and opacus.] Half transparent only. |
49348
|
serge-maker |
[.] SERGE-MAKER, n. A manufacturer of serges. |
49535
|
shake |
[.] SHAKE, v.t. pret. shook; pp. shaken. [.] 1. To cause to move with quick vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to agitate; as, the wind shakes a tree; an earthquake shakes the hills or the earth. [.] ... |
49536
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shaken |
[.] SHAKEN, pp. sha'kn. [.] 1. Impelled with a vacillating motion; agitated. [.] 2. a. Cracked or split; as shaken timber. [.] Nor is the wood shaken nor twisted, as those about Capetown. Barrow. [.] [Our ... |
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shaker |
[.] SHA'KER, n. [.] 1. A person or thing that shakes or agitates; as the shaker of the earth. [.] 2. In the United States, shakers is the name given to the very singular sect of Christians, so called from the agitations or movements whisc ... |
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sheldrake |
[.] SHEL'DRAKE, n. An aquatic fowl of the duck kind, the Anas tadorna. It has a greenish black head, and its body is variegated with white. |
49810
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shoemaker |
[.] SHOEMAKER, n. [shoe and maker.] One whose occupation or trade is to make shoes and boots. |
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slake |
[.] SLAKE, v.t. To quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst. And slake the heav'nly fire. [.] SLAKE, v.i. [.] 1. To go out; to become extinct. [.] 2. To grow less tense. [a mistake for slack.] |
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snake |
[.] SNAKE, n. A serpent of the oviparous kind, distinguished from a viper, says Johnson. But in America, the common and general name of serpents, and so the word is used by the poets. [.] SNAKE, v.t. In seamen's language, to wind a small rope round a large one spirally, ... |
50727
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snakeroot |
[.] SNA'KEROOT, n. [snake and root.] A plant, a species of birth-wort, growing in North Am merica the Aristolochia serpentaria. |
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snakeweed |
[.] SNA'KEWEED, n. [snake and weed.] A plant, bistort, of the genus Polygonum. |
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snakewood |
[.] SNA'KEWOOD, n. [snake and wood.] The smaller branches of a tree, growing in the isle of Timor and other parts of the east, having a bitter taste, and supposed to be a certain remedy for the bite of the hooded serpent. It is the wood of the Slrychnos colubrina. |
50761
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sneaker |
[.] SNE'AKER, n. A small vessel of drink. |
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soaked |
[.] SOAKED, pp. Steeped or macerated in a fluid; drenched. |
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soaker |
[.] SOAKER, n. [.] 1. One that soaks or macerates in a liquid. [.] 2. A hard drinker. [Low.] |
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spake |
[.] SPAKE, pret. of speak; nearly obsolete. We not use spoke. |
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speaker |
[.] SPE'AKER, n. [.] 1. One that speaks, in what ever manner. [.] 2. One that proclaims or celebrates. -No other speaker of my living actions. [.] 3. One that utters or pronounces a discourse; usually, one that utters a speech in public. We say, a man is a good ... |
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speech-maker |
[.] SPEE'CH-MAKER, n. One who makes speeches; one who speaks much in a public assembly. |
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squeaker |
[.] SQUEAKER, n. One that utters a sharp shrill sound. |
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stake |
[.] STAKE, n. [The primary sense is to shoot, to thrust, hence to set or fix.] [.] 1. A small piece of wood or timber, sharpened at one end and set in the ground, or prepared for setting, as a support to something. Thus stakes are used to support vines, to support fences, ... |
51920
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stake-head |
[.] STAKE-HEAD, n. In rope-making, a stake with wooden pins in the upper side to keep the strands apart. |
51921
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staked |
[.] STAKED, pp. Fastened or supported by stakes; set or marked with stakes; wagered; put at hazard. |
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staymaker |
[.] STAYMAKER, n. One whose occupation is to make stays. |
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strake |
[.] STRAKE, pret. of strike. [See Strike.] [.] STRAKE, n. [.] 1. A streak. [Not used unless in reference to the range of planks in a ships side. See Streak.] [.] 2. A narrow board. [Not used.] [.] 3. The iron band of a wheel. [In the United States, this is called ... |
52626
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streaked |
[.] STREAKED, pp. Marked or variegated with stripes of a different color. |
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stubble-rake |
[.] STUBBLE-RAKE, n. A rake with long teeth for raking together stubble. |
53921
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sweepstake |
[.] SWEE'PSTAKE, n. [sweep and stake.] A man that wins all; usually sweepstakes. |
54197
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system-maker |
[.] SYS'TEM-MAKER, n. One who forms a system. |
54304
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take |
[.] TAKE, v.t. pret. took; pp. taken. [L. doceo. This word seems to be allied to think, for we say, I think a thing to be so, or I take [.] it to be so. It seems also to be allied to Sax.teogan, to draw, to tug, L. duco; for we say, to take a likeness, and to draw a likeness. ... |
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taken |
[.] TAKEN, ta'kn. pp. of take. Received; caught; apprehended; captivated, &c. |
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taker |
[.] TA'KER, n. One that takes or receives; one who catches or apprehends. [.] 1. One that subdues and causes to surrender; as the taker of captives or of a city. |
55124
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thief-taker |
[.] THIE'F-TAKER, n. [thief and taker.] One whose business is to find and take thieves and bring them to justice. |
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truce-breaker |
[.] TRU'CE-BREAKER, n. [truce and breaker.] One who violates a truce, covenant or engagement. 2 Tim.3. |
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unawaked |
[.] UNAWA'KED, |
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unawakened |
[.] UNAWA'KENED, a. [.] 1. Not awakened; not roused from sleep. [.] 2. Not roused from spiritual slumber or stupidity. |
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unbaked |
[.] UNBA'KED, a. Not baked. |
58005
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undertake |
[.] UNDERTA'KE, v.t. pret. undertook; pp. undertaken. [under and take.] [.] 1. To engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform. When I undertook this work, I had a very inadequate knowledge of the extent of my labors. [.] 2. To covenant or contract ... |
58006
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undertaken |
[.] UNDERTA'KEN, pp. of undertake. The work was undertaken at his own expense. |
58007
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undertaker |
[.] UNDERTA'KER, n. [.] 1. One who undertakes; one who engages in any project or business. [.] 2. One who stipulates or covenants to perform any work for another. [.] 3. One who manages funerals. |
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unforsaken |
[.] UNFORSA'KEN, a. Not forsaken; not deserted; not entirely neglected. |
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unmake |
[.] UNMA'KE, v.t. [.] 1. To destroy the form and qualities which constitute a thing what it is. [.] God does not make or unmake things to try experiments. [.] 2. To deprive of qualities before possessed. |
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unmistakeable |
[.] UNMISTA'KEABLE, a. That cannot be mistaken. [Little used.] |
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unmistaken |
[.] UNMISTA'KEN, a. Not mistaken; sure. |
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unraked |
[.] UNRA'KED, a. [.] 1. Not raked; as land unraked. [.] 2. Not raked together; not raked up; as fire. |
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unshaked |
[.] UNSHA'KED, for unshaken, not in use. |
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unshaken |
[.] UNSHA'KEN, a. [.] 1. Not shaken; not agitated; not moved; firm; fixed. [.] 2. Not moved in resolution; firm; steady. [.] 3. Not subject to concussion. |
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unslaked |
[.] UNSLA'KED, a. Not slaked; unquenched; as unslaked thirst. [.] UNSLA'KED, a. Not saturated with water; as unslaked lime. |
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untaken |
[.] UNTAKEN, a. unta'kn. [.] 1. Not taken; not seized; not apprehended; as a thief untaken. [.] 2. Not reduced; not subdued; as untaken Troy. [.] 3. Not swallowed. [.] Untaken away, not removed. 2Cor. 3. [.] Untaken up, not occupied; not filled. [.] Untalked ... |
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unwakened |
[.] UNWA'KENED, a. Not awakened; not roused from sleep or stupidity. |
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unweakened |
[.] UNWE'AKENED, a. Not weakened; not enfeebled. |
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uptake |
[.] UPTA'KE, v.t. [up and take.] To take into the hand. [Not in use.] |
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wake |
[.] WAKE, v.i. [G. The primary sense is to stir, to rouse, to excite.] [.] 1. To be awake; to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep. Psalm 127. [.] [.] The father waketh for the daughter. [.] [.] Though wisdom wakes, suspicion sleeps. [.] [.] I cannot think any ... |
61275
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wake-robin |
[.] WAKE-ROBIN, n. A plant of the genus Arum. |
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wakeful |
[.] WAKEFUL, a. [.] 1. Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep. [.] [.] Dissembling sleep, but wakeful with the fright-- [.] 2. Watchful; vigilant. |
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wakefully |
[.] WAKEFULLY, adv. With watching or sleeplessness. |
61278
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wakefulness |
[.] WAKEFULNESS, n. [.] 1. Indisposition to sleep. [.] 2. Forbearance of sleep; want of sleep. |
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waken |
[.] WAKEN, v.i. wakn. To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened. [.] [.] Early Turnus wakning with the light. [.] WAKEN, v.t. wakn. [.] 1. To excite or rouse from sleep. [.] [.] Go, waken Eve. [.] 2. To excite to action or motion. [.] [.] Then Homers and ... |
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wakened |
[.] WAKENED, pp. Roused from sleep; excited into action. |
61281
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wakener |
[.] WAKENER, n. One who rouses from sleep. |
61282
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wakening |
[.] WAKENING, ppr. Rousing form sleep or stupidity; calling into action. |
61283
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waker |
[.] WAKER, n. One who watches; one who rouses from sleep. |
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wapentake |
[.] WAPENTAKE, WAPENTAC, n. [See Touch. This name had its origin in a custom of touching lances or spears when the hundreder or chief entered on his office.] In some northern counties of England, a division or district, answering to the hundred or cantred in other counties. ... |
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watchmaker |
[.] WATCHMAKER, n. [watch and maker.] One whose occupation is to make and repair watches. |
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water-snake |
[.] WATER-SNAKE, n. [water and snake.] A snake that frequents the water. |
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water-soaked |
[.] WATER-SOAKED, pp. Soaked or having its interstices filled with water; as water-soaked wood; a water soaked hat. |
61626
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way-maker |
[.] WAY-MAKER, n. One who makes a way; a precursor. |
61648
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weaken |
[.] WEAKEN, v.t. [.] 1. To lessen the strength of, or to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; as, to weaken the body; to weaken the mind; to weaken the hands of the magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection or an argument. [.] 2. To reduce in strength ... |
61649
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weakened |
[.] WEAKENED, pp. Debilitated; enfeebled; reduced in strength. |
61650
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weakener |
[.] WEAKENER, n. He or that which weakens. |
61651
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weakening |
[.] WEAKENING, ppr. Debilitating; enfeebling; reducing the strength or vigor of any thing. |
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widow-maker |
[.] WIDOW-MAKER, n. [widow and maker.] One who make widows by destroying lives. |
