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to scrape or abrade with a rough instrument.
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to scrape or rub roughly
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verb (used with object)
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to separate; part; divide; sever.
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to become separated; part.
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having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless;indifferent:
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a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill thanhe or she possesses; quack.
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a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated forcein complete disorder:
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any overwhelming defeat:
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pleasing to the taste; palatable:
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pleasing or desirable, as fame or power.
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verb (used with object), depleted, depleting.
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to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of
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gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
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characterized by or expressing gloom.
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noun, plural
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harsh discordance of sound; dissonance:
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verb (used with object), spliced, splicing.
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to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by theinterweaving of strands.
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to unite (timbers, spars, or the like) by overlapping and binding theirends.
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a temporary expedient or substitute
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a slight, superficial, or introductory knowledge of something
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slight or superficial.
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verb (used without object)
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to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place
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to move in a slow, idle manner, making purposeless stops in thecourse of a trip, journey, errand, etc.
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impudent; insolent, mischieveious
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descent to a lower position or standing;overthrow; ruin.
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something causing ruin, failure, etc.
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verb (used with object)
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to spread out, expand, or extend.
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to form with an oblique angle; make slanting; bevel.
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sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to theeyes, nose, etc.:
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a fight, battle, or skirmish.
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verb (used with object)
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to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive,useful, etc.; impair or spoil:
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agreement; accord; harmonious relations.
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a consistent, orderly, or pleasing arrangement of parts; congruity.
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Music.
- any simultaneous combination of tones.
- the simultaneous combination of tones, especially when blendedinto chords pleasing to the ear; chordal structure, as distinguishedfrom melody and rhythm.
- the science of the structure, relations, and practical combination o fchords.
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a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, oftenmade of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.
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to cut, shape, or fashion by or as if by carving with a chisel.
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pleasant to the ear; melodious:
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