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| "n. A plug or cover for the muzzle of a cannon or gun to keep out dust and moisture" |
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| an allegorical drama of the 15th and 16th centuries in which personified virtues, vices, and other abstractions are characters |
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| adj. reduced to a lower status, rank, or social class. |
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a. One of the upright, usually rounded or vase-shaped supports of a balustrade.
b. An upright support, such as a furniture leg, having a similar shape.
2. One of the supporting posts of a handrail.
3. any of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing
4. any of a set of posts supporting a rail or coping
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swelling at the base and rising in a concave curve to a narrow stem or neck |
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1. A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters.
2. Archaic A yard, garden, or paddock.
Northern English dialect a child's hoop, often the rim of a bicycle wheel |
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A hindrance; an encumbrance.
tr.v. cum·bered, cum·ber·ing, cum·bers
1. To weigh down; burden
2. To hamper or hinder, as by being in the way
3. To litter; clutter up
4. Archaic To bother; distress.
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A comb with plastic or rubber teeth, used for grooming horses.
tr.v. cur·ry·combed, cur·ry·comb·ing, cur·ry·combs
To groom with a currycomb.
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A chalicelike holder for a hot coffee cup, typically made of ornamented metal, used in the Middle East.
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1. A tag or sheath, as of plastic, on the end of a lace, cord, or ribbon to facilitate its passing through eyelet holes.
2. A similar device used for an ornament. |
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(Naut.) The unlaid or ragged end of a rope. |
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adv. In or into a position in which the hands are on the hips and the elbows are bowed outward
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1. Placed in such a way as to have the hands on the hips and the elbows bowed outward: children standing with arms akimbo.
2. Being in a bent, bowed, or arched position: "There he remained, dead to the world, limbs akimbo, until we left" (Alex Shoumatoff).
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1. A rubbing away or wearing down by friction.
2. A gradual diminution in number or strength because of constant stress.
3. A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through retirement, resignation, or death.
4. Repentance for sin motivated by fear of punishment rather than by love of God. |
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1. Disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy.
2. Scornful reproach or contempt: a term of opprobrium.
3. A cause of shame or disgrace.
4. the state of being abused or scornfully criticized
5. reproach or censure
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n. pl. ig·no·min·ies
1. Great personal dishonor or humiliation.
2. Shameful or disgraceful action, conduct, or character.
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1. Great affliction, trial, or distress; suffering
2. An experience that tests one's endurance, patience, or faith
1. a cause of distress
2. a state of suffering or distress |
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