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  • 111To ship the oars — Oar Oar ([=o]r), n [AS. [=a]r; akin to Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aare, Sw. [*a]ra; perh. akin to E. row, v. Cf. {Rowlock}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle …

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  • 112To toss the oars — Oar Oar ([=o]r), n [AS. [=a]r; akin to Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aare, Sw. [*a]ra; perh. akin to E. row, v. Cf. {Rowlock}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle …

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  • 113To trail oars — Oar Oar ([=o]r), n [AS. [=a]r; akin to Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aare, Sw. [*a]ra; perh. akin to E. row, v. Cf. {Rowlock}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle …

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  • 114To unship the oars — Oar Oar ([=o]r), n [AS. [=a]r; akin to Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aare, Sw. [*a]ra; perh. akin to E. row, v. Cf. {Rowlock}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle …

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  • 115Unmuffle — Un*muf fle, v. t. [1st pref. un + muffle.] [1913 Webster] 1. To take a covering from, as the face; to uncover. [1913 Webster] 2. To remove the muffling of, as a drum. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 116Ustulation — Us tu*la tion, n. [Cf. F. ustulation.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of burning or searing. [R.] Sir W. Petty. [1913 Webster] 2. (Old Chem.) The operation of expelling one substance from another by heat, as sulphur or arsenic from ores, in a muffle.… …

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  • 117mute — I. adjective (muter; mutest) Etymology: Middle English muet, mut, from Anglo French, from mu, mute, from Latin mutus, probably from mu, representation of a muttered sound Date: 1513 1. unable to speak ; lacking the power of speech 2.… …

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  • 118pad — I. verb (padded; padding) Etymology: perhaps from Middle Dutch paden to follow a path, from pad path Date: 1553 transitive verb to traverse on foot intransitive verb to go on foot ; walk; especially to walk with or as if with padded feet …

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  • 119stifle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century the joint next above the hock in the hind leg of a quadruped (as a horse or dog) corresponding to the human knee see horse illustration II. verb (stifled; stifling) Etymology: alteration of… …

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  • 120walk — I. verb Etymology: partly from Middle English walken (past welk, past participle walken), from Old English wealcan to roll, toss, journey about (past weolc, past participle wealcen) and partly from Middle English walkien (past walked, past… …

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