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 * To attack with weapons; to charge upon.
 * he took a club and charged upon them.
 * he took a club and charged upon them.


 * they were knocked down by his onset.
 * they were knocked down by his onset.


 * to set upon and kill.
 * to set upon and kill.


 * A parrot that can talk.
 * a parrot.
 * a parrot.
 * a parrot.


 * a cockatoo.
 * a cockatoo.


 * though parrots can talk they are still reckoned among birds.
 * though parrots can talk they are still reckoned among birds.


 * To ridicule and neglect.
 * to make game of.
 * to make game of.
 * to make game of.


 * to lord it over.
 * to lord it over.


 * To carry the head high; high and mighty.
 * appears very gallant.
 * appears very gallant.
 * appears very gallant.


 * apparelled in such a way as to appear very menacing.
 * apparelled in such a way as to appear very menacing.


 * Enchantment; magic.
 * a wizzard.
 * a wizzard.
 * a wizzard.


 * a witch.
 * a witch.


 * To affirm what is false, with malicious intentions; to inculpate falsely; to invent a statement; to calumniate.
 * to implicate unjustly.
 * to implicate unjustly.
 * to implicate unjustly.


 * to involve so as to injure.
 * to involve so as to injure.


 * delude the people.
 * delude the people.


 * a lying charge brings down its punishment on the accuser, therefore make no lying charges.
 * a lying charge brings down its punishment on the accuser, therefore make no lying charges.


 * do not falsely accuse the upright of theft and the pure of lewdness.
 * do not falsely accuse the upright of theft and the pure of lewdness.


 * subjected to a false accusation.
 * subjected to a false accusation.


 * A porch or vestibule.
 * a summer portico.
 * a summer portico.
 * a summer portico.


 * east and west piazzas.
 * east and west piazzas.


 * inner and outer galleries.
 * inner and outer galleries.


 * Overgrown with weeds.
 * neglected fields.
 * neglected fields.
 * neglected fields.


 * To bend the mind to a subject; to strive after; concerns; business; an intensive particle; certainly.
 * business.
 * business.
 * business.


 * public affairs.
 * public affairs.


 * domestic concerns.
 * domestic concerns.


 * devoted to study.
 * devoted to study.


 * in the transaction of business there must be undivided attention.
 * in the transaction of business there must be undivided attention.


 * agricultural affairs.
 * agricultural affairs.


 * extraneous sources of profit.
 * extraneous sources of profit.


 * attend to outside concerns.
 * attend to outside concerns.


 * it is necessarily so.
 * it is necessarily so.


 * must certainly stay.
 * must certainly stay.


 * indispensable.
 * indispensable.


 * has many functions; has much to attend to.
 * has many functions; has much to attend to.


 * To blurt forth; to fire upon; to destroy as a cannon does.
 * his house was blown down by the cannon.
 * his house was blown down by the cannon.
 * his house was blown down by the cannon.


 * killed several tens of persons by the blast.
 * killed several tens of persons by the blast.


 * sunk their ship by firing upon it.
 * sunk their ship by firing upon it.


 * this cannon is too small, firing it has no effect.
 * this cannon is too small, firing it has no effect.


 * fired upon their intrenchment and blew it to pieces.
 * fired upon their intrenchment and blew it to pieces.


 * To blow out of the mouth in the form of vapor; to spurt out of the mouth.
 * spurt water out of the mouth to settle the dust, and then you may sweep the floor.
 * spurt water out of the mouth to settle the dust, and then you may sweep the floor.
 * spurt water out of the mouth to settle the dust, and then you may sweep the floor.


 * those who smoke strong tobacco spit all over the floor.
 * those who smoke strong tobacco spit all over the floor.


 * Mist; vapor in the air.
 * misty.
 * misty.
 * misty.


 * become misty.
 * become misty.


 * very foggy.
 * very foggy.


 * the sky is cloudy, it is going to rain.
 * the sky is cloudy, it is going to rain.


 * steam.
 * steam.


 * the view of the land is cut off by the vapor.
 * the view of the land is cut off by the vapor.


 * is full of mist, so that you cannot see far.
 * is full of mist, so that you cannot see far.


 * Dim; bedimmed.
 * my eyes are dim.
 * my eyes are dim.
 * my eyes are dim.


 * his vision is clouded.
 * his vision is clouded.


 * New and lustrous like white silk.
 * clean and bright.
 * clean and bright.
 * clean and bright.


 * of dazzling whiteness.
 * of dazzling whiteness.

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 * To grind; to polish; to over bear; to reduce to powder.
 * a grind stone.
 * a grind stone.
 * a grind stone.


 * a whet stone.
 * a whet stone.


 * sharpen by grinding.
 * sharpen by grinding.


 * scour it white.
 * scour it white.


 * grind it till it is even.
 * grind it till it is even.


 * grind it off to a point.
 * grind it off to a point.


 * grind it down thin.
 * grind it down thin.


 * to grind a knife.
 * to grind a knife.


 * polish a gun.
 * polish a gun.


 * polish a mirror.
 * polish a mirror.


 * polish to a great brilliancy.
 * polish to a great brilliancy.


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