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731 words match “AUGHT”

DREADNAUGHT n. 2 definitions
of very thick cloth, that can defend against storm and cold; also, the cloth itself; fearnaught.
EXTRAUGHT p.
Extracted; descended. [Obs.] Knowing whence thou art extraught Shak.
FEARNAUGHT n. 2 definitions
A stout woolen cloth of great thickness; dreadnaught; also, a warm garment.
FORSTRAUGHT p.
Distracted. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FRAUGHT a. 3 definitions
Freighted; laden; filled; stored; charged. A vessel of our country richly fraught. Shak. A discourse fraught with all the commending excellences oSouth. Enterprises fraught with world-wide benefits. I. Taylor.
FRAUGHTAGE n.
Freight; loading; cargo. [Obs.] Shak.
FRAUGHTING a.
Constituting the freight or cargo. [Obs.] "The fraughting souls within her." Shak.
GODDAUGHTER n.
A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism.
GRANDDAUGHTER n.
The daughter of one's son or daughter.
GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER n.
A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter.
HAUGHT a.
High; elevated; hence, haughty; proud. [Obs.] Shak.
HAUGHTILY adv.
In a haughty manner; arrogantly.
HAUGHTINESS n.
The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance.
HAUGHTY a. 3 definitions
High; lofty; bold. [Obs. or Archaic] To measure the most haughty mountain's height. Spenser. Equal unto this haughty enterprise. Spenser
INDRAUGHT n. 2 definitions
A draught of air or flow of water setting inward.
LAUGHTER n.
a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs. See Laugh, v. i. The act of laughter, which is a sweet contraction of the muscles of the face, and a pleasant agitation of the vocal organs, is not merely, or totally within the jurisdiction of ourselves. Sir T. Browne. Archly the maiden smiled, and with eyes…
LAUGHTERLESS a.
Not laughing; without laughter.
M'-NAUGHT v.
d, using high-pressure steam and working as a compound engine, -- a plan introduced by M'Naught, a Scottish engineer, in 1845.
MANSLAUGHTER n. 2 definitions
The slaying of a human being; destruction of men. Milton.
MISTAUGHT a.
Wrongly taught; as, a mistaught youth. L'Estrange.
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