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78 words match “PRY”

DEPENDENT n.
That which depends; corollary; consequence. With all its circumstances and dependents. Prynne.
DEPOSE v.
est or deprive of office. A tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed. Prynne.
DEPRIVABLE a.
be, deprived; liable to be deposed. Kings of Spain . . . deprivable for their tyrannies. Prynne.
DESTRUCTIVENESS n.
The quality of destroying or ruining. Prynne.
DISORDINATE a.
Inordinate; disorderly. [Obs.] "With disordinate gestures." Prynne.
DISPORT v.
To remove from a port; to carry away. Prynne.
DISSUASIVE a.
A dissuasive argument or counsel; dissuasion; dehortation. Prynne. -- Dis*sua"sive*ly, adv.
EBULLIATE v.
To boil or bubble up. [Obs.] Prynne.
EMISSITIOUS a.
Looking, or narrowly examining; prying. [Obs.] "Those emissitious eyes." Bp. Hall.
ENDEAVOR n.
ject; -- a phrase derived from the Middle English phrase "to do one's dever" (duty). "Mr. Prynne proceeded to show he had done endeavor to prepare his answer." Fuller.
ESTRANGEDNESS n.
State of being estranged; estrangement. Prynne.
EXORCISE v.
depart out of a person possessed by one. He impudently excorciseth devils in the church. Prynne.
FLEECER n.
One who fleeces or strips unjustly, especially by trickery or fraund. Prynne.
FLOCK n.
A lock of wool or hair. I prythee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a few flocks in the point [pommel]. Shak.
FLORAN n.
Tin ore scarcely perceptible in the stone; tin ore stamped very fine. Pryce.
FRUCTUARY n.
the profits, income, or increase of anything. Kings are not proprietors nor fructuaries. Prynne.
FUR a.
highly prized. The northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) breeds in vast numbers on the Prybilov Islands, off the coast of Alaska; -- called also sea bear.
GAG v.
To pry or hold open by means of a gag. Mouths gagged to such a wideness. Fortescue (Transl. ).
HEATHENISHNESS n.
uality of being heathenish. "The . . . heathenishness and profaneness of most playbooks." Prynne.
INSPECTION n.
The act or process of inspecting or looking at carefully; a strict or prying examination; close or careful scrutiny; investigation. Spenser. With narrow search, and with inspection deep, Considered every creature. Milton.
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