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473 words match “CHAP”

SORT n. 2 definitions
ort of rogues." Massinger. A boy, a child, and we a sort of us, Vowed against his voyage. Chapman.
SOUND a.
rasswork here, how rich it is in beams, And how, besides, it makes the whole house sound. Chapman.
SPICE v.
ne's words with wit. She 'll receive thee, but will spice thy bread With flowery poisons. Chapman.
SPINY a.
Like a spine in shape; slender. "Spiny grasshoppers sit chirping." Chapman.
SPLEENLESS a.
Having no spleen; hence, kind; gentle; mild. [Obs.] Chapman.
SPRING n.
That which springs, or is originated, from a source; as: (a) A race; lineage. [Obs.] Chapman.
STALE n.
ing the arrow's stale without, and that the head did go No further than it might be seen. Chapman.
STANCE n.
A stanza. [Obs.] Chapman.
STEEP a.
Difficult of access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high. [Obs.] Chapman.
STEEPNESS n.
Height; loftiness. [Obs.] Chapman.
STITCH n.
A furrow. Chapman. Chain stitch, Lock stitch. See in the Vocabulary. -- Pearl, or Purl stitch. See 2nd Purl, 2.
STOCK n.
nts; lineage; family. And stand betwixt them made, when, severally, All told their stock. Chapman. Thy mother was no goddess, nor thy stock From Dardanus. Denham.
STOOLBALL n.
mon in England, esp. with young women. Nausicaa With other virgins did at stoolball play. Chapman.
STOOP v.
Many of those whose states so tempt thine ears Are stooped by death; and many left alive. Chapman.
STRAPPLE v.
To hold or bind with, or as with, a strap; to entangle. [Obs.] Chapman.
STRENUITY n.
Strenuousness; activity. [Obs.] Chapman.
STRENUOUS a.
mer; a strenuous defender of his country. And spirit-stirring wine, that strenuous makes. Chapman. Strenuous, continuous labor is pain. I. Taylor. -- Stren"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Stren"u*ous*ness, n.
STRIP v.
ass; to get clear of; to outstrip. [Obs.] When first they stripped the Malean promontory. Chapman. Before he reached it he was out of breath, And then the other stripped him. Beau. & Fl.
STRIVE n.
An effort; a striving. [R.] Chapman.
STROOT v.
To swell out; to strut. [Obs.] Chapman.
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