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473 words match “CHAP”

THRUST v.
come with force; to press on; to intrude. "Young, old, thrust there in mighty concourse." Chapman. To thrust to, to rush upon. [Obs.] As doth an eager hound Thrust to an hind within some covert glade. Spenser.
TIRE v.
ngaged with, anything. [Obs.] Thus made she her remove, And left wrath tiring on her son. Chapman. Upon that were my thoughts tiring. Shak.
TITLE n.
A section or division of a subject, as of a law, a book, specif. (Roman & Canon Laws), a chapter or division of a law book.
TOMB v.
ace in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb. I tombed my brother that I might be blessed. Chapman.
TRANSCENSION n.
The act of transcending, or surpassing; also, passage over. [Obs.] Chapman.
TRANSLATE v.
from one place to another; to transfer; as, to translate a tree. [Archaic] Dryden. In the chapel of St. Catharine of Sienna, they show her head- the rest of her body being translated to Rome. Evelyn.
TREBLE v.
in a treble key; to whine. [Obs.] He outrageously (When I accused him) trebled his reply. Chapman.
TRIFOLY n.
Sweet trefoil. [Obs.] She was crowned with a chaplet of trifoly. B. Jonson.
TRIM n.
Order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim. " The trim of an encounter." Chapman.
TROCHIL n.
The crocodile bird. The crocodile . . . opens his chaps to let the trochil in to pick his teeth, which gives it the usual feeding. Sir T. Herbert.
TROOPMEAL adv.
; in crowds. [Obs.] So, troopmeal, Troy pursued a while, laying on with swords and darts. Chapman.
TRUMPLIKE a.
Resembling a trumpet, esp. in sound; as, a trumplike voice. Chapman.
TRUNDLE-BED n.
pushed under a higher bed; a truckle-bed; also, sometimes, a simiral bed without wheels. Chapman.
TWADDLE n.
Silly talk; gabble; fustian. I have put in this chapter on fighting . . . because of the cant and twaddle that's talked of boxing and fighting with fists now-a-days. T. Hughes.
TWINE v.
To turn round; to revolve. [Obs.] Chapman.
TWIRE-PIPE n.
[Obs.] You are an ass, a twire-pipe. Beau. & Fl. You looked like Twire-pipe, the taborer. Chapman.
UNCOACH v.
To detach or loose from a coach. [Obs.] Chapman.
UNDERCROFT n.
A subterranean room of any kind; esp., one under a church (see Crypt), or one used as a chapel or for any sacred purpose.
UNDERGROAN v.
To groan beneath. [Obs.] Earth undergroaned their high-raised feet. Chapman.
UNHEIRED a.
Destitute of an heir. To leave him utterly unheired. Chapman.
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