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458 words match “LEAN”

TILT v.
To lean; to fall partly over; to tip. The trunk of the body is kept from tilting forward by the muscles of the back. Grew.
TO-FALL n.
A lean-to. See Lean-to.
TOOTH n.
] Jamieson. -- Tooth ornament. (Arch.) Same as Dogtooth, n., 2.Tooth paste, a paste for cleaning the teeth; a dentifrice. -- Tooth powder, a powder for cleaning the teeth; a dentifrice. -- Tooth rash. (Med.) See Red-gum, 1. -- To show the teeth, to threaten. "When the Law shows her teeth, but dares not bite." Young…
TOOTHBRUSH n.
A brush for cleaning the teeth.
TOTTER v.
To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver. Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall. Dryden.
TOY n.
en of the lower classes; -- called also toy mutch. [Scot.] "Having, moreover, put on her clean toy, rokelay, and scarlet plaid." Sir W. Scott.
TRAMP v.
To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water. [Scot.] Jamieson.
TREF a.
Ceremonially unclean, according to the Jewish law; -- opposed to kosher.
TREND v. 2 definitions
To cleanse, as wool. [Prov. Eng.]
TWILLY n.
A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of a revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a willy or willying machine; -- called also twilly devil, and devil. See Devil, n., 6, and Willy. Tomlinson.
UNWASHED a.
Not washed or cleansed; filthy; unclean.
UNWEMMED a.
Not blemished; undefiled; pure. [Obs.] Wyclif. With body clean and with unwemmed thought. Chaucer.
UPTILL prep.
To; against. [Obs. & R.] She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Leaned her breast uptill a thorn. Shak.
VAN n. 3 definitions
A shovel used in cleansing ore.
VAULT v.
To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring. Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself. Shak. Leaning on his lance, he vaulted on a tree. Dryden. Lucan vaulted upon Pegasus with all the heat and intrepidity of youth. Addison.
VEINOUS a.
ns; veined; veiny. The excellent old gentleman's nails are long and leaden, and his hands lean and veinous. Dickens.
VICTUAL v.
to store with sustenance; as, to victual an army; to victual a ship. I must go victual Orleans forthwith. Shak.
VIRULENT a.
venomous; very active in doing injury. A contagious disorder rendered more virulent by uncleanness. Sir W. Scott.
WALE v.
to select; specifically (Mining), to pick out the refuse of (coal) by hand, in order to clean it. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
WALLOW v.
To roll; esp., to roll in anything defiling or unclean. "Wallow thyself in ashes." Jer. vi. 26.
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