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731 words match “AUGHT”

NAUGHT n. 5 definitions
Nothing. [Written also nought.] Doth Job fear God for naught Job i. 9.
NAUGHTILY adv.
In a naughty manner; wickedly; perversely. Shak.
NAUGHTINESS n.
The quality or state of being naughty; perverseness; badness; wickedness. I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart. 1 Sam. xvii. 28.
NAUGHTLY adv.
Naughtily; wrongly. [Obs.] because my parents naughtly brought me up. Mir. for Mag.
NAUGHTY a. 4 definitions
Having little or nothing. [Obs.] [Men] that needy be and naughty, help them with thy goods. Piers Plowman.
ONSLAUGHT n. 2 definitions
An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack or assault. By storm and onslaught to proceed. Hudibras.
RAUGHT n. 2 definitions
imp. & p. p. of Reach. Shak.
SELF-SLAUGHTER n.
Suicide. Shak.
SELF-TAUGHT a.
Taught by one's own efforts.
SLAUGHTER n. 5 definitions
e extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage. On war and mutual slaughter bent. Milton.
SLAUGHTERER n.
One who slaughters.
SLAUGHTERHOUSE n.
A house where beasts are butchered for the market.
SLAUGHTERMAN n.
One employed in slaughtering. Shak.
SLAUGHTEROUS a.
Destructive; murderous. Shak. M. Arnold. -- Slaugh"ter*ous*ly, adv.
STEPDAUGHTER n.
A daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage.
STRAUGHT n. 2 definitions
imp. & p. p. of Stretch.
TAUGHT a. 2 definitions
See Taut. Totten.
THAUGHT n.
See Thwart.
UNFRAUGHT a. 2 definitions
Not fraught; not burdened.
UPCAUGHT a.
Seized or caught up. " She bears upcaught a mariner away." Cowper.
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