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To thrust some pointed instrument into; to prick with something sharp; as, to prod a soldier with a bayonet; to prod oxen; hence, to goad, to incite, to worry; as, to prod a student. H. Taylor.

The collective body of persons engaged in a calling; as, the profession distrust him.

To poke; to thrust. [Obs.] Holland.

The sixth joint of a typical leg of a crustacean; usually, the penultimate joint.

al portion, or two proximal and more or less consolidated segments, of an appendage of a crustacean.

To thrust forward; to drive or force along. Locke.

Capable of being protruded or thrust out; protractile; protrusive.

The act of protruding or thrusting forward, or beyond the usual limit.

Thrusting or impelling forward; as, protrusive motion. E. Darwin.

A trustworthy citizen; a skilled workman. See Citation under 3d Commune, 1.

To thrust against; to poke; as, to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow.

To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore. If the ox shall push a manservant or maidservant, . . . the ox shall be stoned. Ex. xxi. 32.

A rustic; a clown; an awkward or uncouth person. Queer country puts extol Queen Bess's reign. Bramston. What droll puts the citizens seem in it all. F. Harrison.

The caudal plate of trilobites, crustacean, and certain insects. See Illust. of Limulus and Trilobite.

ch the nail is attached; the tender emotions; as, to cut a finger nail to the quick; to thrust a sword to the quick, to taunt one to the quick; -- used figuratively. This test nippeth, . . . this toucheth the quick. Latimer. How feebly and unlike themselves they reason when they come to the quick of the difference ! Fu…

To butt or strike against; to drive a ram against or through; to thrust or drive with violence; to force in; to drive together; to cram; as, to ram an enemy's vessel; to ram piles, cartridges, etc. [They] rammed me in with foul shirts, and smocks, socks, foul stockings, greasy napkins. Shak.

A straight sword, with a narrow and finely pointed blade, used only for thrusting. Rapier fish (Zoöl.), the swordfish. [Obs.] Grew.

To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like. Her tresses yellow, and long straughten, Unto her heeles down they raughten. Rom. of R. Reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side. John xx. 27. Fruit trees, over woody, reached too far Their pampered boughs. Mil…

Rusty and rancid; -- applied to salt meat. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Tusser. -- Reas"ti*ness, n. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

A person appointed, ordinarily by a court, to receive, and hold in trust, money or other property which is the subject of litigation, pending the suit; a person appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a corporation, and to do other acts necessary to winding up its affairs, in certain cases. Bouvier.…