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To encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like. The thorny wilds the woodmen fierce assail. Pope.

Closely connected or joined with some other, as in interest, purpose, employment, or office; sharing responsibility or authority; as, an associate judge. While I descend . . . to my associate powers. Milton.

Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely. All athwart there came A post from Wales loaden with heavy news. Shak.

es, tending to draw them together, or to produce their cohesion or combination, and conversely resisting separation.

Perversely; in the wrong way. L'Estrange.

from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely. Or by her charms Draws him awry, enslaved. Milton. Nothing more awry from the law of God and nature than that a woman should give laws to men. Milton.

Applied loosely to compounds having nitrogen variously combined, as in cyanides, nitrates, etc.

Reluctantly; slowly; aversely. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly. Shak.

To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game. The hounds at nearer distance hoarsely bayed. Dryden.

Any species of the genus Ursus, and of the closely allied genera. Bears are plantigrade Carnivora, but they live largely on fruit and insects.

To apply closely or with interest; to direct. To bend his mind to any public business. Temple. But when to mischief mortals bend their will. Pope.

or tax, which has sometimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England, and falsely represented as a gratuity.

A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent throughout, having seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as the currant, grape, blueberry.

To cover sparsely by scattering (something); to strew. "With flowers bescattered." Spenser.

Coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language; vituperation; ribaldry.

A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having a nap, used in bed clothing; also, a similar fabric used as a robe; or any fabric used as a cover for a horse.

To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question.

Characterized by blots or heavy touches; coarsely depicted; wanting in delineation. Ruskin.

An American river herring (Clupea æstivalis), closely allied to the alewife.