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617 words match “EFT”

EFT adv. 3 definitions
Again; afterwards; soon; quickly. [Obs.] I wold never eft comen into the snare. Spenser.
EFTSOON; EFTSOONS adv.
anew; a second time; at once; speedily. [Archaic] And, if he fall from his capel [horse] eftsone. Chaucer. The champion stout eftsoons dismounted. Spenser.
BEREFT p.
of Bereave.
CHIEFTAIN n.
A captain, leader, or commander; a chief; the head of a troop, army, or clan.
CHIEFTAINCY; CHIEFTAINSHIP n.
The rank, dignity, or office of a chieftain.
CLEFT a. 6 definitions
Incised nearly to the midrob; as, a cleft leaf.
CLEFT-FOOTED a.
Having a cloven foot.
CLEFTGRAFT v.
To ingraft by cleaving the stock and inserting a scion. Mortimer.
DEFT a.
Apt; fit; dexterous; clever; handy; spruce; neat. [Archaic or Poetic] "The deftest way." Shak. "Deftest feats." Gay. The limping god, do deft at his new ministry. Dryden. Let me be deft and debonair. Byron.
DEFTLY adv.
Aptly; fitly; dexterously; neatly. "Deftly dancing." Drayton. Thyself and office deftly show. Shak.
DEFTNESS n.
The quality of being deft. Drayton.
HEFT n. 6 definitions
The act or effort of heaving [Obs.] He craks his gorge, his sides, With violent hefts. Shak.
HEFTY a.
Moderately heavy. [Colloq. U. S.]
KERCHIEFED; KERCHIEFT a.
Dressed; hooded; covered; wearing a kerchief. Milton.
LEFT a. 4 definitions
e other side; -- opposed to right, when used in reference to a part of the body; as, the left ear. Also said of the corresponding side of the lower animals. Left bank of a river, that which is on the left hand of a person whose face is turned downstream. -- Left bower. See under 2d Bower. -- Left center, the members…
LEFT-HAND a.
Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right; as, the left-hand side; the left-hand road. Left-hand rope, rope laid up and twisted over from right to left, or against the sun; -- called also water-laid rope.
LEFT-HANDED a. 3 definitions
Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right.
LEFT-HANDEDNESS; LEFT-HANDINESS n.
The state or quality of being left-handed; awkwardness. An awkward address, ungraceful attitudes and actions, and a certain left-handiness (if I may use the expression) proclaim low education. Chesterfield.
LEFT-OFF a.
Laid a side; cast-off.
LEFTWARD adv.
Toward or on the left side. Rightward and leftward rise the rocks. Southey.
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