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1,346 words match “RONG”

RONG n. 2 definitions
imp. & p. p. of Ring. Chaucer.
RONGEUR n.
An instrument for removing small rough portions of bone.
AWRONG adv.
Wrongly. Ford.
BARONG n.
A kind of cutting weapon with a thick back and thin razorlike edge, used by the Moros of the Philippine Islands.
BINTURONG n.
A small Asiatic civet of the genus Arctilis.
DRONGO n.
th a deeply forked tail. They are natives of Asia, Africa, and Australia; -- called also drongo shrikes.
HEADSTRONG a. 2 definitions
Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn. Not let headstrong boy my will control. Dryden.
HEADSTRONGNESS n.
Obstinacy. [R.] Gayton.
INTHRONG v.
To throng or collect together. [R.] Fairfax.
PRONG n. 4 definitions
A sharp-pointed instrument. Prick it on a prong of iron. Sandys.
PRONG-HOE n.
A hoe with prongs to break the earth.
PRONGBUCK n. 2 definitions
The pronghorn.
PRONGED a.
Having prongs or projections like the tines of a fork; as, a three-pronged fork.
PRONGHORN n.
s, are white. The horny sheath of the horns is shed annually. Called also cabrée, cabut, prongbuck, and pronghorned antelope.
SARONG n.
A sort of petticoat worn by both sexes in Java and the Malay Archipelago. Balfour (Cyc. of India)
SELF-WRONG n.
Wrong done by a person himself. Shak.
SPRONG n.
imp. of Spring. Sprung.
STRONG a. 20 definitions
r to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous. That our oxen may be strong to labor. Ps. cxliv. 14. Orses the strong to greater strength must yield. Dryden.
STRONG-MINDED a.
rous mind; esp., having or affecting masculine qualities of mind; -- said of women. -- Strong"-mind`ed*ness, n.
STRONG-WATER n. 2 definitions
An acid. [Obs.]
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