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  • 51Muddle — Mud dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Muddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Muddling}.] [From {Mud}.] 1. To make turbid, or muddy, as water. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He did ill to muddle the water. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] 2. To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid… …

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  • 52Muddled — Muddle Mud dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Muddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Muddling}.] [From {Mud}.] 1. To make turbid, or muddy, as water. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He did ill to muddle the water. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] 2. To cloud or stupefy; to render… …

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  • 53Muddling — Muddle Mud dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Muddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Muddling}.] [From {Mud}.] 1. To make turbid, or muddy, as water. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He did ill to muddle the water. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] 2. To cloud or stupefy; to render… …

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  • 54Pi — Pi, n. [See {Pica}, {Pie} magpie, service book.] (Print.) A mass of type confusedly mixed or unsorted. [Written also {pie}.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 55pie — Pi Pi, n. [See {Pica}, {Pie} magpie, service book.] (Print.) A mass of type confusedly mixed or unsorted. [Written also {pie}.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 56Pie — Pie, n. [F. pie, L. pica; cf. picus woodpecker, pingere to paint; the bird being perhaps named from its colors. Cf. {Pi}, {Paint}, {Speight}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A magpie. (b) Any other species of the genus {Pica}, and of several allied genera.… …

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  • 57pye — Pie Pie, n. [F. pie, L. pica; cf. picus woodpecker, pingere to paint; the bird being perhaps named from its colors. Cf. {Pi}, {Paint}, {Speight}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A magpie. (b) Any other species of the genus {Pica}, and of several allied genera …

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  • 58Reminiscence — Rem i*nis cence (r?m ? n?s sens), n. [F. r[ e]miniscence, L. reminiscentia.] 1. The act or power of recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory. [1913 Webster] The other part of memory, called reminiscence,… …

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  • 59Scuffle — Scuf fle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scuffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scuffling}.] [Freq. of scuff, v.i.; cf. Sw. skuffa to push, shove, skuff a push, Dan. skuffe a drawer, a shovel, and E. shuffle, shove. See {Shove}, and cf. {Shuffle}.] 1. To strive or… …

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  • 60Scuffled — Scuffle Scuf fle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scuffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scuffling}.] [Freq. of scuff, v.i.; cf. Sw. skuffa to push, shove, skuff a push, Dan. skuffe a drawer, a shovel, and E. shuffle, shove. See {Shove}, and cf. {Shuffle}.] 1. To… …

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