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  • 61In cold blood — Cold Cold (k[=o]ld), a. [Compar. {Colder} ( [ e]r); superl. {Coldest}.] [OE. cold, cald, AS. cald, ceald; akin to OS. kald, D. koud, G. kalt, Icel. kaldr, Dan. kold, Sw. kall, Goth. kalds, L. gelu frost, gelare to freeze. Orig. p. p. of AS. calan …

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  • 62Languid — Lan guid, a. [L. languidus, fr. languere to be faint or languid: cf. F. languide. See {Languish}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull. Languid, powerless… …

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  • 63Languidly — Languid Lan guid, a. [L. languidus, fr. languere to be faint or languid: cf. F. languide. See {Languish}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull. Languid,… …

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  • 64Languidness — Languid Lan guid, a. [L. languidus, fr. languere to be faint or languid: cf. F. languide. See {Languish}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull. Languid,… …

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  • 65Mump — Mump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mumping}.] 1. To utter imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly. [1913 Webster] Old men who mump their passion. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 2. To work over with the mouth; to mumble; as, to mump food.… …

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  • 66Mump — Mump, v. i. [Akin to mumble; cf. D. mompen to cheat; perh. orig., to whine like a beggar, D. mompelen to mumble. See {Mumble}, {Mum}, and cf. {Mumps}.] 1. To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness. [1913 Webster] He mumps …

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  • 67Mumped — Mump Mump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mumping}.] 1. To utter imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly. [1913 Webster] Old men who mump their passion. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 2. To work over with the mouth; to mumble; as, to mump… …

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  • 68Mumping — Mump Mump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mumping}.] 1. To utter imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly. [1913 Webster] Old men who mump their passion. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 2. To work over with the mouth; to mumble; as, to mump… …

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  • 69Pyrazine — Pyr a*zine, n. Also zin zin . [Pyridine + Gr. ? not + ? life.] (Org. Chem.) A feebly basic solid, {C4H4N2}, obtained by distilling piperazine with zinc dust, and in other ways. Also, by extension, any of various derivatives of the same. [Webster… …

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  • 70Quick — Quick, n. 1. That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge. [1913 Webster] The works . . . are curiously hedged with quick. Evelyn. [1913 Webster] 2. The life; the …

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