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Eked
(gcide) | Eke \Eke\ ([=e]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eked ([=e]kt); p. pr. &
vb. n. Eking.] [AS. [=e]kan, [=y]kan; akin to OFries.
[=a]ka, OS. [=o]kian, OHG. ouhh[=o]n to add, Icel. auka to
increase, Sw. ["o]ka, Dan. ["o]ge, Goth. aukan, L. augere,
Skr. [=o]jas strength, ugra mighty, and probably to English
wax, v. i. Cf. Augment, Nickname.]
To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with
out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a
laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a
scanty supply of one kind with some other. "To eke my pain."
--Spenser.
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He eked out by his wits an income of barely fifty
pounds. --Macaulay.
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niekedy
(msas) | niekedy
- e'er, someday, sometimes |
niekedy
(msasasci) | niekedy
- e'er, someday, sometimes |
cheeked
(encz) | cheeked, |
deked out of his jock
(encz) | deked out of his jock, |
rose-cheeked
(encz) | rose-cheeked, adj: |
rosy-cheeked
(encz) | rosy-cheeked, adj: |
shrieked
(encz) | shrieked, adj: |
Cheeked
(gcide) | Cheeked \Cheeked\ (ch[=e]kt), a.
Having a cheek; -- used in composition. "Rose-cheeked
Adonis." --Shak.
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Cleeked
(gcide) | Cleek \Cleek\, v. t. [pret. Claught; pret. & p. p. Cleeked;
p. pr. & vb. n. Cleeking.] [ME. cleken, clechen, to seize,
clutch; perh. akin to E. clutch.] [Scot & Dial. Eng.]
1. To seize; clutch; snatch; catch; pluck.
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2. To catch or draw out with a cleek, as a fish; to hook.
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3. To hook or link (together); hence, to marry. --Scott.
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Reeked
(gcide) | Reek \Reek\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reeked (r[=e]kt); p. pr. &
vb. n. Reeking.] [As. r[=e]can. See Reek vapor.]
To emit vapor, usually that which is warm and moist; to be
full of fumes; to steam; to smoke; to exhale.
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Few chimneys reeking you shall espy. --Spenser.
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I found me laid
In balmy sweat, which with his beams the sun
Soon dried, and on the reeking moisture fed. --Milton.
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The coffee rooms reeked with tobacco. --Macaulay.
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Shrieked
(gcide) | Shriek \Shriek\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shrieked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shrieking.] [OE. shriken, originallythe same word as E.
screech. See Screech, and cf. Screak.]
To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds
and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or
anguish.
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It was the owl that shrieked. --Shak.
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At this she shrieked aloud; the mournful train
Echoed her grief. --Dryden.
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Sleeked
(gcide) | Sleek \Sleek\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sleeked;p. pr. & vb. n.
Sleeking.]
To make even and smooth; to render smooth, soft, and glossy;
to smooth over.
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Sleeking her soft alluring locks. --Milton.
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Gentle, my lord, sleek o'er your rugged looks. --Shak.
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mail-cheeked
(wn) | mail-cheeked
adj 1: having bony plates on the sides of the head |
rose-cheeked
(wn) | rose-cheeked
adj 1: having the pinkish flush of health [syn: flushed,
rose-cheeked, rosy, rosy-cheeked] |
rosy-cheeked
(wn) | rosy-cheeked
adj 1: having the pinkish flush of health [syn: flushed,
rose-cheeked, rosy, rosy-cheeked] |
shrieked
(wn) | shrieked
adj 1: uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror |
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