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  • 81Stool — Stool, n. [AS. st[=o]l a seat; akin to OFries. & OS. st[=o]l, D. stoel, G. stuhl, OHG. stuol, Icel. st[=o]ll, Sw. & Dan. stol, Goth. st[=o]ls, Lith. stalas a table, Russ. stol ; from the root of E. stand. [root]163. See {Stand}, and cf.… …

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  • 82Stool of a window — Stool Stool, n. [AS. st[=o]l a seat; akin to OFries. & OS. st[=o]l, D. stoel, G. stuhl, OHG. stuol, Icel. st[=o]ll, Sw. & Dan. stol, Goth. st[=o]ls, Lith. stalas a table, Russ. stol ; from the root of E. stand. [root]163. See {Stand}, and cf.… …

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  • 83Stool of repentance — Stool Stool, n. [AS. st[=o]l a seat; akin to OFries. & OS. st[=o]l, D. stoel, G. stuhl, OHG. stuol, Icel. st[=o]ll, Sw. & Dan. stol, Goth. st[=o]ls, Lith. stalas a table, Russ. stol ; from the root of E. stand. [root]163. See {Stand}, and cf.… …

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  • 84Stool pigeon — Stool Stool, n. [AS. st[=o]l a seat; akin to OFries. & OS. st[=o]l, D. stoel, G. stuhl, OHG. stuol, Icel. st[=o]ll, Sw. & Dan. stol, Goth. st[=o]ls, Lith. stalas a table, Russ. stol ; from the root of E. stand. [root]163. See {Stand}, and cf.… …

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  • 85Window stool — Stool Stool, n. [AS. st[=o]l a seat; akin to OFries. & OS. st[=o]l, D. stoel, G. stuhl, OHG. stuol, Icel. st[=o]ll, Sw. & Dan. stol, Goth. st[=o]ls, Lith. stalas a table, Russ. stol ; from the root of E. stand. [root]163. See {Stand}, and cf.… …

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  • 86bowel — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French buel, boel, from Medieval Latin botellus, from Latin, diminutive of botulus sausage Date: 14th century 1. intestine, gut; also one of the divisions of the intestines usually used in plural except… …

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  • 87movement — noun Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) the act or process of moving; especially change of place or position or posture (2) a particular instance or manner of moving b. (1) a tactical or strategic shifting of a military unit ; maneuver (2) the advance… …

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  • 88lax — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin laxus loose more at slack Date: 14th century 1. a. of the bowels loose, open b. having loose bowels 2. deficient in firmness ; not stringent < …

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  • 89move — I. verb (moved; moving) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French mover, moveir, from Latin movēre; probably akin to Sanskrit mīvati he moves, pushes Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. a. (1) to go or pass to another place or in a certain …

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  • 90Hanged, drawn and quartered — The execution of Hugh Despenser the Younger, as depicted in the Froissart of Louis of Gruuthuse To be hanged, drawn and quartered was from 1351 a penalty in England for men convicted of high treason, although the ritual was first recorded during&#8230; …

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