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  • 101rivet — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, clinch on a nail, rivet, from Old French, from river to attach, rivet, probably from rive border, edge, bank, from Latin ripa Date: 15th century a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces… …

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  • 102roll — I. noun Etymology: Middle English rolle, from Anglo French roule, rolle, from Medieval Latin rolla, alteration of rotula, from Latin, diminutive of rota wheel; akin to Old High German rad wheel, Welsh rhod, Sanskrit ratha wagon Date: 13th century …

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  • 103set — I. verb (set; setting) Etymology: Middle English setten, from Old English settan; akin to Old High German sezzen to set, Old English sittan to sit Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to cause to sit ; place in or on a seat 2 …

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  • 104thrash — I. verb Etymology: alteration of thresh Date: 1568 transitive verb 1. to separate the seeds of from the husks and straw by beating ; thresh 1 2. a. to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip ; flog b …

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  • 105tramp — I. verb Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle Low German trampen to stamp Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to walk, tread, or step especially heavily < tramped loudly on the stairs > 2. a. to travel about on foot ; hike …

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  • 106trim — I. verb (trimmed; trimming) Etymology: probably from Middle English *trimmen to prepare, put in order, from Old English trymian, trymman to strengthen, arrange, from trum strong, firm; probably akin to Old English trēo tree, wood more at tree&#8230; …

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  • 107tuck — I. verb Etymology: Middle English tuken to mistreat, finish (cloth) by stretching and beating, tuck, from Old English tūcian to mistreat; akin to Old High German zuhhen to jerk, Old English togian to pull more at tow Date: 14th century transitive …

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  • 108Hate crime — Race hate redirects here. For the song by Eddy Grant, see Message Man. This article is about the crime. For the film by this name, see Hate Crime (film). Part of a series on Discriminat …

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  • 109Fisking — The term Fisking, or to Fisk, is blogosphere slang describing detailed point by point criticism that highlights perceived errors, disputes the analysis of presented facts, or highlights other problems in a statement, article, or essay. [William&#8230; …

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  • 110Pillory — The pillory was a device used in punishment by public humiliation and often additional, sometimes lethal, physical abuse.The word is documented in English since 1274 (attested in Anglo Latin from c.1189), and stems from Old French pellori (1168;&#8230; …

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