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Badger
·noun A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists. II. Badger ·vt To tease or annoy, as a badger...

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Badger
This word is found in Ex. 25:5; 26:14; 35:7, 23; 36:19; 39:34; Num. 4:6, etc. The tabernacle was cov...

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badger
n. This English name has beenincorrectly applied in Australia, sometimes to the Bandicoot,sometimes...

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badger
a huckster. N. In Derbyshire, a meal-man. ...

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Legged
·adj Having (such or so many) legs; — used in composition; as, a long-legged man; a two-legged anim...

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Badger game
·add. ·- The method of blackmailing by decoying a person into a compromising situation and extorting...

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Badger State
·add. ·- Wisconsin; — a nickname. ...

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badger-box
n. slang name for a roughly-constructed dwelling. 1875. `Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasma...

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badger, to
To tease or confound by frivolous orders. ...

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badger-bag
The fictitious Neptune who visits the ship on her crossing the line. ...

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Badger Skins
There is much obscurity as to the meaning of the word tachash, rendered "badger" in the Authorized V...

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Baker-legged
·adj Having legs that bend inward at the knees. ...

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Bandy-legged
·adj Having crooked legs. ...

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Bowl-legged
·adj Having crooked legs, ·esp. with the knees bent outward. ...

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Dog-legged
·adj Noting a flight of stairs, consisting of two or more straight portions connected by a platform ...

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Duck-legged
·adj Having short legs, like a waddling duck; short-legged. ...

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Light-legged
·adj Nimble; swift of foot. ...

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Near-legged
·adj Having the feet so near together that they interfere in traveling. ...

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Puff-legged
·adj Having a conspicuous tuft of feathers on the legs. ...

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Rough-legged
·adj Having the legs covered with feathers; — said of a bird. ...

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Spindle-legged
·adj Having long, slender legs. ...

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long-legged
Said of a vessel drawing much water. ♦ Long leggers, lean schooners. Longer than ordinary proporti...

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three-legged mare
The gallows, formerly consisting of three posts, over which were laid three transverse beams. This c...

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