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  • AUGHT; AUCHT
    Property; possession. Sir W. Scott.
  • AUGHT
    Anything; any part. There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord has spoken. Josh. xxi. 45 But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting. Addison.
  • UPCAUGHT
    Seized or caught up. " She bears upcaught a mariner away." Cowper.
  • SLAUGHTERHOUSE
    A house where beasts are butchered for the market.
  • DISTRAUGHTED
    Distracted. Spenser.
  • LAUGHTER
    A movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction, or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs.
  • ONSLAUGHT
    1. An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack or assault. By storm and onslaught to proceed. Hudibras. 2. A bloody fray or battle. Jamieson.
  • WAUCHT; WAUGHT
    A large draught of any liquid. Jamieson.
  • BESTRAUGHT
    Out of one's senses; distracted; mad. Shak.
  • DRAUGHTSMANSHIP
    The office, art, or work of a draughtsman.
  • CAUGHT
    f Catch.
  • FRAUGHTAGE
    Freight; loading; cargo. Shak.
  • STRAUGHT
    imp. & p. p. of Stretch.
  • STEPDAUGHTER
    A daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage.
  • DAUGHTERLY
    Becoming a daughter; filial. Sir Thomas liked her natural and dear daughterly affection towards him. Cavendish.
  • EXTRAUGHT
    Extracted; descended. Knowing whence thou art extraught Shak.
  • DISTRAUGHT
    1. Torn asunder; separated. "His greedy throat . . . distraught." Spenser. 2. Distracted; perplexed. "Distraught twixt fear and pity." Spenser. As if thou wert distraught and mad with terror. Shak. To doubt betwixt our senses and our souls Which
  • NAUGHTILY
    In a naughty manner; wickedly; perversely. Shak.
  • MANSLAUGHTER
    The unlawful killing of a man, either in negligenc (more info) 1. The slaying of a human being; destruction of men. Milton.
  • DRAUGHT
    The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a draft (see Draft, n., 2) The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating; representation. Dryden. 2. That which is drawn; as: That which is taken by sweeping with a net. Launch out into the deep,
  • DRAUGHTSMAN
    1. One who draws pleadings or other writings. 2. One who draws plans and sketches of machinery, structures, and places; also, more generally, one who makes drawings of any kind. 3. A "man" or piece used in the game of draughts. 4. One who drinks
  • DAUGHTERLINESS
    The state of a daughter, or the conduct becoming a daughter.

 

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