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  • 101Haggard — Hag gard, n. [See {Haggard}, a.] 1. (Falconry) A young or untrained hawk or falcon. [1913 Webster] 2. A fierce, intractable creature. [1913 Webster] I have loved this proud disdainful haggard. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. [See {Haggard}, a., 2.] A hag …

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  • 102Interloper — In ter*lo per (?; 277), n. [Pref. inter + D. looper a runner, fr. loopen to run; akin to E. leap. See {Leap}, and cf. {Elope}.] One who interlopes; one who unlawfully intrudes upon a property, a station, or an office; one who interferes… …

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  • 103Quest — Quest, n. [OF. queste, F. qu[^e]te, fr. L. quaerere, quaesitum, to seek for, to ask. Cf. {Query}, {Question}.] 1. The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost… …

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  • 104Scrub — (skr[u^]b), a. Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby. [1913 Webster] How solitary, how scrub, does this town look! Walpole. [1913 Webster] No little scrub joint shall come on my board. Swift. [1913 Webster] {Scrub game}, a game, as of ball, by… …

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  • 105Scrub game — Scrub Scrub (skr[u^]b), a. Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby. [1913 Webster] How solitary, how scrub, does this town look! Walpole. [1913 Webster] No little scrub joint shall come on my board. Swift. [1913 Webster] {Scrub game}, a game, as of… …

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  • 106Scrub race — Scrub Scrub (skr[u^]b), a. Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby. [1913 Webster] How solitary, how scrub, does this town look! Walpole. [1913 Webster] No little scrub joint shall come on my board. Swift. [1913 Webster] {Scrub game}, a game, as of… …

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  • 107Wanton — Wan ton, a. [OE. wantoun, contr. from wantowen; pref. wan wanting (see {Wane}, v. i.), hence expressing negation + towen, p. p., AS. togen, p. p. of te[ o]n to draw, to educate, bring up; hence, properly, ill bred. See {Tug}, v. t.] [1913… …

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  • 108training pipeline — A Reserve Component category designation that identifies untrained officer and enlisted personnel who have not completed initial active duty for training of 12 weeks or its equivalent. See also nondeployable account …

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  • 109folk art — noun Date: 1911 the traditional typically anonymous art of usually untrained people …

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  • 110unbred — adjective Date: 1622 1. obsolete ill bred 2. not taught ; untrained 3. not bred ; never having been bred < an unbred heifer > …

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