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11refuse — I /rafyuwz/ To deny, decline, reject. Fail is distinguished from refuse in that refuse involves an act of the will, while fail may be an act of inevitable necessity. Maestas v. American Metal Co. of New Mexico, 37 N.M. 203, 20 P.2d 924, 928 II… …
12Clear stuff — Stuff Stuff, n. [OF. estoffe, F. [ e]toffe; of uncertain origin, perhaps of Teutonic origin and akin to E. stop, v.t. Cf. {Stuff}, v. t.] 1. Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture. [1913 Webster] For the stuff they had… …
13Refuse — Ref use (r?f ?s;277), n. [F. refus refusal, also, that which is refused. See {Refuse} to deny.] That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter. [1913 Webster] Syn: Dregs; sediment; scum; recrement; dross. [1913 Webster] …
14Silk gown — Stuff Stuff, n. [OF. estoffe, F. [ e]toffe; of uncertain origin, perhaps of Teutonic origin and akin to E. stop, v.t. Cf. {Stuff}, v. t.] 1. Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture. [1913 Webster] For the stuff they had… …
15Small stuff — Stuff Stuff, n. [OF. estoffe, F. [ e]toffe; of uncertain origin, perhaps of Teutonic origin and akin to E. stop, v.t. Cf. {Stuff}, v. t.] 1. Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture. [1913 Webster] For the stuff they had… …
16Stuff — Stuff, n. [OF. estoffe, F. [ e]toffe; of uncertain origin, perhaps of Teutonic origin and akin to E. stop, v.t. Cf. {Stuff}, v. t.] 1. Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture. [1913 Webster] For the stuff they had was… …
17Stuff gown — Stuff Stuff, n. [OF. estoffe, F. [ e]toffe; of uncertain origin, perhaps of Teutonic origin and akin to E. stop, v.t. Cf. {Stuff}, v. t.] 1. Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture. [1913 Webster] For the stuff they had… …
18Barnabe Barnes — (c. 1568 or 1569 1609), English poet, fourth son of Dr Richard Barnes, bishop of Durham, was born in Yorkshire, perhaps at Stonegrave, a living of his father s, in 1568 or 1569. In 1586 he was entered at Brasenose College, Oxford, where Giovanni… …
19chaff — chaff1 chaffless, adj. chafflike, adj. /chaf, chahf/, n. 1. the husks of grains and grasses that are separated during threshing. 2. straw cut up for fodder. 3. worthless matter; refuse. 4. the membranous, usually dry, brittle bracts of the… …
20draff — n. Refuse, lees, dregs, sediment, scum, rubbish, stuff, waste or worthless matter …
