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The handle of a sword or dagger.

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To ornament, or form designs on (metal, as steel), as by inlaying with gold, etc., or by etching; also, to produce a wavy or variegated pattern on steel, like that of the sword-blades of Damascus steel. To damascene by inlaying, to adorn with.

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A measure of length equal to the eight part of a mile (equivalent to 40 rods, 220 yards, or 201.17 m). 440 to 660 feet.

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Appearance; color; complexion; also, color of the skin.

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Sharp, or so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily. Also, to wail in lamentation for the dead; to mourn with wailing, as one dead; a wailing lament for the dead.

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To strike forcible with cutting tool; cut with a blow or blows of a sharp instrument, as an axe, sword, etc.

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To give (one) the worst or a contest or struggle; defeat; beat.