Beggar |
One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner. |
n. |
Beggar |
One who makes it his business to ask alms. |
n. |
Beggar |
One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use. |
n. |
Beggar |
One who assumes in argument what he does not prove. |
n. |
Beggar |
To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself. |
v. t. |
Beggar |
To cause to seem very poor and inadequate. |
v. t. |
Beggar's lice |
The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them. |
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Beggar's ticks |
The bur marigold (Bidens) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with unpleasant tenacity. |
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Couple |
That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler. |
a. |
Couple |
Two of the same kind connected or considered together; a pair; a brace. |
a. |
Couple |
A male and female associated together; esp., a man and woman who are married or betrothed. |
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Couple |
See Couple-close. |
a. |
Couple |
One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery; -- called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple. |
a. |
Couple |
Two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in amount but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around parallel axes. |
a. |
Couple |
To link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or fasten together; to join. |
v. |
Couple |
To join in wedlock; to marry. |
v. |
Couple |
To come together as male and female; to copulate. |
v. i. |
Couple-closes |
of Couple-close |
pl. |
Couple-close |
A diminutive of the chevron, containing one fourth of its surface. Couple-closes are generally borne one on each side of a chevron, and the blazoning may then be either a chevron between two couple-closes or chevron cottised. |
n. |
Couple-close |
A pair of rafters framed together with a tie fixed at their feet, or with a collar beam. |
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