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  • 71Poking — Poke Poke, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Poking}.] [Cf. LG. poken to prick, pierce, thrust, pok a dagger, knife, D. pook, G. pocken to beat, also Ir. poc a blow, Gael. puc to push.] 1. To thrust or push against or into with… …

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  • 72To poke fun — Poke Poke, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Poking}.] [Cf. LG. poken to prick, pierce, thrust, pok a dagger, knife, D. pook, G. pocken to beat, also Ir. poc a blow, Gael. puc to push.] 1. To thrust or push against or into with… …

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  • 73To poke fun at — Poke Poke, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Poking}.] [Cf. LG. poken to prick, pierce, thrust, pok a dagger, knife, D. pook, G. pocken to beat, also Ir. poc a blow, Gael. puc to push.] 1. To thrust or push against or into with… …

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  • 74Joni Hilton — Infobox Writer imagesize = 150px name = Joni Hilton |caption = pseudonym = birthdate = birthplace = deathdate = deathplace = occupation = Novelist Short story writer Columnist playwright genre = movement = debut works = influences = influenced =… …

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  • 75spline — /spluyn/, n., v., splined, splining. n. 1. a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat. 2. a long, flexible strip of wood or the like, used in drawing curves. 3. Mach. a. any of a series of uniformly spaced ridges on a shaft, parallel… …

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  • 76poke fun at — (Colloq.) Jeer, ridicule, deride, flout, taunt, mock, scoff at, sneer at, jeer at, rail at, make a butt of …

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  • 77spline — [[t]splaɪn[/t]] n. 1) a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat 2) a long, flexible strip of wood or the like, used in drawing curves 3) mac any of a series of ridges on a shaft, parallel to its axis and fitting inside corresponding… …

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  • 78ass — Butt Butt, But But, n. [F. but butt, aim (cf. butte knoll), or bout, OF. bot, end, extremity, fr. boter, buter, to push, butt, strike, F. bouter; of German origin; cf. OHG. b[=o]zan, akin to E. beat. See {Beat}, v. t.] 1. A limit; a bound; a… …

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  • 79But — Butt Butt, But But, n. [F. but butt, aim (cf. butte knoll), or bout, OF. bot, end, extremity, fr. boter, buter, to push, butt, strike, F. bouter; of German origin; cf. OHG. b[=o]zan, akin to E. beat. See {Beat}, v. t.] 1. A limit; a bound; a… …

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  • 80but — Butt Butt, But But, n. [F. but butt, aim (cf. butte knoll), or bout, OF. bot, end, extremity, fr. boter, buter, to push, butt, strike, F. bouter; of German origin; cf. OHG. b[=o]zan, akin to E. beat. See {Beat}, v. t.] 1. A limit; a bound; a… …

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