brawling

  • 71rabble — rabble1 [rab′əl] n. [ME rabel < ? or akin to ML rabulus, brawling, noisy < L rabula, a brawling advocate < rabere: see RABID] a noisy, disorderly crowd; mob vt. rabbled, rabbling to attack as or by a rabble; mob the rabble the common… …

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  • 72brawl´ing|ly — brawl1 «brl», noun, verb. –n. 1. a noisy and disorderly quarrel: »Whatever brawls disturb the street, There should be peace at home (Isaac Watts). SYNONYM(S): fracas, fray. 2. babble; clamor …

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  • 73brawl´er — brawl1 «brl», noun, verb. –n. 1. a noisy and disorderly quarrel: »Whatever brawls disturb the street, There should be peace at home (Isaac Watts). SYNONYM(S): fracas, fray. 2. babble; clamor …

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  • 74Blarina brevicauda — Shrew Shrew, n. [See {Shrew}, a.] 1. Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold. [1913 Webster] A man . . . grudgeth that shrews [i. e., bad men] have prosperity, or …

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  • 75Blatant — Bla tant, a. [Cf. {Bleat}.] Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly. Harsh and blatant tone. R. H. Dana. [1913 Webster] A monster, which the blatant beast men call. Spenser. [1913… …

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  • 76Brawl — Brawl, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Brawled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brawling}.] [OE. braulen to quarrel, boast, brallen to cry, make a noise; cf. LG. brallen to brag, MHG. pr?ulen, G. prahlen, F. brailler to cry, shout, Pr. brailar, braillar, W. bragal to… …

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  • 77Brawled — Brawl Brawl, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Brawled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brawling}.] [OE. braulen to quarrel, boast, brallen to cry, make a noise; cf. LG. brallen to brag, MHG. pr?ulen, G. prahlen, F. brailler to cry, shout, Pr. brailar, braillar, W. bragal… …

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  • 78Brawler — Brawl er, n. One that brawls; wrangler. [1913 Webster] {Common brawler} (Law), one who disturbs a neighborhood by brawling (and is therefore indictable at common law as a nuisance). Wharton. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 79Brawlingly — Brawl ing*ly, adv. In a brawling manner. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 80Common — Com mon, a. [Compar. {Commoner}; superl. {Commonest}.] [OE. commun, comon, OF. comun, F. commun, fr. L. communis; com + munis ready to be of service; cf. Skr. mi to make fast, set up, build, Goth. gamains common, G. gemein, and E. mean low,… …

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