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Word: Definition and part of speech

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  1. v. i. To use words, as in discussion; to argue; to dispute.
  2. n. The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom expressing an idea or ideas; a single component part of human speech or language; a constituent part of a sentence; a term; a vocable.
  3. n. Hence, the written or printed character, or combination of characters, expressing such a term; as, the words on a page.
  4. n. Talk; discourse; speech; language.
  5. n. Account; tidings; message; communication; information; — used only in the singular.
  6. n. Signal; order; command; direction.
  7. n. Language considered as implying the faith or authority of the person who utters it; statement; affirmation; declaration; promise.
  8. n. Verbal contention; dispute.
  9. n. A brief remark or observation; an expression; a phrase, clause, or short sentence.
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The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Wootz: Definition and part of speech

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Wootz

  1. n. A species of steel imported from the East Indies, valued for making edge tools; Indian steel. It has in combination a minute portion of alumina and silica.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.