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"To drive a nail into a horseshoe; to lame."
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"(transitive, obsolete) To drive a nail into a horseshoe; to lame."
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"To overfill; to fill to satiety; to stuff full."
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"(transitive, obsolete) To overfill; to fill to satiety; to stuff full."
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"ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:",
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"To clog, clog up; to block."
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"(transitive, obsolete) To clog, clog up; to block."
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"To be disgusting to."
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"(transitive, archaic) To be disgusting to."
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"(transitive, obsolete) To drive a nail into a horseshoe; to lame."
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"(transitive, obsolete) To overfill; to fill to satiety; to stuff full."
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"(transitive, obsolete) To clog, clog up; to block."
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"(transitive, archaic) To be disgusting to."
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