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   take exception
         v 1: raise a formal objection in a court of law [syn:
               {challenge}, {take exception}]

English Dictionary: taxicab by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
take shape
v
  1. develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began to take shape"
    Synonym(s): form, take form, take shape, spring
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
taxicab
n
  1. a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
    Synonym(s): cab, hack, taxi, taxicab
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Taxus baccata
n
  1. predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world
    Synonym(s): Old World yew, English yew, Taxus baccata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Taxus brevifolia
n
  1. small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood
    Synonym(s): Pacific yew, California yew, western yew, Taxus brevifolia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Taxus floridana
n
  1. small bushy yew of northern Florida having spreading branches and very narrow leaves
    Synonym(s): Florida yew, Taxus floridana
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tazicef
n
  1. a parenteral cephalosporin (trade names Fortaz and Tazicef) used to treat moderate infections
    Synonym(s): ceftazidime, Fortaz, Tazicef
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tchaikovsky
n
  1. important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893)
    Synonym(s): Tchaikovsky, Peter Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tewkesbury
n
  1. the final battle of the War of the Roses in 1471 in which Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians
    Synonym(s): Tewkesbury, battle of Tewkesbury
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Texas bluebonnet
n
  1. closely resembles Lupinus subcarnosus; southwestern United States (Texas)
    Synonym(s): Texas bluebonnet, Lupinus texensis
  2. low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock poisoning in the southwestern United States
    Synonym(s): bluebonnet, buffalo clover, Texas bluebonnet, Lupinus subcarnosus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Texas fever
n
  1. an infectious disease of cattle transmitted by the cattle tick
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Texas purple spike
n
  1. orchid with slender nearly leafless reddish-brown stems with loose racemes of reddish-brown flowers; of open brushy woods of southeastern Arizona and central Texas
    Synonym(s): Texas purple spike, Hexalectris warnockii
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tussock bellflower
n
  1. European perennial bellflower that grows in clumps with spreading stems and blue or white flowers
    Synonym(s): tussock bellflower, spreading bellflower, Campanula carpatica
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tachyscope \Tach"y*scope\, n. [Gr. [?] quick + -scope.]
      An early form of antimated-picture machine, devised in 1889
      by Otto Ansch[81]tz of Berlin, in which the chronophotographs
      were mounted upon the periphery of a rotating wheel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Taxaspidean \Tax`as*pid"e*an\, a. [Gr. ta`xis an arrangement +
      [?], [?], shield.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Having the posterior tarsal scales, or scutella, rectangular
      and arranged in regular rows; -- said of certain birds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yew \Yew\, n. [OE. ew, AS. e[a2]w, [c6]w, eoh; akin to D. ijf,
      OHG. [c6]wa, [c6]ha, G. eibe, Icel. [ymac]r; cf. Ir. iubhar,
      Gael. iubhar, iughar, W. yw, ywen, Lith. j[89]va the black
      alder tree.]
      1. (Bot.) An evergreen tree ({Taxus baccata}) of Europe,
            allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit
            instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British
            churchyards.
  
      2. The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact,
            fine-grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all
            other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for
            these purposes coming from Spain.
  
      Note: The {American yew} ({Taxus baccata}, var. {Canadensis})
               is a low and straggling or prostrate bush, never
               forming an erect trunk. The {California yew} ({Taxus
               brevifolia}) is a good-sized tree, and its wood is used
               for bows, spear handles, paddles, and other similar
               implements. Another yew is found in Florida, and there
               are species in Japan and the Himalayas.
  
      3. A bow for shooting, made of the yew.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Taxine \Tax"ine\, n. [L. taxus a yew.] (Chem.)
      A poisonous alkaloid of bitter taste extracted from the
      leaves and seeds of the European yew ({Taxus baccata}).
      Called also {taxia}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Ground furze} (Bot.), a low slightly thorny, leguminous
            shrub ({Ononis arvensis}) of Europe and Central Asia,; --
            called also {rest-harrow}.
  
      {Ground game}, hares, rabbits, etc., as distinguished from
            winged game.
  
      {Ground hele} (Bot.), a perennial herb ({Veronica
            officinalis}) with small blue flowers, common in Europe
            and America, formerly thought to have curative properties.
           
  
      {Ground of the heavens} (Astron.), the surface of any part of
            the celestial sphere upon which the stars may be regarded
            as projected.
  
      {Ground hemlock} (Bot.), the yew ({Taxus baccata} var.
            Canadensisi) of eastern North America, distinguished from
            that of Europe by its low, straggling stems.
  
      {Ground hog}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The woodchuck or American marmot ({Arctomys monax}).
                  See {Woodchuck}.
            (b) The aardvark.
  
      {Ground hold} (Naut.), ground tackle. [Obs.] --Spenser.
  
      {Ground ice}, ice formed at the bottom of a body of water
            before it forms on the surface.
  
      {Ground ivy}. (Bot.) A trailing plant; alehoof. See {Gill}.
           
  
      {Ground joist}, a joist for a basement or ground floor; a.
            sleeper.
  
      {Ground lark} (Zo[94]l.), the European pipit. See {Pipit}.
  
      {Ground laurel} (Bot.). See {Trailing arbutus}, under
            {Arbutus}.
  
      {Ground line} (Descriptive Geom.), the line of intersection
            of the horizontal and vertical planes of projection.
  
      {Ground liverwort} (Bot.), a flowerless plant with a broad
            flat forking thallus and the fruit raised on peduncled and
            radiated receptacles ({Marchantia polymorpha}).
  
      {Ground mail}, in Scotland, the fee paid for interment in a
            churchyard.
  
      {Ground mass} (Geol.), the fine-grained or glassy base of a
            rock, in which distinct crystals of its constituents are
            embedded.
  
      {Ground parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), one of several Australian
            parrakeets, of the genera {Callipsittacus} and
            {Geopsittacus}, which live mainly upon the ground.
  
      {Ground pearl} (Zo[94]l.), an insect of the family
            {Coccid[91]} ({Margarodes formicarum}), found in ants'
            nests in the Bahamas, and having a shelly covering. They
            are strung like beads, and made into necklaces by the
            natives.
  
      {Ground pig} (Zo[94]l.), a large, burrowing, African rodent
            ({Aulacodus Swinderianus}) about two feet long, allied to
            the porcupines but with harsh, bristly hair, and no
            spines; -- called also {ground rat}.
  
      {Ground pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of
            pigeons which live largely upon the ground, as the
            tooth-billed pigeon ({Didunculus strigirostris}), of the
            Samoan Islands, and the crowned pigeon, or goura. See
            {Goura}, and {Ground dove} (above).
  
      {Ground pine}. (Bot.)
            (a) A blue-flowered herb of the genus {Ajuga} ({A.
                  Cham[91]pitys}), formerly included in the genus
                  {Teucrium} or germander, and named from its resinous
                  smell. --Sir J. Hill.
            (b) A long, creeping, evergreen plant of the genus
                  {Lycopodium} ({L. clavatum}); -- called also {club
                  moss}.
            (c) A tree-shaped evergreen plant about eight inches in
                  height, of the same genus ({L. dendroideum}) found in
                  moist, dark woods in the northern part of the United
                  States. --Gray.
  
      {Ground plan} (Arch.), a plan of the ground floor of any
            building, or of any floor, as distinguished from an
            elevation or perpendicular section.
  
      {Ground plane}, the horizontal plane of projection in
            perspective drawing.
  
      {Ground plate}.
            (a) (Arch.) One of the chief pieces of framing of a
                  building; a timber laid horizontally on or near the
                  ground to support the uprights; a ground sill or
                  groundsel.
            (b) (Railroads) A bed plate for sleepers or ties; a
                  mudsill.
            (c) (Teleg.) A metallic plate buried in the earth to
                  conduct the electric current thereto. Connection to
                  the pipes of a gas or water main is usual in cities.
                  --Knight.
  
      {Ground plot}, the ground upon which any structure is
            erected; hence, any basis or foundation; also, a ground
            plan.
  
      {Ground plum} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Astragalus
            caryocarpus}) occurring from the Saskatchewan to Texas,
            and having a succulent plum-shaped pod.
  
      {Ground rat}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ground pig} (above).
  
      {Ground rent}, rent paid for the privilege of building on
            another man's land.
  
      {Ground robin}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Chewink}.
  
      {Ground room}, a room on the ground floor; a lower room.
            --Tatler.
  
      {Ground sea}, the West Indian name for a swell of the ocean,
            which occurs in calm weather and without obvious cause,
            breaking on the shore in heavy roaring billows; -- called
            also {rollers}, and in Jamaica, {the North sea}.
  
      {Ground sill}. See {Ground plate} (a) (above).
  
      {Ground snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small burrowing American snake
            ({Celuta am[d2]na}). It is salmon colored, and has a blunt
            tail.
  
      {Ground squirrel}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) One of numerous species of burrowing rodents of the
                  genera {Tamias} and {Spermophilus}, having cheek
                  pouches. The former genus includes the Eastern
                  striped squirrel or chipmunk and some allied Western
                  species; the latter includes the prairie squirrel or
                  striped gopher, the gray gopher, and many allied
                  Western species. See {Chipmunk}, and {Gopher}.
            (b) Any species of the African genus {Xerus}, allied to
                  {Tamias}.
  
      {Ground story}. Same as {Ground floor} (above).
  
      {Ground substance} (Anat.), the intercellular substance, or
            matrix, of tissues.
  
      {Ground swell}.
            (a) (Bot.) The plant groundsel. [Obs.] --Holland.
            (b) A broad, deep swell or undulation of the ocean,
                  caused by a long continued gale, and felt even at a
                  remote distance after the gale has ceased.
  
      {Ground table}. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth.
  
      {Ground tackle} (Naut.), the tackle necessary to secure a
            vessel at anchor. --Totten.
  
      {Ground thrush} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of
            bright-colored Oriental birds of the family {Pittid[91]}.
            See {Pitta}.
  
      {Ground tier}.
            (a) The lowest tier of water casks in a vessel's hold.
                  --Totten.
            (b) The lowest line of articles of any kind stowed in a
                  vessel's hold.
            (c) The lowest range of boxes in a theater.
  
      {Ground timbers} (Shipbuilding) the timbers which lie on the
            keel and are bolted to the keelson; floor timbers.
            --Knight.
  
      {Ground tit}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ground wren} (below).
  
      {Ground wheel}, that wheel of a harvester, mowing machine,
            etc., which, rolling on the ground, drives the mechanism.
           
  
      {Ground wren} (Zo[94]l.), a small California bird ({Cham[91]a
            fasciata}) allied to the wrens and titmice. It inhabits
            the arid plains. Called also {ground tit}, and {wren tit}.
           
  
      {To bite the ground}, {To break ground}. See under {Bite},
            {Break}.
  
      {To come to the ground}, {To fall to the ground}, to come to
            nothing; to fail; to miscarry.
  
      {To gain ground}.
            (a) To advance; to proceed forward in conflict; as, an
                  army in battle gains ground.
            (b) To obtain an advantage; to have some success; as, the
                  army gains ground on the enemy.
            (c) To gain credit; to become more prosperous or
                  influential.
  
      {To get, [or] To gather}, {ground}, to gain ground. [R.]
            [bd]Evening mist . . . gathers ground fast.[b8] --Milton.
  
                     There is no way for duty to prevail, and get ground
                     of them, but by bidding higher.         --South.
  
      {To give ground}, to recede; to yield advantage.
  
                     These nine . . . began to give me ground. --Shak.
  
      {To lose ground}, to retire; to retreat; to withdraw from the
            position taken; hence, to lose advantage; to lose credit
            or reputation; to decline.
  
      {To stand one's ground}, to stand firm; to resist attack or
            encroachment. --Atterbury.
  
      {To take the ground} to touch bottom or become stranded; --
            said of a ship.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yew \Yew\, n. [OE. ew, AS. e[a2]w, [c6]w, eoh; akin to D. ijf,
      OHG. [c6]wa, [c6]ha, G. eibe, Icel. [ymac]r; cf. Ir. iubhar,
      Gael. iubhar, iughar, W. yw, ywen, Lith. j[89]va the black
      alder tree.]
      1. (Bot.) An evergreen tree ({Taxus baccata}) of Europe,
            allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit
            instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British
            churchyards.
  
      2. The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact,
            fine-grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all
            other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for
            these purposes coming from Spain.
  
      Note: The {American yew} ({Taxus baccata}, var. {Canadensis})
               is a low and straggling or prostrate bush, never
               forming an erect trunk. The {California yew} ({Taxus
               brevifolia}) is a good-sized tree, and its wood is used
               for bows, spear handles, paddles, and other similar
               implements. Another yew is found in Florida, and there
               are species in Japan and the Himalayas.
  
      3. A bow for shooting, made of the yew.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Thecasporous \The*cas"po*rous\, a. (Bot.)
      Having the spores in thec[91], or cases.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Choke \Choke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Choked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Choking}.] [OE. cheken, choken; cf. AS. [be]ceocian to
      suffocate, Icel. koka to gulp, E. chincough, cough.]
      1. To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or
            squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to
            strangle.
  
                     With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to
            block up. --Addison.
  
      3. To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.;
            to stifle.
  
                     Oats and darnel choke the rising corn. --Dryden.
  
      4. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or
            strong feeling. [bd]I was choked at this word.[b8]
            --Swift.
  
      5. To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the
            barrel of a shotgun.
  
      {To choke off}, to stop a person in the execution of a
            purpose; as, to choke off a speaker by uproar.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cockbill \Cock"bill\ (k[ocr]k"b[icr]l`), v. t. [See {Cock} to
      set erect.] (Naut.)
      To tilt up one end of so as to make almost vertical; as, to
      cockbill the yards as a sign of mourning.
  
      {To cockbill the anchor}, to suspend it from the cathead
            preparatory to letting it go. See {Acockbill}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ease \Ease\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Eased}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Easing}.] [OE. esen, eisen, OF. aisier. See {Ease}, n.]
      1. To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses;
            to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or
            tranquility to; -- often with of; as, to ease of pain;
            ease the body or mind.
  
                     Eased [from] the putting off These troublesome
                     disguises which we wear.                     --Milton.
  
                     Sing, and I 'll ease thy shoulders of thy load.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      2. To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to
            alleviate.
  
                     My couch shall ease my complaint.      --Job vii. 13.
  
      3. To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to
            lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut
            in machinery.
  
      4. To entertain; to furnish with accommodations. [Obs.]
            --Chaucer.
  
      {To ease off}, {To ease away} (Naut.), to slacken a rope
            gradually.
  
      {To ease a ship} (Naut.), to put the helm hard, or regulate
            the sail, to prevent pitching when closehauled.
  
      {To ease the helm} (Naut.), to put the helm more nearly
            amidships, to lessen the effect on the ship, or the strain
            on the wheel rope. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
  
      Syn: To relieve; disburden; quiet; calm; tranquilize;
               assuage; alleviate; allay; mitigate; appease; pacify.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Seek \Seek\, v. i.
      To make search or inquiry: to endeavor to make discovery.
  
               Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. --Isa.
                                                                              xxxiv. 16.
  
      {To seek}, needing to seek or search; hence, unpreparated.
            [bd]Unpracticed, unpreparated, and still to seek.[b8]
            --Milton. [Obs]
  
      {To seek after}, to make pursuit of; to attempt to find or
            take.
  
      {To seek for}, to endeavor to find.
  
      {To seek to}, to apply to; to resort to; to court. [Obs.]
            [bd]All the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his
            wisdom.[b8] --1. Kings x. 24.
  
      {To seek upon}, to make strict inquiry after; to follow up;
            to persecute. [Obs.]
  
                     To seek Upon a man and do his soul unrest.
                                                                              --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Seek \Seek\, v. i.
      To make search or inquiry: to endeavor to make discovery.
  
               Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. --Isa.
                                                                              xxxiv. 16.
  
      {To seek}, needing to seek or search; hence, unpreparated.
            [bd]Unpracticed, unpreparated, and still to seek.[b8]
            --Milton. [Obs]
  
      {To seek after}, to make pursuit of; to attempt to find or
            take.
  
      {To seek for}, to endeavor to find.
  
      {To seek to}, to apply to; to resort to; to court. [Obs.]
            [bd]All the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his
            wisdom.[b8] --1. Kings x. 24.
  
      {To seek upon}, to make strict inquiry after; to follow up;
            to persecute. [Obs.]
  
                     To seek Upon a man and do his soul unrest.
                                                                              --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Seek \Seek\, v. i.
      To make search or inquiry: to endeavor to make discovery.
  
               Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. --Isa.
                                                                              xxxiv. 16.
  
      {To seek}, needing to seek or search; hence, unpreparated.
            [bd]Unpracticed, unpreparated, and still to seek.[b8]
            --Milton. [Obs]
  
      {To seek after}, to make pursuit of; to attempt to find or
            take.
  
      {To seek for}, to endeavor to find.
  
      {To seek to}, to apply to; to resort to; to court. [Obs.]
            [bd]All the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his
            wisdom.[b8] --1. Kings x. 24.
  
      {To seek upon}, to make strict inquiry after; to follow up;
            to persecute. [Obs.]
  
                     To seek Upon a man and do his soul unrest.
                                                                              --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Show \Show\, v. t. [imp. {Showed}; p. p. {Shown}or {Showed}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Showing}. It is sometimes written {shew},
      {shewed}, {shewn}, {shewing}.] [OE. schowen, shewen, schewen,
      shawen, AS. sce[a0]wian, to look, see, view; akin to OS.
      scaw[?]n, OFries. skawia, D. schouwen, OHG. scouw[?]n, G.
      schauen, Dan. skue, Sw. sk[?]da, Icel. sko[?]a, Goth.
      usskawjan to waken, skuggwa a mirror, Icel. skuggy shade,
      shadow, L. cavere to be on one's guard, Gr. [?][?][?] to
      mark, perceive, hear, Skr. kavi wise. Cf. {Caution},
      {Scavenger}, {Sheen}.]
      1. To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to
            display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and
            often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing
            seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your
            colors; shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to
            customers).
  
                     Go thy way, shew thyself to the priest. --Matt.
                                                                              viii. 4.
  
                     Nor want we skill or art from whence to raise
                     Magnificence; and what can heaven show more?
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to
            reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs.
  
                     Shew them the way wherein they must walk. --Ex.
                                                                              xviii. 20.
  
                     If it please my father to do thee evil, then I will
                     shew it thee, and send thee away.      --1 Sam. xx.
                                                                              13.
  
      3. Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence,
            to direct; to guide; to asher; to conduct; as, to show a
            person into a parlor; to show one to the door.
  
      4. To make apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony, or
            reasoning; to prove; to explain; also, to manifest; to
            evince; as, to show the truth of a statement; to show the
            causes of an event.
  
                     I 'll show my duty by my timely care. --Dryden.
  
      5. To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor.
  
                     Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me.
                                                                              --Ex. xx. 6.
  
      {To show forth}, to manifest; to publish; to proclaim.
  
      {To show his paces}, to exhibit the gait, speed, or the like;
            -- said especially of a horse.
  
      {To show off}, to exhibit ostentatiously.
  
      {To show up}, to expose. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Size \Size\, v. t.
      1. To fix the standard of. [bd]To size weights and
            measures.[b8] [R.] --Bacon.
  
      2. To adjust or arrange according to size or bulk.
            Specifically:
            (a) (Mil.) To take the height of men, in order to place
                  them in the ranks according to their stature.
            (b) (Mining) To sift, as pieces of ore or metal, in order
                  to separate the finer from the coarser parts.
  
      3. To swell; to increase the bulk of. --Beau. & Fl.
  
      4. (Mech.) To bring or adjust anything exactly to a required
            dimension, as by cutting.
  
      {To size up}, to estimate or ascertain the character and
            ability of. See 4th {Size}, 4. [Slang, U.S.]
  
                     We had to size up our fellow legislators. --The
                                                                              Century.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suck \Suck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sucked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Sucking}.] [OE. suken, souken, AS. s[?]can, s[?]gan; akin to
      D. zuigen, G. saugen, OHG. s[?]gan, Icel. s[?]ga, sj[?]ga,
      Sw. suga, Dan. suge, L. sugere. Cf. {Honeysuckle}, {Soak},
      {Succulent}, {Suction}.]
      1. To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and
            tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the
            liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressure; to draw, or
            apply force to, by exhausting the air.
  
      2. To draw liquid from by the action of the mouth; as, to
            suck an orange; specifically, to draw milk from (the
            mother, the breast, etc.) with the mouth; as, the young of
            an animal sucks the mother, or dam; an infant sucks the
            breast.
  
      3. To draw in, or imbibe, by any process resembles sucking;
            to inhale; to absorb; as, to suck in air; the roots of
            plants suck water from the ground.
  
      4. To draw or drain.
  
                     Old ocean, sucked through the porous globe.
                                                                              --Thomson.
  
      5. To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up.
  
                     As waters are by whirlpools sucked and drawn.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      {To suck in}, to draw into the mouth; to imbibe; to absorb.
           
  
      {To suck out}, to draw out with the mouth; to empty by
            suction.
  
      {To suck up}, to draw into the mouth; to draw up by suction
            or absorption.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspend \Sus*pend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suspended}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Suspending}.] [F. suspendre, or OF. souspendre (where
      the prefix is L. subtus below, from sub under), L.
      suspendere, suspensum; pref. sus- (see {Sub-}) + pendere to
      hang. See {Pedant}, and cf. {Suspense}, n.]
      1. To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a
            ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone.
  
      2. To make to depend; as, God hath suspended the promise of
            eternal life on the condition of obedience and holiness of
            life. [Archaic] --Tillotson.
  
      3. To cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding;
            to interrupt; to delay; to stay.
  
                     Suspend your indignation against my brother. --Shak.
  
                     The guard nor fights nor fies; their fate so near At
                     once suspends their courage and their fear.
                                                                              --Denham.
  
      4. To hold in an undetermined or undecided state; as, to
            suspend one's judgment or opinion. --Locke.
  
      5. To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any
            privilege, from the execution of an office, from the
            enjoyment of income, etc.; as, to suspend a student from
            college; to suspend a member of a club.
  
                     Good men should not be suspended from the exercise
                     of their ministry and deprived of their livelihood
                     for ceremonies which are on all hands acknowledged
                     indifferent.                                       --Bp.
                                                                              Sanderson.
  
      6. To cause to cease for a time from operation or effect; as,
            to suspend the habeas corpus act; to suspend the rules of
            a legislative body.
  
      7. (Chem.) To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by
            stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
  
      {To suspend payment} (Com.), to cease paying debts or
            obligations; to fail; -- said of a merchant, a bank, etc.
  
      Syn: To hang; interrupt; delay; intermit; stay; hinder;
               debar.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Toksook Bay, AK (city, FIPS 78240)
      Location: 60.49307 N, 165.09424 W
      Population (1990): 420 (103 housing units)
      Area: 83.5 sq km (land), 105.3 sq km (water)
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