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51bhleu- — bhleu English meaning: to blow; to swell, flow Deutsche Übersetzung: “aufblasen (schnauben, brũllen), schwellen, strotzen, ũberwallen, fließen” Note: extension from bhel “(inflate, bloat), swell up” Material: Gk. φλέ(F)ω “… …
52horrible — [14] The Latin verb horrēre was used for hair standing on end or bristling. A common cause of this phenomenon is of course fear, and so in due course horrēre came to mean ‘tremble, shake, be filled with fear and revulsion’. The latter sense has… …
53hor´rid|ness — hor|rid «HR ihd, HOR », adjective. 1. causing great fear; terrible; dreadful; frightful: »Moloch, horrid King, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice (Milton). SYNONYM(S): abominable, detestable. 2. Informal. very unpleasant; …
54hor´rid|ly — hor|rid «HR ihd, HOR », adjective. 1. causing great fear; terrible; dreadful; frightful: »Moloch, horrid King, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice (Milton). SYNONYM(S): abominable, detestable. 2. Informal. very unpleasant; …
55hor|rid — «HR ihd, HOR », adjective. 1. causing great fear; terrible; dreadful; frightful: »Moloch, horrid King, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice (Milton). SYNONYM(S): abominable, detestable. 2. Informal. very unpleasant; …
56brimful brimful ofpredicate brimfull brimfull ofpredicate brimming brimming withpredicate — filled filled adj. 1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of {empty}. [Narrower terms: {abounding in(predicate), abounding with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full of(predicate),… …
57Bristle — Bris tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bristled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bristling}.] 1. To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; sometimes with up. [1913 Webster] Now for the bare picked bone of majesty Doth dogged war… …
58Bristled — Bristle Bris tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bristled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bristling}.] 1. To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; sometimes with up. [1913 Webster] Now for the bare picked bone of majesty Doth… …
59Cenchrus tribuloides — Hedgehog Hedge hog , n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A small European insectivore ({Erinaceus Europ[ae]us}), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself into …
60Chatter — Chat ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chattered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chattering}.] [Of imitative origin. Cf. {Chat}, v. i. {Chitter}.] 1. To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct. [1913 Webster] The jaw makes… …