Pining

  • 81Marcid — Mar cid, a. [L. marcidus, fr. marcere to wither, pine.] 1. Pining; lean; withered. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Characterized by emaciation, as a fever. Harvey. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 82Peaking — Peak ing, a. 1. Mean; sneaking. [Vulgar] [1913 Webster] 2. Pining; sickly; peakish. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 83Pine — Pine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pining}.] [AS. p[=i]nan to torment, fr. p[=i]n torment. See 1st {Pine}, {Pain}, n. & v.] 1. To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict. [Obs.] Chaucer. Shak. [1913 Webster] That… …

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  • 84Pined — Pine Pine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pining}.] [AS. p[=i]nan to torment, fr. p[=i]n torment. See 1st {Pine}, {Pain}, n. & v.] 1. To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict. [Obs.] Chaucer. Shak. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 85Piningly — Pin ing*ly, adv. In a pining manner; droopingly. Poe. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 86Repine — Re*pine (r? p?n ), v. i. [Pref. re + pine to languish.] [1913 Webster] 1. To fail; to wane. [Obs.] Reppening courage yields no foot to foe. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which preys on the spirits; to… …

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  • 87Starveling — Starve ling, a. Hungry; lean; pining with want. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 88pine — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pīn, from Latin pinus; probably akin to Greek pitys pine Date: before 12th century 1. any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous… …

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  • 89Book of Ruth — This article is about the ancient Hebrew religious text. For the 20th century English language novel, see The Book of Ruth (novel) The Book of Ruth ( he. מגילת רות; Sephardic, Israeli Hebrew: [məgi lat rut] ; Ashkenazi Hebrew: [mə gɪləs rus] ;… …

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  • 90Carlo Goldoni — Infobox Writer name = Carlo Goldoni bgcolour = silver imagesize = 200px caption = Carlo Goldoni pseudonym = birth date = 25 February 1707 birth place = Venice death date = 6 February 1793 death place = France occupation = dramatist, librettist… …

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