Definition of refuse

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Refuse (v. t.) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar/ about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks..

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Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To refuse to support, as a nomination made by a party to which one has belonged or by a caucus in which one has taken part..
Repudiate :: Repudiate (v. t.) To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts..
Disallow :: Disallow (v. t.) To refuse to allow; to deny the force or validity of; to disown and reject; as, the judge disallowed the executor's charge..
Flock :: Flock (n.) Woolen or cotton refuse (sing. / pl.), old rags, etc., reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for stuffing unpholstered furniture..
Disaccord :: Disaccord (v. i.) To refuse to assent.
Tailing :: Tailing (n.) The refuse part of stamped ore, thrown behind the tail of the buddle or washing apparatus. It is dressed over again to secure whatever metal may exist in it. Called also tails..
Shruff :: Shruff (n.) Rubbish. Specifically: (a) Dross or refuse of metals. [Obs.] (b) Light, dry wood, or stuff used for fuel..
Scullery :: Scullery (n.) Hence, refuse; filth; offal..
Knobstick :: Knobstick (n.) One who refuses to join, or withdraws from, a trades union..
Shude :: Shude (n.) The husks and other refuse of rice mills, used to adulterate oil cake, or linseed cake..
Tret :: Tret (n.) An allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare deducted..
Potale :: Potale (n.) The refuse from a grain distillery, used to fatten swine..
Snob :: Snob (n.) A workman who accepts lower than the usual wages, or who refuses to strike when his fellows do; a rat; a knobstick..
Scum :: Scum (v.) refuse; recrement; anything vile or worthless.
Lumber :: Lumber (n.) Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value..
Cast :: Cast (n.) That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a earthworm..
Disbeliever :: Disbeliever (n.) One who disbelieves, or refuses belief; an unbeliever. Specifically, one who does not believe the Christian religion..
Scavenger :: Scavenger (v.) A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the filth. The name is also applied to any animal which devours refuse, carrion, or anything injurious to health..
Nill :: Nill (v. i.) To be unwilling; to refuse to act.
Crackling :: Crackling (n.) Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting..
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