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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Shruff :: Shruff (n.) Rubbish. Specifically: (a) Dross or refuse of metals. [Obs.] (b) Light, dry wood, or stuff used for fuel..
Offscouring :: Offscouring (n.) That which is scoured off; hence, refuse; rejected matter; that which is vile or despised..
Dross :: Dross (n.) The scum or refuse matter which is thrown off, or falls from, metals in smelting the ore, or in the process of melting; recrement..
Disacknowledge :: Disacknowledge (v. t.) To refuse to acknowledge; to deny; to disown.
Refuse :: Refuse (v. i.) To deny compliance; not to comply.
Back :: Back (v. i.) To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back..
Dump :: Dump (n.) A ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc..
Repudiate :: Repudiate (v. t.) To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts..
Offal :: Offal (n.) That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use; refuse; rubbish.
Raff :: Raff (n.) A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse.
Warn :: Warn (v. t.) To refuse.
Calx :: Calx (n.) Broken and refuse glass, returned to the post..
Leavings :: Leavings (n. pl.) Refuse; offal.
Gurry :: Gurry (n.) An alvine evacuation; also, refuse matter..
Discredit :: Discredit (v. t.) To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to disbelieve; as, the report is discredited..
Waste :: Waste (v.) That which is of no value; worthless remnants; refuse. Specifically: Remnants of cops, or other refuse resulting from the working of cotton, wool, hemp, and the like, used for wiping machinery, absorbing oil in the axle boxes of railway cars, etc..
Refuse :: Refuse (n.) That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter.
Gehenna :: Gehenna (n.) The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on this account, was afterward regarded as a place of abomination, and made a receptacle for all the refuse of the city, perpetual fires being kept up in order to prevent pestilential effluvia. In the New Testament the name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell..
Crackling :: Crackling (n.) Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting..
Take :: Take (v. t.) To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to refuse or reject; to admit..
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