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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Marc :: Marc (n.) The refuse matter which remains after the pressure of fruit, particularly of grapes..
Calx :: Calx (n.) Broken and refuse glass, returned to the post..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or a caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
Offscouring :: Offscouring (n.) That which is scoured off; hence, refuse; rejected matter; that which is vile or despised..
Shude :: Shude (n.) The husks and other refuse of rice mills, used to adulterate oil cake, or linseed cake..
So :: So (adv.) Is it thus? do you mean what you say? -- with an upward tone; as, do you say he refuses? So?.
Chaff :: Chaff (n.) Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything.
Nonjuror :: Nonjuror (n.) One of those adherents of James II. who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary, or to their successors, after the revolution of 1688; a Jacobite..
Garble :: Garble (n.) Refuse; rubbish.
Screenings :: Screenings (n. pl.) The refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc..
Gobbing :: Gobbing (n.) The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also gob stuff.
Disaffirm :: Disaffirm (v. t.) To refuse to confirm; to annul, as a judicial decision, by a contrary judgment of a superior tribunal..
Shots :: Shots (n. pl.) The refuse of cattle taken from a drove.
Balk :: Balk (v. t.) To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.
Allege :: Allege (v. t.) To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending..
Dishonor :: Dishonor (v. t.) To refuse or decline to accept or pay; -- said of a bill, check, note, or draft which is due or presented; as, to dishonor a bill exchange..
Cut :: Cut (v. t.) To refuse to recognize; to ignore; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance..
Refusable :: Refusable (a.) Capable of being refused; admitting of refusal.
Ort :: Ort (n.) A morsel left at a meal; a fragment; refuse; -- commonly used in the plural.
Waive :: Waive (v. t.) To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego.
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