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Collapse :: Collapse (v. i.) To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses..

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep..

Birr :: Birr (n.) A rush or impetus; force.

Crunch :: Crunch (v. t.) To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch; as, to crunch a biscuit..

Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor..

Gust :: Gust (n.) A sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden and brief rushing or driving of the wind. Snow, and hail, stormy gust and flaw..

Onrush :: Onrush (n.) A rushing onward.

Subtonic :: Subtonic (a.) Applied to, or distinguishing, a speech element consisting of tone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as in the vowels, but dimmed and otherwise modified by some kind of obstruction in the oral or the nasal passage, and in some cases with a mixture of breath sound; -- a term introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide to Pronunciation, //155, 199-202..

Breve :: Breve (n.) The great ant thrush of Sumatra (Pitta gigas), which has a very short tail..

Flush :: Flush (n.) A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; as, a flush of joy..

Handling :: Handling (v. t.) The mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch..

Oppress :: Oppress (v. t.) To put down; to crush out; to suppress.

Club-rush :: Club-rush (n.) A rushlike plant, the reed mace or cat-tail, or some species of the genus Scirpus. See Bulrush..

Masticate :: Masticate (v. t.) To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food..

Jam :: "Jam (n.) A mass of people or objects crowded together; also, the pressure from a crowd; a crush; as, a jam in a street; a jam of logs in a river..

Rushy :: Rushy (a.) Abounding with rushes.

Wattlebird :: Wattlebird (n.) The Australian brush turkey.

Beggar''s Lice :: Beggar's lice () The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them.

Flush :: Flush (n.) Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood; as, the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset..

Torrent :: Torrent (n.) Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream.

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