Definition of war

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War (n.) a state of opposition or contest; an act of opposition; an inimical contest, act, or action; enmity; hostility..

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Oblanceolate :: Oblanceolate (a.) Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the point of attachment more than toward the apex..
Warlockry :: Warlockry (n.) Impishness; magic.
Passport :: Passport (n.) A license granted in time of war for the removal of persons and effects from a hostile country; a safe-conduct.
Warner :: Warner (n.) A warrener.
Stoop :: Stoop (n.) Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the street; the French perron. Hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door..
Ward :: Ward (n.) One who, or that which, is guarded..
Wormil :: Wormil (n.) Any botfly larva which burrows in or beneath the skin of domestic and wild animals, thus producing sores. They belong to various species of Hypoderma and allied genera. Domestic cattle are often infested by a large species. See Gadfly. Called also warble, and worble..
Regard :: Regard (v. t.) To consider and treat; to have a certain feeling toward; as, to regard one with favor or dislike..
Rewarder :: Rewarder (n.) One who rewards.
Werrey :: Werrey (v. t.) To warray.
Copperhead :: Copperhead (n.) A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War.
Shield :: Shield (n.) A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler..
Southing :: Southing (n.) Distance southward from any point departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to northing..
Towards :: Towards (adv.) Near; at hand; in state of preparation.
Trade :: Trade (v. i.) To barter, or to buy and sell; to be engaged in the exchange, purchase, or sale of goods, wares, merchandise, or anything else; to traffic; to bargain; to carry on commerce as a business..
Aback :: Aback (adv.) Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.
Swarded :: Sward-cutter (n.) A lawn mower.
Bastion :: Bastion (n.) A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin..
Niggard :: Niggard (v. t. & i.) To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly.
Intervent :: Intervent (v. t.) To thwart; to obstruct.
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