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Flame :: Flame (n.) To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardor.

Faller :: Faller (n.) A part which acts by falling, as a stamp in a fulling mill, or the device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a thread breaks..

Frangent :: Frangent (a.) Causing fracture; breaking.

Aposiopesis :: Aposiopesis (n.) A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, I declare to you that his conduct -- but I can not speak of that, here..

Rough :: Rough (v. t.) To break in, as a horse, especially for military purposes..

Fractious :: Fractious (a.) Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse..

Parting :: Parting (n.) The breaking, as of a cable, by violence..

Snap :: Snap (n.) To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle..

Shim :: Shim (n.) A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground, and clear it of weeds..

Tiffin :: Tiffin (n.) A lunch, or slight repast between breakfast and dinner; -- originally, a Provincial English word, but introduced into India, and brought back to England in a special sense..

Barleybreak :: Barleybreak (n.) An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal..

Whitecap :: Whitecap (n.) A wave whose crest breaks into white foam, as when the wind is freshening..

Break :: Break (v. t.) To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise..

Poke :: Poke (n.) A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward..

Decamp :: Decamp (v. i.) To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly..

Ruction :: Ruction (n.) An uproar; a quarrel; a noisy outbreak.

Crash :: Crash (n.) Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise..

Gneiss :: Gneiss (n.) A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabs or flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the place of the mica, and it is then called hornblendic / syenitic gneiss. Similar varieties of related rocks are also called gneiss..

Resolution :: Resolution (n.) A breaking up, disappearance; or termination, as of a fever, a tumor, or the like..

Jimmy :: Jimmy (n.) A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors.

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