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clear of weeds "weed the garden" -
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street names for marijuana -
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a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning -
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any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
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A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed. -
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(Stock Breeding) An animal unfit to breed from. -
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Any plant growing in cultivated ground to the injury of the crop or desired vegetation, or to the disfigurement of the place; an unsightly, useless, or injurious plant. "Too much manuring filled that field with weeds ." -
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Fig.: Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless. -
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To free from anything hurtful or offensive. "He weeded the kingdom of such as were devoted to Elaiana." -
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(Stock Breeding) To reject as unfit for breeding purposes. -
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To take away, as noxious plants; to remove, as something hurtful; to extirpate; -- commonly used with out; as, to weed out inefficiency from an enterprise. "Weed up thyme.", "Wise fathers . . . weeding from their children ill things.", "Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out." -
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Tobacco, or a cigar. -
Weed
Underbrush; low shrubs. "One rushing forth out of the thickest weed .", "A wild and wanton pard . . . Crouched fawning in the weed ."
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The vegetative parts of the cotton-plant as opposed to the flowers and fruit. -
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The mad-dog skull-cap or madweed, Scutellaria lateriflora. -
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Any one of those herbaceous plants which are useless and without special beauty, or especially which are positively troublesome. The application of this general term is somewhat relative. Handsome but pernicious plants, as the oxeye daisy, cone-flower, and the purple cow-wheat of Europe (Melampyrum aruense), are weeds to the agriculturist, flowers to the esthetic. So also plants that are cultivated for use or beauty, as grasses, hemp, carrot, parsnip, morning-glory, become weeds when they spring up where they are not wanted. The exotics of cool countries are sometimes weeds in the tropics. -
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A sorry, worthless animal unfit for the breeding of stock; especially, a leggy, loose-bodied horse; a race-horse having the appearance but wanting the other qualities of a thorough bred. -
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A cigar; with the definite article, tobacco. -
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To free from weeds or noxious plants. -
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To take away, as noxious plants; remove what is injurious, offensive, or unseemly; extirpate. -
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To free from anything hurtful or offensive. -
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To root up and remove weeds, or anything resembling weeds. -
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A reduced form of weeded, past participle of weed. -
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A garment of any sort, especially an outer garment; hence, garments in general, especially the whole costume worn at any one time: now commonly in the plural, and chiefly in the phrase widows' weeds. See widow. -
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A general name for any sudden illness from cold or relapse, usually accompanied by febrile symptoms, taken by women after confinement or during nursing, especially milk-fever or inflammation of the breast. -
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Lymphangitis in the horse, characterized by fever and temporary swelling of the limbs. It appears usually after a period of inactivity. -
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A heavy weight.
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wēd any useless plant of small growth: anything useless or troublesome; a sorry animal, a worthless fellow: -
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to free from weeds: to remove anything hurtful or offensive -
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wēd a garment, esp. in pl. a widow's mourning apparel -
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wēd (Scot.) a popular name for any sudden illness, cold, or relapse with febrile symptoms in women after confinement or nursing: lymphangitis in the horse -
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wēd (coll.) a cigar
A lost ball in the high weeds - A lost ball in the high weeds is someone who does not know what they are doing, where they are or how to do something.
Demon weed - Tobacco is the demon weed.
Small dog, tall weeds - This idiom is used to describe someone the speaker does not believe has the ability or resources to handle a task or job.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OE. wede, AS. wǣde, wǣd,; akin to OS. wādi, giwādi, OFries, wēde, wēd, OD. wade, OHG. wāt, Icel. vāð, Zend vadh, to clothe
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. wéod, an herb.
FGCU still growing like a weed. news-press.com
Of course, you might know them by a more common name: weeds. oprah.com
Councilman Jeff Koch has scheduled a Weed and Seed meeting for members of Hilltop communities on Wednesday, Jan 31, 7:30 pm at the Potters House Cathedral, 430 Cathedral Avenue. sopghreporter.com
She said she did a "Friend Cleanse " where she weeded out people who didnt have her best interest at heart. 1061kissfm.com
There was a weed-covered livestock trail to the property, and Mr Heizer wore out a new truck a year getting to and from the place. nytimes.com
Wallop your weeds at season's beginning. courierherald.com
Dhar Mann, Owner of Oakland's WeGrow, the "Wal-Mart of Weed", Faces Thirteen Felony Charges. eastbayexpress.com
Still, most people remember him from his work on the Showtime drama "Weeds," appearances in Adam Sandler movies or his nearly decade-long stint on "Saturday Night Live. omaha.com
No volunteers could mean village hires weed removal service. lakegenevanews.net
The weed situation in Pell Lake continues to get worse. lakegenevanews.net
Roanoker Jeff Ell 's plan for defeating weeds. mra.org
"In 2010, there were 24 states in the country that had weeds with confirmed resistance," says Damon Palmer, US commercial leader Enlist weed control system for Dow AgroSciences. croplife.com
It gives us a chance to get outside on our lunch hour at least once a week and pull a few weeds or harvest some zucchini. organicgardening.com
Is it a weed or a wildflower and can I grow it in my own garden. al.com
It also must be accompanied by correct mowing heights, proper irrigation schedule and weed and pest control for the best results. newstimes.augusta.com
One of the weeds has no extensions which pass the associativity test.
Subfactors of index less than 5, part 1: the principal graph odometer
On the next step of the odometer, there are no weeds that pass the associativity test.
Subfactors of index less than 5, part 1: the principal graph odometer
In particular, we obtain the following classification statement with a ‘manageable’ set of weeds.
Subfactors of index less than 5, part 1: the principal graph odometer
First, in §6.1 we produce an initial list of weeds, which begin with either a triple point or a quadruple point.
Subfactors of index less than 5, part 1: the principal graph odometer
In §6.2, we then run the odometer for a single step extending all of the triple point weeds by one depth.
Subfactors of index less than 5, part 1: the principal graph odometer
The flower beds are that full now abody can hardly get in to weed 'em still. "Patchwork" by
It seemed to come from the weed-prairie, and we both ran up on the high bank to ascertain what success had attended the shot. "The War Trail" by
There was a field adjoining the corral, or what had once been a field, but from neglect had run into a bed of grass and weeds. "The White Chief" by
Oh, doctor, you are returned with your weeds! "The Scalp Hunters" by
There's a trout, sir, at the tail of that weed. "Lines in Pleasant Places" by
Then they refused to trade their weed. "The Heart of Unaga" by
Then they espied James weeding out the garden beds. "A Little Girl in Old Boston" by
It is really a weed of cultivation met with generally on rich soils. "A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses" by
The history of this loathsome weed. "A Disquisition on the Evils of Using Tobacco" by
The young plants were kept free from weeds, and were transplanted when about two inches high. "Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce" by
'Black, black my weeds shall be,
My love has widowed me!
Black, black!' sang she.
Or paced in Elders' weeds;
But all were grave and pious
And hated heathen creeds.
Nor beasts that by Him feed;
Weigh not His mother's poor attire,
Nor Joseph's simple weed.
Must quicken there--oh, let the spot
Grow weeds! that dost may so prevail,
Where spirit once could not!
The mocking weeds of woe;
Dear memories in each mourner's heart
Like heaven's white lilies blow.
Of wet and wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.