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A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that can not be answered.
Full to the brim; quite full; chock-full.
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
The small apple-shaped or pear-shaped fruit of an American shrub (Pyrus arbutifolia) growing in damp thickets; also, the shrub.
The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (Prunus Virginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit.
of Choke
A watchman; an officer of customs or police.
One who, or that which, chokes.
A stiff wide cravat; a stock.
of Choke
That chokes; producing the feeling of strangulation.
Indistinct in utterance, as the voice of a person affected with strong emotion.
Tending to choke or suffocate, or having power to suffocate.
Inclined to choke, as a person affected with strong emotion.
A disease characterized by severe nervous symptoms, dependent upon the presence of the constituents of the bile in the blood.
Promoting the discharge of bile from the system.
An agent which promotes the discharge of bile from the system.
A salt of cholic acid; as, sodium cholate.
The gall bladder.
The operation of making an opening in the gall bladder, as for the removal of a gallstone.