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  1. 1. v. t. To beat with a stick; to cudgel. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To mark with tar, as sheep. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together Source: wordnet
  6. 6. v. cover with liquid before cooking Source: wordnet
  7. 7. v. strike violently and repeatedly Source: wordnet
  8. 8. v. sew together loosely, with large stitches Source: wordnet
  9. 9. To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as onmeat in roasting. Source: adambom
  10. 10. v:100 n. a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together v. cover with liquid before cooking v. sew together loosely, with large stitches Source: ecdict

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