Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
cuisse .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
cuish .
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Examples
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April 29, 2008 at 3:10 pm pienappul pancaeks quish wit sorsage reecees puffs serial
Andy Warhol - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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She would not relin - quish her title, but instead brought you along.
Second Skin Lustbader, Eric 1995
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"And if we deny her the stones, if we destroy them or hide them, we relin-quish our protection."
The Dark Queen Williams, Michael, 1952 Dec. 17- 1994
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That said, Coleman believes a regional authority with the county whereby the town would relin-quish its utility assets would not pass a referendum of town voters.
News for Culpeper Star-Exponent Culpeper Star-Exponent 2010
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The question then really comes to this: Does God, after changing the hearts of sinners, relin - quish the work v/hicli He lias begun, and that too as the first mover m this process of undo - ing, and without any sjiecial cause given Him by tlie creature?
A series of lectures delivered in Park Street Church, Boston, on Sabbath evenings Griffin, Edward Dorr, 1770-1837 1813
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The question then really comes to this: Does God, after changing the hearts of sinners, relin - quish the work which He lias begun? and that too as the first mover in this process of undo - ing, and without any special cause given Him by the creature?
A series of lectures, delivered in Park street church, Boston, on Sabbath evening Congregational Board of Publication 1813
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All the subordinate de - signs ot the Deity stand related to and connected with his supreme ultimate design, which he can never relin - quish, nor be slack to accomplish.
Sermons on various important subjects of doctrine and practice 1812
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The learned and the wise marshalled themselves to prove and van - quish his wisdom; and the learned and the wise were alike convinced of folly, and never again ventured to resume the contest.
The pilgrimage of Theophilus to the City of God Gilpin, Joseph 1812
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General Pro - vost, the British commander, to induce Lincoln to relin - quish his design, crossed the river into Carolina, deter - mined to threaten Charleston.
Collections Massachusetts Historical Society cn 1792
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At such a crisis, with patent wrong crying for redress, a Commonwealth with such a record cannot relin - quish leadership.
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