Definition of refuse

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Refuse (v. i.) To deny compliance; not to comply.

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Back :: Back (v. i.) To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back..
Wern :: Wern (v. t.) To refuse.
Limp :: Limp (n.) A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
Ignore :: Ignore (v. t.) Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to; not to recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly; as, to ignore certain facts; to ignore the presence of an objectionable person..
Lag :: Lag (a.) Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior..
Midden :: Midden (n.) An accumulation of refuse about a dwelling place; especially, an accumulation of shells or of cinders, bones, and other refuse on the supposed site of the dwelling places of prehistoric tribes, -- as on the shores of the Baltic Sea and in many other places. See Kitchen middens..
Fagend :: Fagend (n.) The refuse or meaner part of anything.
Wale :: Wale (v. t.) To choose; to select; specifically (Mining), to pick out the refuse of (coal) by hand, in order to clean it..
Potale :: Potale (n.) The refuse from a grain distillery, used to fatten swine..
Warn :: Warn (v. t.) To refuse.
Refuse :: Refuse (a.) Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless.
Ragpicker :: Ragpicker (n.) One who gets a living by picking up rags and refuse things in the streets.
Trade :: Trade (v.) Refuse or rubbish from a mine.
Disavow :: Disavow (v. t.) To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like; to disclaim; to disown; as, he was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the crime..
Refuse :: Refuse (v. t.) To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant..
Gehenna :: Gehenna (n.) The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on this account, was afterward regarded as a place of abomination, and made a receptacle for all the refuse of the city, perpetual fires being kept up in order to prevent pestilential effluvia. In the New Testament the name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell..
Waste :: Waste (a.) Lying unused; unproductive; worthless; valueless; refuse; rejected; as, waste land; waste paper..
Screenings :: Screenings (n. pl.) The refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc..
Garble :: Garble (n.) Refuse; rubbish.
Ort :: Ort (n.) A morsel left at a meal; a fragment; refuse; -- commonly used in the plural.
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