Definition of bout

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Bout (n.) A conflict; contest; attempt; trial; a set-to at anything; as, a fencing bout; a drinking bout..

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Do :: Do (v. t. / auxiliary) To bring about; to produce, as an effect or result; to effect; to achieve..
Hoe :: Hoe (v. t.) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a garden; also, to clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe; as, to hoe corn..
Bind :: Bind (v. t.) To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something; as, to bind a belt about one; to bind a compress upon a part..
About :: About (adv.) Here and there; around; in one place and another.
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Poke :: Poke (v. i.) To search; to feel one's way, as in the dark; to grope; as, to poke about..
Carucate :: Carucate (n.) A plowland; as much land as one team can plow in a year and a day; -- by some said to be about 100 acres.
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Saunter :: Saunter (n. & v.) To wander or walk about idly and in a leisurely or lazy manner; to lounge; to stroll; to loiter.
Rave :: Rave (v. i.) To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; -- followed by about, of, or on; as, he raved about her beauty..
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Erration :: Erration (n.) A wandering; a roving about.
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Circummeridian :: Circummeridian (a.) About, or near, the meridian..
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