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Rod :: Rod (n.) A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression..

Life :: Life (n.) Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions; as, the life of a state, a machine, or a book; authority is the life of government..

Slipshod :: Slipshod (a.) Figuratively: Careless in dress, manners, style, etc.; slovenly; shuffling; as, slipshod manners; a slipshod or loose style of writing..

Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses..

Hammer :: Hammer (v. i.) To strike repeated blows, literally or figuratively..

Pedal :: Pedal (a.) Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion..

Figurative :: Figurative (a.) Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative..

Mushy :: Mushy (a.) Soft like mush; figuratively, good-naturedly weak and effusive; weakly sentimental..

Pale :: Pale (n.) A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; -- often used figuratively.

Put :: Put (v. t.) To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention; to offer; to state; to express; figuratively, to assume; to suppose; -- formerly sometimes followed by that introducing a proposition; as, to put a question; to put a case..

Rise :: Rise (v.) In various figurative senses.

Clutch :: Clutch (n.) To seize, clasp, or gripe with the hand, hands, or claws; -- often figuratively; as, to clutch power..

Ammunition :: Ammunition (n.) Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative..

Quitch :: Quitch (n.) Figuratively: A vice; a taint; an evil.

Lamp :: Lamp (n.) Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the uses of a lamp..

Port :: Port (v.) A place where ships may ride secure from storms; a sheltered inlet, bay, or cove; a harbor; a haven. Used also figuratively..

Affix :: Affix (v. t.) To fix or fasten figuratively; -- with on or upon; as, eyes affixed upon the ground..

Thick :: Thick (superl.) Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. Also used figuratively; as, thick darkness..

Perch :: Perch (n.) A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or seat..

Rent :: Rent (n.) Figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church..

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