A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.
A corset.
To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.
To tack, cruise about.
An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.
A device for cutting into a specified shape.
The cubical part of a pedestal; a plinth.
A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)
Any small cubical or square body.
An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.
An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
followed by of; general use
To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
followed by to as an indication of direct cause (like from)
To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.
To yearn intensely.
To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
To stop working; to break down or otherwise lose "vitality".
To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
followed by from; general use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicine or the sciences
To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
followed by for; often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes
To expire at the end of the session of a legislature without having been brought to a vote.
To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
To lose a game.
To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
followed by with as an indication of manner