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adjoin
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v 1: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada
adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn:
border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt
against, butt on]
2: be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two
buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not
contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this
point" [syn: touch, adjoin, meet, contact]
3: attach or add; "I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter"
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coin
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n 1: a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
v 1: make up; "coin phrases or words"
2: form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins";
"strike a medal" [syn: mint, coin, strike]
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conjoin
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v 1: make contact or come together; "The two roads join here"
[syn: join, conjoin] [ant: disjoin, disjoint]
2: take in marriage [syn: marry, get married, wed,
conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse]
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enjoin
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v 1: issue an injunction
2: give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with
authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do
the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
[syn: order, tell, enjoin, say]
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groin
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n 1: the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh
with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often
including the external genitals [syn: groin, inguen]
2: a curved edge formed by two intersecting vaults
3: a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from
shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
[syn: breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, bulwark,
seawall, jetty]
v 1: build with groins; "The ceiling was groined"
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join
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n 1: the shape or manner in which things come together and a
connection is made [syn: articulation, join, joint,
juncture, junction]
2: a set containing all and only the members of two or more
given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B" [syn:
union, sum, join]
v 1: become part of; become a member of a group or organization;
"He joined the Communist Party as a young man" [syn:
join, fall in, get together]
2: cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so
that they fit together" [syn: join, bring together] [ant:
disjoin, disjoint]
3: come into the company of; "She joined him for a drink"
4: make contact or come together; "The two roads join here"
[syn: join, conjoin] [ant: disjoin, disjoint]
5: be or become joined or united or linked; "The two streets
connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The
travelers linked up again at the airport" [syn: connect,
link, link up, join, unite]
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loin
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n 1: a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal
between the ribs and the rump
2: either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs
in humans as well as quadrupeds [syn: loin, lumbus]
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purloin
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v 1: make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer,
cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf,
swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift]
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quoin
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n 1: expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock
up a form within a chase [syn: quoin, coign, coigne]
2: the keystone of an arch [syn: quoin, coign, coigne]
3: (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially
one formed by a cornerstone [syn: corner, quoin]
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rejoin
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v 1: join again
2: answer back [syn: retort, come back, repay, return,
riposte, rejoin]
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boyne
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n 1: a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in
1690; William III defeated the deposed James II and so
ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England
by the Stuarts [syn: Boyne, battle of Boyne]
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groyne
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n 1: a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from
shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
[syn: breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, bulwark,
seawall, jetty]
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burgoyne
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n 1: British general in the American Revolution who captured
Fort Ticonderoga but lost the battle of Saratoga in 1777
(1722-1792) [syn: Burgoyne, John Burgoyne, Gentleman
Johnny]
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coign
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n 1: expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock
up a form within a chase [syn: quoin, coign, coigne]
2: the keystone of an arch [syn: quoin, coign, coigne]
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coigne
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n 1: expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock
up a form within a chase [syn: quoin, coign, coigne]
2: the keystone of an arch [syn: quoin, coign, coigne]
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goin
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goyne
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hoyne
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moines
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ardoin
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aucoin
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beaudoin
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boudoin
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bourgoin
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bowdoin
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chaudoin
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chicoine
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jodoin
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lemoine
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leoine
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mccoin
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mcgloin
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micoin
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raboin
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recoin
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gascoigne
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kilcoin
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kilcoyne
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