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Sledge
  • (n.) A game at cards; -- called also old sledge, and all fours.
  • (n.) A hurdle on which, formerly, traitors were drawn to the place of execution.
  • (n.) A sleigh.
  • (n.) A strong vehicle with low runners or low wheels; or one without wheels or runners, made of plank slightly turned up at one end, used for transporting loads upon the snow, ice, or bare ground; a sled.
  • (v. i. & t.) To travel or convey in a sledge or sledges.
  • (v. t.) A large, heavy hammer, usually wielded with both hands; -- called also sledge hammer.

    OPTED is a public domain English word list dictionary, based on the public domain portion of "The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary" which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. (See Project Gutenburg.)


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