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a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a shaft with a sharp-pointed head; a spear.
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anything that has a pointed end (as a blade of grass, needle, thorn, etc.).
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any of the parts of the skeleton of a vertebrate animal; a bone.
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a porcupine.
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an enclosure as a fence, cmpound, etc.
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anything tormenting or causing pain.
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the small-sized tree Xeromphis spinosa ( = Gardenia floribunda, Randia dumetorum) of Rubiaceae family.
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a kind of hell.
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a moral or religious transgression; a sin.
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a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health; poison.
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insulting or coarse language; abuse.
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the tree Aegle marmelos of Rutaceae family; stone apple tree.
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water.
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a thin, emaciated body.
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a piece, fragment.
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infatuating attachment, affection.
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(fig.) a painful, agonising condition.
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a man who causes pain or suffering to; an inflictor; a tormentor.
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name of the maternal uncle of Paṇḍavas and the king of Madra country.