noun
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the quaity or state of being rigid, firm, immovable.
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the act of stopping, preventing from going ahead, spreading, etc.
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a controlling or subjugating.
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a pillar; a column.
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a stem or trunk (as of a tree).
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a regid support; a prop.
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a mystical act of preventing, controlling or making inactive.
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any of the vertical sections of printed matter that are side by side on a page, separated by a rule or blank space; a column.
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(rhet.) the condition or feeling of swooning, fainting.