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NOOSES
Noun
nooses
plural of noose
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Source: Wiktionary
NOOSE
Noose, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. OF. nous, nom. sing. or acc. pl. of nou knot, F. n, L. nodus. Cf. Node.]
Definition: A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn.
Noose, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Noosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Noosing.]
Definition: To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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