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BickeringBicker Bick"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bickered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Bickering.] [OE. bikeren, perh. fr. Celtic; cf. W. bicra
to fight, bicker, bicre conflict, skirmish; perh. akin to E.
beak.]
1. To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight. [Obs.]
Two eagles had a conflict, and bickered together.
--Holland.
2. To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle.
Petty things about which men cark and bicker.
--Barrow.
3. To move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering noise;
to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame.
They [streamlets] bickered through the sunny shade.
--Thomson. Bickering
Bickering Bick"er*ing, n.
1. A skirmishing. ``Frays and bickerings.' --Milton.
2. Altercation; wrangling.
CankeringCanker Can"ker (k[a^][ng]"k[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Cankered (-k[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cankering.]
1. To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to
consume.
No lapse of moons can canker Love. --Tennyson.
2. To infect or pollute; to corrupt. --Addison.
A tithe purloined cankers the whole estate.
--Herbert. CockeringCocker Cock"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cockered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Cockering.] [OE. cokeren; cf. W. cocru to indulge,
fondle, E. cock the bird, F. coqueliner to dandle (Cotgrave),
to imitate the crow of a cock, to run after the girls, and E.
cockle, v.]
To treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to
pamper.
Cocker thy child and he shall make thee afraid.
--Ecclesiasticus
xxx. 9.
Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up. --J.
Ingelow. FlankeringFlanker Flank"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flankered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Flankering.] [See Flank, v. t.]
1. To defend by lateral fortifications. [Obs.] --Sir T.
Herbert.
2. To attack sideways. [Obs.] --Evelyn. FlickeringFlicker Flick"er (-[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flickered
(-[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Flickering.] [OE. flikeren,
flekeren, to flutter, AS. flicerian, flicorian, cf. D.
flikkeren to sparkle. [root]84. Cf. Flacker.]
1. To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
And flickering on her nest made short essays to
sing. --Dryden.
2. To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or
when about to expire; as, the flickering light.
The shadows flicker to fro. --Tennyson. Flickeringly
Flickeringly Flick"ering*ly, adv.
In a flickering manner.
HankeringHanker Han"ker, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hankered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Hankering.] [Prob. fr. hang; cf. D. hunkeren, hengelen.]
1. To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have
a vehement desire; -- usually with for or after; as, to
hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the
town. --Addison.
He was hankering to join his friend. --J. A.
Symonds.
2. To linger in expectation or with desire. --Thackeray. Hankeringly
Hankeringly Han"ker*ing*ly, adv.
In a hankering manner.
Hyla PickeringiiPiping Pip"ing (p[imac]p"[i^]ng), a. [From Pipe, v.]
1. Playing on a musical pipe. ``Lowing herds and piping
swains.' --Swift.
2. Peaceful; favorable to, or characterized by, the music of
the pipe rather than of the drum and fife. --Shak.
3. Emitting a high, shrill sound.
4. Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; -- from the sound
of boiling fluids.
Piping crow, Piping crow shrike, Piping roller
(Zo["o]l.), any Australian bird of the genus Gymnorhina,
esp. G. tibicen, which is black and white, and the size
of a small crow. Called also caruck.
Piping frog (Zo["o]l.), a small American tree frog (Hyla
Pickeringii) which utters a high, shrill note in early
spring.
Piping hot, boiling hot; hissing hot; very hot. [Colloq.]
--Milton. Hyla PickeringiiHylodes Hy*lo"des, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? woody, wooded, muddy; ?
a wood + ? form.] (Zo["o]l.)
The piping frog (Hyla Pickeringii), a small American tree
frog, which in early spring, while breeding in swamps and
ditches, sings with high, shrill, but musical, notes. PickeringPickering Pick"er*ing, n. [Probably a corruption of
Pickerel.] (Zo["o]l.)
The sauger of the St.Lawrence River. PuckeringPucker Puck"er, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Puckered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Puckering.] [From Poke a pocket, small bag.]
To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into
ridges and furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, to
pucker up the mouth. ``His skin [was] puckered up in
wrinkles.' --Spectator. Smickering
Smickering Smick"er*ing, n.
Amorous glance or inclination. [Obs.] ``A smickering to our
young lady.' --Dryden.
SuckeringSucker Suck"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suckered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Suckering.]
To strip off the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of
suckers; as, to sucker maize. TinkeringTinker Tink"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinkered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Tinkering.]
To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to
mend. Tinkering
Tinkering Tink"er*ing, n.
The act or work of a tinker.
Meaning of Kerin from wikipedia
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Kerin (1937–2023),
Australian economist and
politician Nora
Kerin (1883-1970),
British actress Rob
Kerin (born 1954),
Australian politician Zac
Kerin...
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Kerins is a surname.
Notable people with the
surname include: Alan
Kerins (born 1977),
Irish hurler Charles Kerins (1915-1988),
American illustrator and...
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Robert Gerard Kerin (born 4
January 1954) is a
former South Australian politician who was the
Premier of
South Australia from 22
October 2001 to 5 March...
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Eileen Kerin (22
October 1885 – 13 May 1933) was a
British theatre actress and
stage beauty of the
early 20th-century.
Eileen Kerin was born in Bloomsbury...
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Dorothy Kerin (28
November 1889 – 26
January 1963) was an
English Christian visionary and healer, and the
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- Nora
Maude Kerin (22
October 1881 – 21
February 1970) was a
British theatre actress and
stage beauty of the
early 20th-century. Nora
Kerin was born in...
- John
Charles Kerin AO, FTSE (21
November 1937 – 29
March 2023) was an
Australian economist and
Labor Party politician who
served in the
House of Representatives...
- The
Kerin Ministry was the 70th
ministry of the
Government of
South Australia, led by Rob
Kerin, 43rd
Premier of
South Australia and
leader of the South...
- Rory
Kerins (born
April 12, 2002) is a
Canadian professional ice
hockey forward for the
Calgary Wranglers in the
American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect...
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Charles M.
Kerins (December 7, 1915 –
January 1988) is an
American illustrator and painter. He
graduated from the M****achusetts
College of Art and Northeastern...
