These are the meanings of the letters ABOUTS when you unscramble them.
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About (prep.)
Around; all round; on every side of.
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About (prep.)
In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place; by or on (one's person).
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About (prep.)
Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
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About (prep.)
Near; not far from; -- determining approximately time, size, quantity.
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About (prep.)
In concern with; engaged in; intent on.
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About (prep.)
On the point or verge of; going; in act of.
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About (prep.)
Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching.
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About (adv.)
On all sides; around.
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About (adv.)
In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across.
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About (adv.)
Here and there; around; in one place and another.
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About (adv.)
Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as high; -- also of quantity, number, time.
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About (adv.)
To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to turn one's self about.
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Boast (v. i.)
To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of one's exploits courage, descent, wealth.
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Boast (v. i.)
To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
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Boast (v. t.)
To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
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Boast (v. t.)
To display vaingloriously.
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Boast (v. t.)
To possess or have; as, to boast a name.
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Boast (v. t.)
To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.
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Boast (v. t.)
To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
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Boast (n.)
Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging.
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Boast (n.)
The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation.
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Sabot (n.)
A kind of wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France, Belgium, Sweden, and some other European countries.
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Sabot (n.)
A thick, circular disk of wood, to which the cartridge bag and projectile are attached, in fixed ammunition for cannon; also, a piece of soft metal attached to a projectile to take the groove of the rifling.