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a.
Full of venom; noxious to animal life; poisonous; as, the bite of a serpent may be venomous.
v. i.
To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration.
v. t.
To take away, as noxious plants; to remove, as something hurtful; to extirpate.
n.
A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.
a.
Tending to destroy life; poisonous; noxious; as, mephitic exhalations; mephitic regions.
n.
Noxious, pestilential, or foul exhalations from decomposing substances, filth, or other source.
a.
Wanting purity; foul; bad; noxious; as, vicious air, water, etc.
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To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter; as, to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected; to sweeten the air.
n.
That which annoys or gives trouble and vexation; that which is offensive or noxious.
n.
One who, or that which, weeds, or frees from anything noxious.
a.
Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious; destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as, noxious air, food, or climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as, noxious practices or examples.
a.
Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable; revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive sounds.
v. t.
To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous, especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid substance taint the air.
n. sing. & pl.
Hence, in contempt, noxious human beings.
n. sing. & pl.
A noxious or mischievous animal; especially, noxious little animals or insects, collectively, as squirrels, rats, mice, flies, lice, bugs, etc.
a.
Free from weeds or noxious matter.
n.
Air infected with some noxious substance capable of engendering disease; esp., an unhealthy exhalation from certain soils, as marshy or wet lands, producing fevers; miasma.
n.
A large noxious fly of Abyssinia, which like the tsetse fly, is destructive to cattle.
a.
Noxious; mischievous; malignant; spiteful; as, a venomous progeny; a venomous writer.
v. t.
To free from noxious plants; to clear of weeds; as, to weed corn or onions; to weed a garden.
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