to shrink from in disgust; to detest; to abhor.

to pause or delay in acting, choosing or deciding because of unsure feeling; to waver; to hesitate.

to suffer mental agony; to worry about; to be anxious, troubled or uneasy.

a difficult situation; difficulty; distress; strait.

a clasping; a hold, grip.

the thread, helical groove (of a screw).

the large very vascular red-brownish glandular organ of vertebrates located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, that secretes bile and causes important changes in many of the substances contained in the blood; the liver.

to divide (a whole) into parts, groups, etc.

(math.) to divide a quantity by another quantity.

to distribute among.

to talk quietly or furtively, as in telling a secret; to whisper.

to utter a slander about.

to utter a soft, rustling sound like a whisper.

the setting of a precious stones by bending the edge of the metal (as gold, silver, etc.) over it, in an ornament.

something whispered (as a secret); that which is uttered furtively.

the fact or condition of being associated or united with.

to cause two or more things join together.

to stick oneself to; to attach oneself to.

to daub, smear oneself with.

to apply, daub (an oil, grease, ointment, etc.) on or over something; to smear.

to light a lamp, candle, stove, etc.

to start; to begin; to commence.

to put a plant into the ground firmly to grow.