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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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KICK, v.t. To strike with the foot; as, a horse kicks a servant; a man kicks a dog.
KICK, v.i. To practice striking with the foot or feet; as a horse accustomed to kick.
KICK, n. A blow with the foot or feet; a striking or thrust of the foot.
To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot] as, a horse
kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.
He [Frederick the Great] kicked the shins of his judges. Macaulay. To kick the beam, to fit up and strike the beam; -- said of the lighter arm of a loaded balance; hence, to be found wanting in weight. Milton. -- To kick the bucket, to lose one's life; to die. [Colloq. *** Low] To
thrust out the foot or feet with violence] to strike out with the
foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike
backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so. Hence,
figuratively: To show ugly resistance, opposition, or hostility; to
spurn.
I should kick, being kicked. Shak. To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon,
etc.
A blow
with the foot or feet; a striking or thrust with the foot.
A kick, that scarce would move a horse, The projection on the tang of the blade of
a pocket knife, which prevents the edge of the blade from striking
the spring. See Illust. of Pocketknife.
A projection in a
mold, to form a depression in the surface of the brick.
The recoil of a musket or other firearm,
when discharged.
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