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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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TWITCH, v.t. To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand; to twitch off clusters of grapes.
TWITCH, n. A pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as a twitch by the sleeve.
To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short,
quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to
twitch a thing out of another's hand; to twitch off clusters
of grapes.
Thrice they twitched the diamond in her ear. Pope. The act of
twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as, a
twitch by the sleeve.
A short, spastic contraction of the fibers or
muscles; a simple muscular contraction; as, convulsive twitches; a
twitch in the side.
A stick with a hole in one end
through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip
or an ear of a horse. By twisting the stick the compression is made
sufficiently painful to keep the animal quiet during a slight surgical
operation.
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