owned - free and clear, held, in hand, in store, on hand, own, possessed
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persecute - abuse, afflict, aggravate, aggrieve, annoy, badger, bait, be at, bedevil, befoul, beset, bewitch, blight, bother, bristle,
soft-speaking - articulate, eloquent, outspoken, speaking, talkative, talking, well-spoken ,
fetch about - about ship, back and fill, bear off, beat, beat about, break, bring about, bring round, cant, cast, change course, come about, go about, heel, jibe,
china - adobe, biscuit, bisque, bowl, brick, bubble, cement, ceramic ware, ceramics, clay, crock, crockery, eggshell, enamel, enamelware,
mutilation - abrasion, abscission, amputation, annihilation, bankruptcy, blemish, bow-legs, break, breakage, breakdown, burn, butchering, chafe, check, chip,
precognition - a priori knowledge, anticipation, apprehension, clairvoyance, command, comprehension, conception, conceptualization, direct apprehension, foreboding, foreknowing, foreknowledge, foreseeability, grasp, grip,
in snatches - at random, bit by bit, by chance, by degrees, carelessly, fitfully, haltingly, haphazardly, hit or miss, in detail, intermittently, irregularly, jerkily, little by little, off and on,
gas-heated - heated, hot, overheated ,
not pass muster - fall short, miss, miss the mark ,
persecute - abuse, afflict, aggravate, aggrieve, annoy, badger, bait, be at, bedevil, befoul, beset, bewitch, blight, bother, bristle,
soft-speaking - articulate, eloquent, outspoken, speaking, talkative, talking, well-spoken ,
fetch about - about ship, back and fill, bear off, beat, beat about, break, bring about, bring round, cant, cast, change course, come about, go about, heel, jibe,
china - adobe, biscuit, bisque, bowl, brick, bubble, cement, ceramic ware, ceramics, clay, crock, crockery, eggshell, enamel, enamelware,
mutilation - abrasion, abscission, amputation, annihilation, bankruptcy, blemish, bow-legs, break, breakage, breakdown, burn, butchering, chafe, check, chip,
precognition - a priori knowledge, anticipation, apprehension, clairvoyance, command, comprehension, conception, conceptualization, direct apprehension, foreboding, foreknowing, foreknowledge, foreseeability, grasp, grip,
in snatches - at random, bit by bit, by chance, by degrees, carelessly, fitfully, haltingly, haphazardly, hit or miss, in detail, intermittently, irregularly, jerkily, little by little, off and on,
gas-heated - heated, hot, overheated ,
not pass muster - fall short, miss, miss the mark ,

