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plunder(1)(dictionary)
plunder 1, verb(dictionary)
plunder 2, noun(dictionary)
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laughter(1)(dictionary)
laughter(dictionary)
laughter(medicine)
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plunder(1) (iou) and laughter (medicine)


plunder(1) (iou)



plunder noun. M17.
[from PLUNDER verb.]
The action of plundering or taking something as spoil, esp. in war; pillage, depredation. Now rare or obsolete. M17.
J. Leoni After the plunder and spoiling of the Temple.
b. The acquisition of property by violent, questionable, or dishonest means; spoliation. L17.
J. A. Froude The wretched novice was an object of General plunder.
Goods or valuables taken from an enemy by force, esp. in war; booty, loot. M17.
H. H. Wilson The instigator of the depredations..sharing in the plunder. H. Newbolt Take your ill-got plunder, and bury the dead.
b. Property acquired by violent, questionable, or dishonest means; colloq. profit, gain. L18.
J. G. Holland Men..actuated by no higher motive than a love of plunder.
Personal belongings or household goods collectively; luggage, baggage. US local. E19.
J. F. Cooper You seem to have but little plunder..for one..so far abroad.

laughter (medicine)


laughter


A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction, or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs. See Laugh, "The act of laughter, which is a sweet contraction of the muscles of the face, and a pleasant agitation of the vocal organs, is not merely, or totally within the jurisdiction of ourselves." (Sir T. Browne) "Archly the maiden smiled, and with eyes overrunning with laughter." (Longfellow)

Origin: AS. Hleahtor; akin to OHG. Hlahtar, G. Gelachter, Icel. Hlatr, Dan. Latter. See Laugh.

Source: Websters Dictionary