1. (n.) An American animal allied to the weasel.

2. (n.) A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.

3. (v. i.) To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.

4. (n.) Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.

5. (n.) Hence, something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt.

6. (n.) A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.

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