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• (dislodge)- to remove or force out of a particular place, (<br />

, ); Flushing is done to dislodge naturally<br />

occurring sediment from within pipe walls;<br />

abode adobe<br />

• (adobe)- a sun-dried, unburned brick of clay and straw; The houses of the<br />

ancient town are made of adobe, one story high, and the streets are unpaved,<br />

narrow, crooked and ill looking. — The Life of Kit Carson;<br />

hovel = hutch = shack = shanty<br />

• (hovel)- a small, very humble dwelling house; a wretched hut, ( );<br />

The soil and the hovel were his, descended to him from his forbears! — The<br />

Story of Russia;<br />

• (hutch)- a pen or coop for small animals, especially rabbits, (<br />

); The wire had been well repaired, and overnight the hutch was always<br />

fastened by a hook. — F ;SF; - vol 092 issue 05 - May 1997;<br />

• (shack)- a small, crudely built cabin; a shanty, ( );<br />

• (shanty)- roughly built, often ramshackle cabin; a shack, ( ; );<br />

The frame for such a shanty is a cross-pole resting on two crotches about six<br />

feet high and enough straight poles to make a foundation for the thatch. —<br />

Woodcraft;<br />

asylum = refuge = recourse = sanctuary ~ haven {harbor}<br />

• (asylum)- an inviolable refuge, as formerly for criminals and debtors;<br />

sanctuary, ( , ); I was put into the asylum, and afterwards was<br />

sent to sea before the mast. — The Phantom Ship;<br />

• (refuge)- a place providing protection or shelter; That will be my refuge,<br />

and perhaps even my only habitation. — The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert<br />

Letters;<br />

• (recourse)- access or resort to a person or thing for help or protection,<br />

( ; ); I hope that the dispute can be<br />

settled through other means, but legal recourse will be the last resort;<br />

• (sanctuary)- a sacred or holy place, ( ); That hour in the sanctuary<br />

was the most emotionally exhausting hour I've spent in recent months. —<br />

Snickollet;<br />

• (haven)- any place of shelter and safety; refuge; asylum, ( ;<br />

); I was born and raised in this community and I don't want to<br />

see this community becoming known as a haven for hookers and johns;<br />

• (harbor)- any place of shelter or refuge; At the harbor are abandoned docks<br />

and fishing sheds where ghosts drift through fog-ridden afternoons. — F ;SF

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