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Kemp

/kɛmp/

Coarse, rough hair, wool, or fur; (in the plural) knotty hairs that will not felt.

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Coarse, rough hair, wool, or fur; (in the plural) knotty hairs that will not felt.

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battlenoun	(military) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.
competeverb	To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend.
contendverb	(intransitive) To be in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
vienoun	(intransitive) To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.
striveverb	To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
strugglenoun	To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.
fightverb	(transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
skirmishnoun	(military) A brief battle between small groups, usually part of a longer or larger battle or war.
grappleverb	(figuratively, with with) To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with.
clashnoun	Opposition; contradiction; such as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes etc.
sparnoun	To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.
duelnoun	Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.
wrestleverb	(intransitive) To grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat.
tiltnoun	(transitive) To slope or incline (something); to slant.
joustnoun	A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
opposeverb	To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.
engageverb	(transitive) To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
feudnoun	A state of long-standing mutual hostility.
brawlnoun	A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
confrontverb	(transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.