(a) The handle of a plow; (b) a wooden crutch; an artificial leg, peg leg; also, a stilt; stilt bond, a strap for attaching a stilt or a peg leg; (c) ?one of the uprights of a ladder; (d) in surname.
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(a) To make a request, ask;—in as clause; also, ask (about sth.)
(b) to ask for (sth.), request; also, ask (sth. of sb.), demand [1st quot.];
(c) to desire (sth.), long for; also with that clause as……
