Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which causes decay.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A causer of decay.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun That which causes
decay .
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Examples
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Why, sir, his hide is so tanned with his trade that he will keep out water a great while, and your water is a sore decayer of your whoreson dead body.
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Why, sir, his hide is so tannd with his trade that he will keep out water a great while, and your water is a sore decayer of your whoreson dead body.
Act V. Scene I 1909
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Why, sir, his hide is so tanned with his trade, that he will keep out water a great while; and your water is a sore decayer of your whoreson dead body.
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Why, sir, his hide is so tann'd with his trade that he will keep out water a great while; and your water is a sore decayer of your whoreson dead body.
Hamlet William Shakespeare 1590
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_ Why, sir, his hide is so tanned with his trade, that he will keep out water a great while; and your water is a sore decayer of your ill-begotten dead body.
Hamlet William Shakespeare 1590
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Why, sir, his hide is so tann'd with his trade, that he will keep out water a great while; and your water is a sore decayer of your whoreson dead body.
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Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) has the ability to survive in a highly acidic environment, which is what makes it such a nasty tooth-decayer: remember, it’s the acid bacteria produce as they consume carbohydrates that eats away at tooth enamel.
Paging all you "Face on Mars" believers... ewillett 2008
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