v. t.
That never yet refused your hest. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
The cunning workman never doth refuse
The meanest tool that he may chance to use. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To deny compliance; not to comply. [ 1913 Webster ]
Too proud to ask, too humble to refuse. Garth. [ 1913 Webster ]
If ye refuse . . . ye shall be devoured with the sword. Isa. i. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Refusal. [ Obs. ] Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. refus refusal, also, that which is refused. See Refuse to deny. ] That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless. [ 1913 Webster ]
Everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. 1. Sam. xv. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who refuses or rejects. [ 1913 Webster ]