Definitionen
1.NounA sharp point; prickle; a spine
2.AdjectiveSteep; high; inaccessible.
3.AdjectiveHigh, as the water of a river; swollen; sweeping; rapid.
4.NounA shallow rapid in a river.
5.NounThe current below a waterfall.
6.VerbTo act as referee or arbiter; to mediate.
7.VerbTo argue or struggle for.
8.VerbTo raise objections; to argue stubbornly, especially over minor or trivial matters.
9.VerbTo separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants.
10.VerbTo intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening.
11.VerbTo separate combatants by intervening.
12.VerbTo contend, contest, or altercate, especially in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds.