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1. gorǧe n.

23 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Gullet, esophagus, throat; to the gorge, up to the neck; (b) the front part of the neck, throat [see also coupe gorge]; (c) the crop of a bird; gorge worm a noxious worm that gets into a hawk's…

2. tǒurte n.

15 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A kind of coarse brown bread; tourte bakere; (b) a tart of some sort [cp. tart(e n. (a)]; (c) veter. a disease of horses characterized by the formation of an abscess beneath the epidermis; (d) her

3. wind-gal(le n.

Additional spellings: windgalle, wind-gal, windgal
2 quotations in 1 sense
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Veter. A soft growth, probably modern 'tendinous windgall,' inflammation of the sheath protecting and lubricating the tendons behind the fetlock.

4. wǒrm n.

255 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) A dragon or dragonlike creature (b) a serpent, snake; also fig.; also, a sacred serpent serving as an object of cult worship, a temple snake [1st quot.]; one of the serpents of Greek or Roman…