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1.
seter
n.
5 quotations in 1 sense
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In cpds.:
seter gras
, the Christmas rose, black hellebore (Helleborus niger); also, ?another plant of the genus Helleborus, prob. bear's foot, stinking hellebore (H. foetidus);
seter wort
, a plant of…
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2.
sheldrāke
n.
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(a) A multicolored duck, the common sheldrake (Tadorna tadorna); (b) as surname.
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tidif
n.
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One of the birds commonly associated with fickleness and infidelity, the cuckoo, hoopoe, etc.; also, a representation of this bird.
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