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Þ þ (thorn)
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1.
bulberie
n.
3 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
?The fruit of the common barberry
Berberis vulgaris
; ?bilberry.
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2.
bulder
n.
4 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A stone worn round, boulder, cobblestone;
bulder ston
.
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3.
burre
n.(1)
15 quotations in 2 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) The common burdock (Arctium lappa); ?also, some similar plant; (b) ?some member of the genus Rumex; ?R. crispus, ?R. obtusifolius; (c) cleavers (Galium aparine); (d) Christ's thorn (Paliurus…
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4.
bush
n.(1)
73 quotations in 5 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) A woods, grove; thicket, underbrush;
bank and bush
, hill and (wooded) dale;
under the bush
, in (the shelter of) the woods; (b) rank growth.
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5.
crike
n.(2)
4 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A muscular spasm of the neck or back (prob., attended by contortion and stiffness); ?also, tetanus.
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6.
crōt(e
n.
Additional spellings:
crote
7 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) A lump; a clod (of earth); ?a knob (on the cover of a pot); (b) the residue of rendered fat, cracklings; (c)
ilk (a) crot
, every bit.
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durdan
n.
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Uproar, din.
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