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61. wrọ̄ting(e ger.

Additional spellings: wrotinge
8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Digging in the earth with the snout; also fig. in conventional comparison [1st quot.] (b) the trench or furrow made by a pig’s digging; swine(s wroting; (c) ?something that sweeps, a broom or…

62. yelwe n.

41 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The color yellow or one of its hues; her. the heraldic tincture or, often represented in emblazonment by yellow [quot. 1449]; whit yelwe, a light yellow color (b) ?a grayish color [transl. of AL …

63. yelwe adj.

142 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Of an object, a substance, color, etc.: yellow, yellowish; of any of the various shades of yellow, golden, saffron-colored, amber-colored, yellowish brown; also in conventional comparisons; yelwe

64. yelwish adj.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Somewhat yellow, tinged with yellow, yellowish (b) in combs.: yelwish hided, sallow-complexioned; goute yelwish, pathol. a disease characterized by discoloration of the face: ?gutta rosacea;…

65. zirbōse adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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As noun: pathol. a swelling or rupture of the peritoneal fold that envelops the bowels.