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Þ þ (thorn)
Ð ð (eth)
Ʒ ʒ (yogh)
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1.
cammed
adj.
7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Pug-nosed; of the nose: turned up, pug, retroussé; (b) curved.
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irk(e
adj.
Additional spellings:
irke
40 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Tired;
irk of
, weary of (sb. or sth.), bored with; tired (of doing sth.); (b) lax, slow;
irk of
, averse to (sth.), unwilling (to do sth.), reluctant, loath.
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lavei
adj.
1 quotation in 1 sense
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?Noisy; ?unruly.
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