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61. whippen v.

15 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To move rapidly, move back and forth quickly; specif. of a dragon: flap or flutter furiously (with its wings); of a bird: struggle (in a snare) by fluttering or flapping the wings; whippen in

62. whissen v.

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(a) Hawk. impv. whisse as interj.: come!, return!;—used to summon a falcon to the fist; (b) to screech;—?error for skriken v.

63. wimple n.

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(a) A woman’s headdress covering the top, back, and sides of the head, including the cheeks and chin, and wrapped so as to cover the neck; also, a veil; also, a wimple as part of a nun’s official…

64. wō̆rd n.

363 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) A word as a lexical item or grammatical form, a string of characters representing a minimal unit of meaning, a word in isolation; also, a word or group of words as represented in graphic form…

65. yelwenesse n.

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(a) The state or condition or being yellow in color, yellowness; also, an example or instance of yellowness; colour of yelwenesse (b) the state or condition of being gray or bluish gray in color,…