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1.
bilǒuken
v.
Additional spellings:
belouken
39 quotations in 3 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To shut (sb., sth.) in; lock up or enclose for safekeeping; imprison (sb.);
bilouken in hand of fa
, deliver into the enemy's hand;
bilouken in grave
, bury;
bilouken heven
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Poet.
lock the sky (i.e…
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2.
embrouden
v.
23 quotations in 2 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To decorate with needlework or with ornaments, esp. precious stones, sewn on; to embroider; (b) to sew on (an ornament).
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3.
ē̆rden
v.
18 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To make one's home or abode, dwell; (b) to inhabit (a place).
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4.
fōlden
v.(2)
133 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) To bend (at a joint); to flex (a limb), turn or twist (the head, the body), fold (a wing); (b) to bow down, stoop;
folden on knees
, kneel.
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