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1.
plumpen
v.
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) To plunge into water, dive; (b) to immerse (sth.) in liquid quickly, plunge.
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2.
snegge
n.
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(a) A snail; (b) some kind of fish; ?an eel.
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3.
snig(ge
n.
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snigge
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(a) An eel; (b) in surnames.
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4.
snobben
v.
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To sob;
snobben and sighen, sighen and snobben
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snobben after
, weep in longing for (sth.);
ppl.
snobbinge
, sobbing; also, accompanied by sobs [quot. a1450
Aelred
, 2nd].
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