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1.
doder
n.
7 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) Flax dodder (Cuscuta epilinum), a greenish-yellow parasitic plant growing on flax; (b) ?hemlock (Conium maculatum).
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2.
?grīm
n.(2)
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Dirt, grime;
fig.
?foul weather, a dark or gloomy sky; ?a contemptible person, wretch.
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3.
grīmen
v.
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
To blacken (sth.), cover with soot; make (sth.) dark or gloomy;
fig.
make (robbers) unhappy, punish.
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hake-bōt
n.
Additional spellings:
hakebot
12 quotations in 1 sense
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A kind of small ship [perh. orig. a boat with a broad stern or counter; cp. Arngart in
EStudies
25.164].
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knobbe
n.
12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A knot, a knob; (b) a knot in a tree; (c) a bulge, a convexity; a swelling; a hump; (d) a lump in the skin or flesh; (e) thickened and hardened skin, a callus; also, the bark of a tree.
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6.
marlen
v.(2)
1 quotation in 1 sense
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To ensnare, entrap;
ppl.
marled
, entangled; ensnared.
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7.
runken
v.
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To speak secretively, whisper;
runken or rounen
.
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8.
wrimplid
adj.
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Marked with lines, wrinkled.
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