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Þ þ (thorn)
Ð ð (eth)
Ʒ ʒ (yogh)
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gāte
n.(1)
239 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A gateway; a gate of a city, castle, house, etc.; also, a doorway;
flod gate
, a floodgate; (b) the movable barrier which closes off a gateway; one of the valves of a double gate; ?a portcullis…
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