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1. calle n.

38 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A net for the hair, a kind of headdress; (b) comeli under calle, beautiful in one's headdress; uncomeli under calle; maken (sb.) a houve aboven a calle, to make a fool of (sb.); (c) ?a hood, ?a…

2. filet n.

23 quotations in 5 senses
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A ribbon or band of cloth worn around the head as an ornament or to keep the hair in place; a headband, chaplet; also, a frontal band worn as a badge of maidenhood.

3. lā̆rd n.

23 quotations in 5 senses
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Cook. (a) Fat pork cured in brine or by smoking; salt pork, bacon; lard of pork; (b) salt pork or bacon cut in small pieces for larding a roast; (c) a slice of the cured fat flesh of deer or bear.