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1.
brand-gọ̄s
n.
Additional spellings:
brandgos
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A wild goose: brant.
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2.
hīl
n.
5 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) A mound, bank, small hill; (b) in place names [see Smith
PNElem.
1.274].
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3.
lāthe
n.(2)
5 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) The movable batten of a handloom; (b) some kind of supporting frame or scaffold; (c) a device used by coopers, ?a turning lathe;
lathe stok
, ?the framework of such a device;
lathe oke
, ?error for…
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thucke
n.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A mischievous or nasty trick, harm;—used in
fig.
context.
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