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1.
hō̆lm(e
n.(1)
Additional spellings:
holme
22 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An island; a peninsula; (b) a meadow on a river bank; (c) a hill; (d) in surnames & place names [see Smith
PNElem.
1.258-9, 268].
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sling(e
n.
Additional spellings:
slinge
33 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A hand-held weapon for throwing stones or similar missiles, a sling; also
fig.
;
honde sling
;
sling slaughte
, game killed with a sling;
sling ston
, a stone used as a missile to be thrown from a…
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