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1.
scǒuren
v.(2)
57 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To scour, polish; polish or scour (metal, a pot, etc.); furbish (armor); ?also,
fig.
of a day: be bright and clear [quot.: a1375];
scouren bright (clene, neue)
, make (sth.) bright (clean, new) by…
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sirō̆n
n.
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A shoot, sprout.
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