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1. glimme n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Shining brightness; radiance. …

2. rump(e n.

Additional spellings: rumpe
9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The rump of a quadruped mammal; also, the tail; also, an animal rump as food for a hawk; (b) the rump of a person, posterior; (c) as surname. …

3. stalk(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: stalke
33 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The stalk of a plant; the trunk of a tree; also fig.; -- also coll.; a shoot of a vine [quot.: ?a1425(c1380)]; a piece of straw [quot.: c1390 CT.Rv.]; ?a reed [quot.: 1440]; on stalk and ston, at……

4. twinling(e n.

Additional spellings: twinlinge
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(a) One of two children born at a single birth, a twin; a pair of children or animal progeny born at a single birth, twins; twinling of men (wommen), a male (female) twin; twinling of notes or of……

5. wāre n.(5)

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Suppurated matter, pus, ichor; ?also, ear wax [2nd quot.]. …

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