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1. bī̆sten v.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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To buffet (sb.), pummel, flog, beat; also without obj., of waves: to dash, rage.

2. rushe-wāle n.

Additional spellings: rushewale
3 quotations in 1 sense
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Walrus hide.

3. shāme n.

295 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) The feeling of having offended against propriety or decency; the feeling of having done something disgraceful; an instance of such feeling; embarrassment or revulsion caused by awareness of one's…

4. weght n.(1)

202 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) The physical property of heaviness, mass; weight as an attribute of objects, living creatures, or substances; also, the abstract quality of weight as a component of due proportion in nature; also…

5. wẹ̄k(e n.(3)

Additional spellings: weke
179 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The calendrical unit consisting of a cycle of seven successive named or numbered days and beginning or ending with a particularly specified day, the week of the Jewish or Christian calendar (b)…

6. wrēth(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: wrethe
40 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Anger, wrath; animosity, hostility; also, the deadly sin of wrath; also in fig. context [quot. ?a1475]; ?also, wrathful behavior [quot. a1500(?c1450)]; brother wreth, anger against one’s fellow…

7. wrēthen v.(1)

51 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To be or become angry, rage; be angry (with sb.); of God: be or become righteously wrathful (b) of anger: to be kindled (against sb.); (c) to become angry with (sb.); (d) refl. to be or become…

8. yēven v.

1371 quotations in 35 senses
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(a) To give alms, gifts, etc., give something voluntarily, make a gift; give generously (to sb.); give alms, gifts, etc. (to sb.) in response to a request; also, in partitive construction: yeven of