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1.
anlē̆t
n.
11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Face; (b) forehead; (c) appearance, looks; image.
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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.
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laughen
v.
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(a) To laugh (in amusement, triumph, derision, etc.); smile; jeer; of the eye(s: show pleasure or amusement; (b)
laughen for scorn (bismare), laughen ascorn
, to laugh in scorn;
laughen faste (loude,
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