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1.
shǒut(e
n.(2)
Additional spellings:
shoute
17 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) A flat-bottomed boat, barge; (b)
shout man
, the master of a
shoute
; also, a sailor on a
shoute
; also as surname.
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2.
stour(e
n.(1)
Additional spellings:
stoure
22 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) A piece of wood, stick; a stake, post; also, a post supporting a canopy; (b) a stake or rod used in building, esp. in the wattle and daub construction of a wall;
daubing stour
;
stikke and stour
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3.
timber
n.(2)
9 quotations in 1 sense
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A specific quantity of furs, usu. a bundle of forty skins.
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