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1.
wau(e
n.
Additional spellings:
waue
61 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A wave of water, esp. in the sea; ?also, a current;
gon in wawes
, to become tempestuous (b)
pl.
the sea, seen as a collection of individual waves; (c) used metonymically: the sea; water;
wau of
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