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1. abetten v.

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(a) To urge or incite (sb. to evil); encourage or abet (wrong-doing); (b) to encourage (sb.); promote (well-being). …

2. adlen v.

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(a) To earn (wages, a reward, etc.); to obtain (that which one has earned); -- also refl.; (b) to merit (spiritual blessings, heavenly bliss, etc.); to be deserving of (death, the tortures of hell)……

3. ai adv.

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Of continous actions or states: (a) all the time, always, constantly, unceasingly; (b) eternally, forever. …

4. al-gāte(s adv.

Additional spellings: algate, al-gates, algates
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In all ways, in every way or respect; entirely, altogether. …

5. alīche adv.

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(a) Of mode: in the same manner, similarly; without distinction; (b) of degree or extent: equally; (c) in equal measure or quantity (= Latin ana). …

6. almes(se n.

Additional spellings: almesse
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(a) Anything given to relieve those in poverty or distress, any charitable gift or offering, alms; an allotment of alms; eten almes, be dependent on alms; gan on almes, liven bi, of almes, live on……

7. aloft(e adv.

Additional spellings: alofte
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(a) Up in the sky or air; high above, at or to a height; high aloft; (b) on top, atop; above, upstairs; also, on (a surface); lenden aloft, go up (to sb.); (c) upward; liften, heven aloft, lift up……

8. amboht n.

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Handmaid, bondwoman. …

9. amis adv.

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(a) Of the actions of persons: in a wrong or mistaken manner; gon, faren amis, go astray, go wrong; leden, turnen amis, mislead; speden amis, fare badly; feren amis, be ill; sheten amis, miss the……

10. anclẹ̄ n.

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(a) The ankle; ankle bone, esp. the inner projection [quots. c1150, c1440]; innermore ancle; utward ancle, outer projection of the ankle; (b) ancle bon, ankle bone; utter ancle, outer projection of……

11. anger n.

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(a) Distress, suffering; anguish, agony; the anguish of love, love-longing; anger and wo (tene, care); (b) a source of distress, suffering, or discomfort; trouble, hardship; pl. troubles……

12. angren v.

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(a) To be anxious or grieved; -- intr. & refl.; (b) ben angred, be anxious or grieved; be in agony. …

13. ar-dawe n.

Additional spellings: ardawe
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(a) Plowland; ar-dawe feld; (b) dais ar-dawe, an acre or juger of plowland (orig. a day's plowing). …

14. arvel n.

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Funeral feast, wake. …

15. aske-bāði(e, aske-bāðe n.

Additional spellings: askebaði, aske-baðie, askebaðie, aske-baðe, askebaðe
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Fire-tender [lit., one who bathes in or messes with ashes]; -- used contemptuously. …

16. aske-fīse, -fīst n.

Additional spellings: askefise, aske-fist, askefist
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Fire-tender [lit., one who blows into the ashes]; -- prob. a term of contempt. …

17. asshe n.(2)

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(a) Ashes of combustible materials; brennen to asshe; turnen to asshe; (b) ashes as used in medicaments, for making lye, etc.; (c) hot ashes or coals, as for baking. …

18. at adv. with infinitive

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To (do, eat, etc.). …

19. atlen, -ien v.

Additional spellings: atlien
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(a) To intend or plan (to do sth.); -- intr. or refl.; (b) seek or plan (sth.). …

20. aue n.

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Fear, terror, dread; also, great reverence, veneration, awe. …

21. auk(e adj.

Additional spellings: auke
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(a) From the left; of a stroke with the sword: from left to right, backhanded; (b) perverse, wrong; (c) strange, marvelous. …

22. aun(e n.

Additional spellings: aune
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The beard on grain; an awn. …

23. aunen v.

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(a) To show (sth.), disclose; (b) refl. to show oneself, appear; (c) ?point the way. …

24. āv(e)len v.

Additional spellings: avelen
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(a) To make an effort, strive to obtain; to earn or merit; (b) ppl. endowed. …

25. avelō̆ng adj.

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Oblong, elongated; of a round vessel: out of shape. …

26. ave-nāmes n. (plural)

Additional spellings: avenames
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Pieces of land taken from the common land and enclosed for private use. …

27. ā̆-wei interj.

Additional spellings: awei
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Expressing regret or grief: alas!, oh! …

28. ayẹ̄n adv.

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(a) Back or away from something; to the rear, back, backwards; drawen ayen, ten ayen, draw back, withdraw; holden ayen, hold back, check, restrain; putten ayen, set or thrust back or away; turnen……

29. bagge n.(1)

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(a) A bag or sack, with or without its contents; traveling bag, wallet, satchel, pouch; bagge portatif; undo the bagge; (b) a bag as a unit of measure. …

30. bain adj.

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(a) Willing, inclined, eager; -- often with inf. phrase; (b) prepared, ready. …

31. baisk adj.

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(a) Harsh, bitter, sour (to the taste); (b) bitter (tears), grievous (sin), etc. …

32. bait n.

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(a) Bait for fish, fowl, or vermin; (b) a worm or insect to be used for bait. …

33. baiten v.

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(a) To bait (an animal) with an attacking or herding dog; specif., to bait (a tied or confined bear, bull, or badger) in sport; (b) of a dog: to set on (an animal or person); perh. [quot.: a1375] to……

34. baithen v.

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(a) To inquire, ask; (b) to grant (a request); baithen bon; (c) to consent, agree. …

35. bāl(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: bale
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A blazing fire, esp. one for burning victims or corpses; also, hell-fire; bale-fir. …

36. balteren v.

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To move about clumsily; totter, hobble, tumble about. …

37. bank(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: banke
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(a) A natural ridge; (b) a height, hill, mountain; (c) a slope, a hill-side; (d) ?the crest of a wave. …

38. bannen v.

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(a) To summon (troops) by proclamation; assemble (a fighting force); bannen out; (b) to assemble (a fleet) for an attack; (c) to gather (arms), make ready; to man or make ready (a castle). …

39. bāre n.(2)

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A wave, billow; se bare. …

40. bark n.

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The bark of a tree or woody plant. …

41. barken v.(1)

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To tan (hides) with an infusion of bark. …

42. basken v.

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Intrans. to bathe (in blood), bask, wallow; also refl.; basken aboute. …

43. bēlen v.

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To inflame; become inflamed, fester; fig. inflame with hate or rage. …

44. bẹ̄n v.

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(a) To be, exist, live; there is (was, were, etc.); that was, who formerly lived, now dead; if his liking be, if it be his will; if (sth.) ne were, if (sth.) had not been, if it were not for (sth.)……

45. benger(e n.

Additional spellings: bengere
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A grain bin; the hopper of a mill. …

46. benk n.

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(a) A bench, a seat; esp., a long, backless seat; (b) a royal seat, the throne of a ruler; setten on benk, to put (sb.) on a throne, do honor to (sb.); (c) benk ende, the end of the bench. …

47. berling n.(1)

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A pole (?for propelling a boat); berling tre. …

48. betrusten v.

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To have confidence in (sb.); to entrust (sb. with confidential matters). …

49. bī n.

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A dwelling; farm, village, town; bi-milne, town mill. [Common in place names and field names of the East Midland and the North (the Danelaw). See A. H. Smith PNElem. 1.66, & the thorp, by, tun map in……

50. big n.(1)

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Barley; big bern, barley barn; big rid(d)el, barley riddle or sieve (for bolting). …

51. Bigge n.

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A surname. …

52. biggen v.

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(a) To dwell or live (in a place, among people), reside; inhabit (the Earth); ben bigged, have lodging; (b) biggen bour, to establish (head)quarters; refl. establish oneself (in a location); (c) to……

53. biglī adj.

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(a) Comfortable, stately (mansion); (b) perfect (happiness). …

54. bīke n.(1)

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A nest of wild bees or wasps; a honeycomb; hony bike. …

55. bing n.

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A coffer; a bin. …

56. bir(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: bire
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Naut. A wind or breeze, esp. one favorable for sailing; haven bir at the bak, have a tail wind; abiden the bir, await favorable wind (i.e. circumstances). …

57. bī̆r-laue n.

Additional spellings: birlaue
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A body of customs or regulations current in a community (a village or district) and enforced locally, esp. regulations concerning land use, grazing, etc. [See G. C. Homans, Eng.Villagers (1942), pp……

58. birth(e n.

Additional spellings: birthe
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(a) The act of giving birth, childbirth; birth bering; labour of birth; at on (a) birth, in one delivery; (b) birth in wombe, conception. …

59. bistad ppl.

Additional spellings: bestad
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Placed (in a certain location), situated, lodged; quartered or living (with sb.). …

60. biwāren v.

Additional spellings: bewaren
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(a) To expend (money); squander (wealth); (b) to apply or wield (a weapon), make (an attack); (c) to apply or use (one's mind); bestow (a daughter, mercy); use (one's religion in bargaining). …

61. bland-corn n.

Additional spellings: blandcorn
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A blend of wheat and rye sown together. …

62. blāre n.

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A caulking compound made of tar and tow or oakum. …

63. bleik adj.

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(a) Of complexion: pallid, sallow, pale; (b) whitish, white. …

64. bleiken v.

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(a) To turn pale (as with fear); bleiken in blodi ble, blush; (b) to make (sb.) turn pale. …

65. blē̆k n.

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(a) Ink; blek pot, inkhorn; (b) a black substance, ?tar; (c) a dark or somber mood. …

66. blenchen v.

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(a) To move suddenly or sharply; jerk, twist; flinch, wince, dodge; blenchen aside; blenchen low, duck; blenchen broues, raise (one's) eyebrows or eyelids; blenchen of slepe, wake up suddenly; (b) of……

67. blesmen v.

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Of the ram: to copulate with (the ewe), tup; blismed, tupped, pregnant. …

68. blī-gẹ̄ter n.

Additional spellings: bligeter
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A lead founder. …

69. bliknen v.

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(a) To shine; (b) to lose color, turn pale [cp. bloknen]. …

70. blō adj.

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(a) Of the body: dark, discolored, black-and-blue, livid; fig. livid with anger; blo stroke, a bruise; (b) as blo as (eni) led, as livid as lead; blak and blo, blo and wan, black-and-blue, livid; blo……

71. blọ̄m n.

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(a) A flower, blossom; flowers, bloom; flowering (as a stage in the development of a plant); also fig.; bright as blom; beren blom, to flower; (b) as an epithet: Christ; the Virgin; (c) pre-eminence……

72. blọ̄men v.

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(a) To come into flower, bloom, flower; (b) fig. to flourish, increase, abound, grow. …

73. blǒnderen v.

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(a) To walk without seeing, go blindly; (b) to proceed ignorantly, act blindly or irrationally; refl. delude oneself, be out of one's senses; ppl. blundering, rash, clumsy, thoughtless; of things……

74. blōt adj.(1)

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(a) Swollen; bloated, plump; (b) softened, made pliable and moist; blot fish, bloatfish. …

75. blotnen v.

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To anoint. …

76. bōde-wǒrd n.

Additional spellings: bodeword
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(a) A commandment (of God); the bode-word(es, the (ten) Commandments; forbeden bode-word, impose a prohibition; (b) a command or edict. …

77. bōl-ax(e n.

Additional spellings: bol-axe, bolax, bolaxe
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(a) An ax for cutting or splitting wood; (b) a poleax. …

78. bōle n.(1)

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(a) A bull; fre bole, a bull free to roam with the herd [see Homans Eng.Villagers 61-3]; (b) a steer or bullock. …

79. bōle n.(2)

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(a) The trunk (of a tree); also, a tree; (b) ?a branch or grape cluster [may be error for bobbe n]. …

80. bolnen v.

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(a) To swell, become distended; also, specif., swell from infection, poison, beating, etc.; (b) bolned, swollen (from infection, beating, etc.); also, corpulent; (c) bolned hering, bloated herring……

81. bọ̄n n.(2)

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(a) The act of praying, or what one asks for in praying; a prayer; a favor asked for; bidden, don, maken, praien bon, address a prayer (to God), say a prayer, pray; asken, bidden bon, pray for……

82. bō̆nd n.

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Something used for tying, binding, wrapping, fastening, joining: (a) a cord, string (also fig.); a strap, halter, leash; a bowstring; (b) a twist of straw; a tendril; (c) a bandage or wrapping; (d) a……

83. bō̆nd(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: bonde
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(a) A customary tenant (as distinct from a free-holder); a villager (villain) or farmer (husbandman) holding land under a lord in return for customary services, esp. plowing (cp. plough-man); specif……

84. bọ̄th n.

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(a) A stall at a market or fair, a merchant's shop; ?also, house of prostitution [L meritorium]; (b) a temporary dwelling, arbor of branches, tent, hut; also a poor dwelling, a hovel; (c) in personal……

85. bǒu n.

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(a) Farmstead or livestock; (b) bou herde, bou hirt, herdsman; (c) bou erthe, pasture land. …

86. bǒun adj.

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(a) Of persons: ready, prepared; also, armed; boun in, clothed in (sth.); expert in (astronomy); of things: in readiness, prepared; of a weapon: drawn; of parts of buildings: made, built; of wages or……

87. brāke(n n.

Additional spellings: braken
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(a) Any one of a variety of ferns [see quot. ?a1450 Agnus Castus]; bracken; (b) brake bush, a fern thicket; (c) brake of fern, fern-brake, a thicket of fern; (d) in place names [see A. H. Smith PNElem……

88. brand-reth n.

Additional spellings: brandreth
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(a) A grate, gridiron, or trivet for supporting cooking utensils above a fire; (b) a gridiron for torture. …

89. brant ppl. adj.

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(a) Steep, high; brant up, straight up, erect; brant upright, perpendicular; (b) arched (eyebrows) [cp. OI bretta brȳrnar raise the eyebrows]; (c) ?smooth (forehead); (d) in place names [see Smith PN……

90. bratthe n.

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(a) Violence, impetuosity; (b) anger, rage; -- also pl.; (c) the deadly sin of Wrath. …

91. brẹ̄ch n.

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(a) The undergarment covering the lower part of the body; underpants, drawers, or tights; brech and sherte, sark and brek; (b) brech, brek, as pl.; a pare brech, a pair of breeches. …

92. bred-ful adj.

Additional spellings: bredful
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(a) Of a container: filled to the brim, brimful; (b) of an area: completely covered; (c) completely filled, chock-full. …

93. breithen v.

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To rush. …

94. brennen v.

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(a) To be consumed by fire; burn, burn down; brennen awai; of fire: burn; brennen up, flame up; brenning, on fire, fiery; (b) to destroy (sth.) with fire; put to the torch, reduce to ashes; brennen up……

95. bresten v.

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(a) To be broken, fall apart, break, shatter; bresten atwo, bresten atwinne, bresten in peces, bresten in sunder; (b) to break (sth.), shatter, crush; break (one's arm); ppl. brosten, of grain or……

96. brēth n.(2)

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Wrath, anger, vengeful spirit; the fury (of battle); wreken breth, wreak vengeance. …

97. brim n.(1)

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A body of water, such as the sea, a pool, spring, river. …

98. brīn n. (plural)

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(a) Eyebrows, or the ridges of the eyebrows; (b) eyelid(s). …

99. brinke n.

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(a) The shore (of the sea); seashore, coast; se brinke; ?also, the top (of a mound) [quot.: 1607], ?a precipice [quot. a1425 Wycl.]; (b) the bank (of a stream); (c) the edge (of a spring); (d) in……

100. britten v.

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(a) To mash; (b) to cut to pieces, dismember; (c) to shatter; demolish. …

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