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1. ēl(e n.(3)

Additional spellings: ele
36 quotations in 5 senses
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The common European eel Anguilla anguilla. [A staple commodity of the fish trade, imported in large quantities from the Continent.]

2. al n.

20 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A tool or instrument with a sharp point; a stylus; (b) a shoemaker's awl; (c) a spike (on armor); (d) a quill (of a hedgehog or porcupine); an awn.

3. ā̆l-gē̆r n.

Additional spellings: alger
4 quotations in 1 sense
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Eel spear, fish spear.

4. al-wight n.

Additional spellings: alwight
1 quotation in 1 sense
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An uncanny creature.

5. calle n.

38 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A net for the hair, a kind of headdress; (b) comeli under calle, beautiful in one's headdress; uncomeli under calle; maken (sb.) a houve aboven a calle, to make a fool of (sb.); (c) ?a hood, ?a…