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1. bigōn v.

Additional spellings: begon
61 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To cover (sth., as with blood); (b) to trim or ornament (sth., as with gold, jewels); (c) to approach or surround (sth.); beset, engulf; (d) to fill (a chest); load (water with poison).

2. beien v.

35 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To bend (sth.), bow (the head), bend or flex (the back, knees, legs); refl. to bend, stoop, fall; (b) to turn or incline (one's ear, oneself) attentively; (c) to bend, give way, weaken.

3. panāricium n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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An inflamed swelling around a fingernail; ?also, an abdominal aposteme.