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1. bōnī adj.

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(a) Consisting of bone or bones; bony; (b) big-boned. …

2. bọ̄nen v.

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To pray for (sth.). …

3. bōnen adj.

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bonen wal, a bone barrier (i.e. the teeth). …

4. nekke-bōn n.

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(a) The group of vertebrae in the cervical region; also, one of these vertebrae; also, the neck; breken nekke-bon, to break (someone's) neck, kill (sb.) by breaking the neck; kepen thi nekke-bon from……

5. bōned ppl.

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(a) Of (a certain) bodily frame or build; gret boned, sad boned, stronge boned, big-boned, of sturdy build; wel boned, boned wel, well-proportioned; (b) of clothes: fitted with whalebone. …

6. bon-grẹ̄ adv. & prep.

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(a) To one's liking, agreeable to (sb.); (b) maugre bongre, whether one likes it or not, willy-nilly. …

7. mightī-bōned adj.

Additional spellings: mightiboned
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Having large bones, big-boned. …

8. bẹ̄ne n.(2)

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(a) A request, an entreaty; one of the seven petitions contained in the Lord's Prayer; (b) an entreaty addressed to God, a prayer; bidden bene, to pray, offer a prayer; in (on) bene, in prayer, at……

9. whirl-bōn n.

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(a) The hip or hip joint; the thighbone, femur; also, the rounded head of the femur; (b) the kneecap, patella; (c) a vertebra; (d) the ankle. …

10. gast-bon n.

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?Flour for wastel bread. …

11. bak-bōn n.

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(a) The spinal column, backbone;; (b) a vertebra; (c) behind his bak-bon, behind his back. …

12. marī-bōn n.

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(a) A bone containing edible marrow, marrowbone; (b) ?as surname. …

13. lǒve-bọ̄n(e n.

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= lovebene, sense (a). …

14. wen-wurt n.

Additional spellings: wenwurt
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(a) = pile-wort n.; (b) the European daisy (Bellis perennis). …

15. bon-chẹ̄f n.

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(a) Good luck, success; welfare, prosperity; in bon-chef and in mischef, in good and bad fortune, under all circumstances; haven bon-chef, succeed; (b) a stroke of good luck; don bon-chef, make a……

16. 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……

17. shulder-bōn n.

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(a) The shoulder blade, scapula; (b) the shoulder; (c) the shoulder bone of a sheep. …

18. bonair(e adj.

Additional spellings: bonaire
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(a) Of kind disposition, good-natured, kind, affable; gracious, courteous, gentle; (b) meek, humble; obedient, submissive, subservient. …

19. debonaire adj. & n.

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(a) Mild, gentle, kind; courteous, gracious; humble, meek; (b) of things: benign, favorable; of winds: mild; of words or speech: kindly, courteous; of life, actions: gentle, meek; of eyes……

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