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Þ þ (thorn)
Ð ð (eth)
Ʒ ʒ (yogh)
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1.
ramgle
n.
1 quotation in 1 sense
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A kind of plant, ?the buck bean (Menyanthes trifoliata).
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galle
n.(2)
17 quotations in 3 senses
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A sore on the skin, a gall;
fig.
tender spot, sensitive subject.
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galle
n.(1)
94 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) The gall bladder of man or animal; (b) the secretion of the liver, bile;
chest (kist, hucche) of galle
, the gall bladder; (c) as a type of the ultimate in bitterness:
bitter as galle, bitterer
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