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1. Sabīn(e)s n. plural

Additional spellings: Sabines
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The Sabines, a people of ancient Italy, occupying territory northeast of Rome.

2. Pulver-wednesdai n.

Additional spellings: Pulverwednesdai
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Ash Wednesday.

3. savī̆n(e n.

Additional spellings: savine
23 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The plant Juniperus sabina; -- often used medicinally; (b) ?the plant Aster amellus; (c) ?the dwarf elder or danewort [cp. ebulus n.].

4. mǒunt n.(1)

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(a) A mountain or hill; also fig.; pl. mountains, mountainous region; mountain range; mount joie, mount of joy, highest bliss; bi mount(es, among the mountains; (b) the Alps; -- pl. & coll.; (c) in…

5. oil(e n.

Additional spellings: oile
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A liquid substance, natural or concocted, which is unctuous, usually inflammable, and insoluble in water; an oil or oily substance.

6. grēt adj. & adv. & n.

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(a) Large in size or quantity, big; gret and smal, large and small, all; gret ne smal, big or little, of no kind; althergrettest, largest of all [cp. alder- pref.]; gret belle, large bell; (b) much…