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1. slō-worm n.

Additional spellings: sloworm
6 quotations in 1 sense
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A slowworm, blindworm; ?also, some other kind of lizard or snake [1st quot.]. …

2. slō n.

60 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A sloe, the fruit of the blackthorn tree (Prunus spinosa); blak slo; ploume (wode) slo; blak as (ani) slo; (b) slo thorn [OE slāh-þorn], slo tre, the blackthorn tree; (c) something of little……

3. tinsel n.(1)

9 quotations in 1 sense
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Loss, destruction; also, spiritual loss, damnation; a state of damnation. …

4. tinsel n.(2)

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Brushwood for hedging or fencing. …

5. slēn v.

449 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) To strike (sth.), beat; pitch (a tent); light (a fire); strike off (a head from the body); beat (metal into a shape) [quot.: c1175(?OE) HRood]; -- used without obj.; slen of, cut off (someone's……

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