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1. lī̆che-wal n.

Additional spellings: lichewal
3 quotations in 1 sense
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The seed of some species of gromwell. …

2. wǒrt-wāle n.

Additional spellings: wortwale
8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The root of an herb; (b) the root or base of a rooster’s spur; (c) a piece of partly detached skin at the side or base of a fingernail, a hangnail; ?also, a cuticle [quot. c1450]. …

3. rēde-wale n.

Additional spellings: redewale
1 quotation in 1 sense
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?Corn gromwell (Lithospermum arvense). …

4. wāle n.(4)

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A root of a medicinal plant or herb (b) in combs.: helme wale [cp. OI hjālm-völr], naut. the tiller of a side rudder; liche wale [see liche-wal n.]; litel wale, the little wale or gromwell……

5. wēle n.(1)

120 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Sg. & coll. Worldly wealth, riches; possessions, goods; worldes (world, worldli) wele (b) pl. riches; possessions, goods; also fig.; ertheli (world) weles; weles-yerninge, greed, acquisitiveness;……

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