The act of clearing weeds from the ground or from a crop; also fig.; also, the act of pruning [last quot.]; weding hok (iren), a tool for removing weeds.
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(a) Of a person: senseless, insane; of an animal: savage, rapacious; raging, rabid; also used in fig. context or as epithet; also, as noun: insane people [2nd quot.];
(b) ?as surname.
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