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1. overwīlde adj.

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Excessively undisciplined or unrestrained. …

2. nẹ̄p n.(1)

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?Some kind of wild cucumber. …

3. wẹ̄lde adj.

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Powerful, mighty, great [last quot. could also be construed as wild(e adj.]. …

4. wīlde dẹ̄r phr. & n.

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(a) An undomesticated beast in contrast to a domesticated counterpart, a woodland creature, wild animal; also, a dumb beast, brute [1st quot.]; wilde der kin, any creature representing the general……

5. wīld(e adj.

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Of a person, the flesh, etc.: (a) lacking in restraint, undisciplined; unmanageable, recalcitrant; riotous, rowdy; headstrong, rash, impetuous; also, ill brought up, unruly;—used of a child; wild……

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