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1. liver-wort n.

Additional spellings: liverwort
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The common liverwort Marchantia polymorpha; ?also, some similar plant. [Anemone hepatica seems to be excluded by the descriptions in Lelamour & Agnus Castus.]

2. liver(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: livere
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(a) The human liver; (b) liver adle [OE lifer-ādl], liver siknesse [OE lifer-sēocnes], liver sore [OE lifer-sār], disease or pain in the liver; liver iharded, swollen liver; liver sik [OE lifer-sēoc]…