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Traditional English :: gnu
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gnuine.html - n. any antelope of the genus Connochaetes, native to S. Africa, with a large erect head and brown stripes on the neck and shoulders. Also called WILDEBEEST. [Bushman nqu, prob. through Du. gnoe] |
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Traditional English :: gnamma
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gnuine.html - n.
(also namma) Austral. a natural hole in a rock, containing water; a waterhole. [Aboriginal] |
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Traditional English :: gnarled
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gnuine.html - adj.
(also gnarly) (of a tree, hands, etc.) knobbly, twisted, rugged. [var. of knarled, rel. to KNURL] |
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Traditional English :: gnash
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gnuine.html - v. & n. --v. 1 tr. grind (the teeth).
2 intr. (of the teeth) strike together; grind. --n. an act of grinding the teeth. [var. of obs. gnacche or gnast, rel. to ON gnastan a gnashing (imit.)] |
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Traditional English :: gnat
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gnuine.html - n.
1 any small two-winged biting fly of the genus Culex, esp. C. pipiens.
2 an insignificant annoyance.
3 a tiny thing. [OE gnótt] |
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Traditional English :: gnathic
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gnuine.html - adj.
of or relating to the jaws. [Gk gnathos jaw] |
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