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Haw

A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard.

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Blackthorn 76% connected

A spreading thorny shrub or small tree (Prunus spinosa), with blackish bark, and bearing little black plums, which are called sloes; the sloe.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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May 76% connected

An auxiliary verb qualifyng the meaning of another verb, by expressing: (a) Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftener expressed by can.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Whitethorn 76% connected

The hawthorn.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bush 76% connected

A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Emit 76% connected

To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits s…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Shrub 76% connected

A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hawthorn 92% connected

A thorny shrub or tree (the Crataegus oxyacantha), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called haw. It…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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