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Mickle

Much; great.

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Deluge 76% connected

A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Flood 76% connected

A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Haymow 76% connected

A mow or mass of hay laid up in a barn for preservation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inundation 76% connected

The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Torrent 76% connected

A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Batch 92% connected

The quantity of bread baked at one time.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Deal 92% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Flock 92% connected

A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and othe…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Heap 92% connected

A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lot 92% connected

That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mass 92% connected

The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mess 92% connected

Mass; church service.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mint 92% connected

The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mountain 92% connected

A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land; earth and rock forming an isolated peak or a ridge; an e…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Muckle 92% connected

Much.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Peck 92% connected

The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pile 92% connected

A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Plenty 92% connected

Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency; specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample supply for human wants; abundanc…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pot 92% connected

A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Raft 92% connected

imp. & p. p. of Reave.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sight 92% connected

The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slew 92% connected

of Slay

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Spate 92% connected

A river flood; an overflow or inundation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stack 92% connected

A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a poi…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wad 92% connected

Woad.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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