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Whinberry

The English bilberry; -- so called because it grows on moors among the whins, or furze.

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Blueberry 76% connected

The berry of several species of Vaccinium, an ericaceous genus, differing from the American huckleberries in containing numerous minute seeds instead…

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Bilberry 70% connected

The European whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); also, its edible bluish black fruit.

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Whortleberry 70% connected

In England, the fruit of Vaccinium Myrtillus; also, the plant itself. See Bilberry, 1.

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Bilberry 92% connected

The European whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); also, its edible bluish black fruit.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Blaeberry 92% connected

The bilberry.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Whortleberry 92% connected

In England, the fruit of Vaccinium Myrtillus; also, the plant itself. See Bilberry, 1.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Acre noun · 78% connection

A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of t…

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Alcayde noun · 78% connection

A commander of a castle or fortress among the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Moors.

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Alcazar noun · 78% connection

any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors

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Anglicize verb · 78% connection

To make English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies.

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Anglo- unknown · 78% connection

A combining form meaning the same as English; or English and, or English conjoined with; as, Anglo-Turkish treaty, Anglo-German, Anglo…

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Anglo-Saxon noun · 78% connection

The language of the English people before the Conquest (sometimes called Old English). See Saxon.

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Atabal noun · 78% connection

A kettledrum; a kind of tabor, used by the Moors.

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Barb noun · 78% connection

The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.

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Basking shark unknown · 78% connection

One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or bone sh…

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Bilberries pl. · 78% connection

of Bilberry

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Black letter unknown · 78% connection

The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It wa…

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Bond noun · 78% connection

The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways…

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Broom rape unknown · 78% connection

A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spik…

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Buck bean unknown · 78% connection

A plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) which grows in moist and boggy places, having racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter…

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Byzantine noun · 78% connection

A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. C (…

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Castanets n. pl. · 78% connection

Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger…

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Douay Bible unknown · 78% connection

A translation of the Scriptures into the English language for the use of English-speaking Roman Catholics; -- done from the Latin Vulg…

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Englishry noun · 78% connection

A body of English or people of English descent; -- commonly applied to English people in Ireland.

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