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  • 11hind — I. a. Back, hinder, posterior, rear. II. n. 1. Female deer (of the stag or red deer). 2. Peasant, swain, boor, lout, rustic, clod poll, bumpkin, clown, ploughman, bog trotter, clod hopper, countryman …

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  • 12clodpoll — [kläd′pōl΄] n. [ CLOD + POLL] a stupid or foolish person; blockhead: also sp. clodpole …

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  • 14Phonological history of English low back vowels — The phonology of the low back vowels of the English language has undergone changes both overall and with regional variations, dating from Late Middle English (c. 1400) to the present. The sound changes heard in modern English mostly begin with… …

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  • 15And did those feet in ancient time — is a short poem by William Blake from the preface to his epic Milton a Poem, one of a collection of writings known as the Prophetic Books. The date on the title page of 1804 for Milton is probably when the plates were begun, but the poem was… …

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  • 16block — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hindrance, blockage, obstruction; row, street, square (See abode); mass, lump, cube (See density). v. t. impede, check, stop, bar; thwart, foil. See closure, identity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A mass,… …

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  • 17noodle — n 1.Slang. head, skull, cranium, Zool. cephalon, brainpan, poll, pate, Inf. sconce, Archaic. mazard, Archaic. costard; think tank, thinker; All Inf. upstairs, upper story, belfry, noggin, dome; All Sl. bean, nut, nob, noddle, crumpet, gourd, conk …

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