See lyme on Wiktionary
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"branch",
"branch"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) An extremity, branch, or extension."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"enm:Christianity"
],
"glosses": [
"A good Christian."
],
"links": [
[
"Christianity",
"Christianity"
],
[
"Christian",
"Christian"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Christianity) A good Christian."
],
"topics": [
"Christianity"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A devoted member of any other cause."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlim(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈleːm(ə)/"
}
],
"word": "lyme"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English alternative forms",
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Anatomy",
"enm:Architecture",
"enm:Chemistry"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun",
"altform": "1"
},
"expansion": "lyme",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "leme"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of leme"
],
"links": [
[
"leme",
"leme#Middle_English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "lyme"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English alternative forms",
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Anatomy",
"enm:Architecture",
"enm:Chemistry"
],
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"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun",
"altform": "1"
},
"expansion": "lyme",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "quicklime",
"word": "lym"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of lym (“quicklime”)"
],
"links": [
[
"lym",
"lym#Middle_English:_quicklime"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "lyme"
}
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