See Werg on Wiktionary
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"hards, tow, oakum (short, fallen-off fibres of flax or hemp)"
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"hards",
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"oakum",
"oakum"
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[
"fibre",
"fibre#English"
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[
"flax",
"flax#English"
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"word": "Hede"
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"German terms inherited from Middle High German",
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"German terms with homophones",
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"Rhymes:German/ɛʁk",
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"hards, tow, oakum (short, fallen-off fibres of flax or hemp)"
],
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"hards"
],
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"tow",
"tow#Etymology_2"
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"oakum",
"oakum"
],
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"fibre",
"fibre#English"
],
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"flax",
"flax#English"
],
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"hemp",
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},
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}
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}
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