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"Scots nouns",
"Scots palindromes",
"Scots terms derived from Middle English",
"Scots terms derived from Middle Low German",
"Scots terms derived from Middle Scots",
"Scots terms derived from Old Saxon",
"Scots terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Scots terms inherited from Middle English",
"Scots terms inherited from Middle Scots",
"Scots terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Scots terms with unknown etymologies",
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"2": "sco-smi",
"3": "keik",
"4": "",
"5": "to peep"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
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},
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},
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},
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"name": "der"
},
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"2": "osx",
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},
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},
{
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"2": "keek"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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"tags": [
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]
}
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"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
"cat2": "",
"cat3": "",
"head": ""
},
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"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "keek (plural keeks)",
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}
],
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"glosses": [
"A quick look or peek."
],
"links": [
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],
[
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"peek"
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]
}
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}
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"Scots lemmas",
"Scots nouns",
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"Scots terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Scots terms with unknown etymologies"
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"args": {
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},
"expansion": "Uncertain",
"name": "unc"
}
],
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{
"form": "keeks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
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"A cap made of linen worn around the head and neck."
],
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"cap",
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],
[
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}
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"msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: keeker: a black eye desc=keeker rest=a black eye cls=romanization cls2=english e1=True e2=False",
"path": [
"keek"
],
"section": "Scots",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "keek",
"trace": ""
}
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