See lank on Wiktionary
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"text": "Run barefoot up and down, threat’ning the flames\nWith bisson rheum; a clout upon that head\nWhere late the diadem stood, and for a robe,\nAbout her lank and all o’erteemed loins,\nA blanket, in the alarm of fear caught up;",
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"text": "The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together.",
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"text": "[…] while I stood in the dark, a hand touched mine, lank fingers came feeling over my face, and I was sensible of a peculiar unpleasant odour.",
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"text": "Blacks in the fields, lank and stooped, their fingers spiderlike among the bolls of cotton.",
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"text": "The water-nymphs, that in the bottom played,\nHeld up their pearled wrists, and took her in,\nBearing her straight to aged Nereus’ hall;\nWho, piteous of her woes, reared her lank head,\nAnd gave her to his daughters to imbathe […]",
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"ref": "1655, William Spurstowe, chapter 18, in The Wels of Salvation Opened, London: Ralph Smith, pages 249–250:",
"text": "Let us weigh the promises of the one and of the other in the balance of truth, and we shall finde that the promises of God are gold, and the promises of the devil are Alchimy, such which though they glitter much, have no worth or excellency in them. […] God’s, are substantial realities, and his, vanishing and fleeting shadows windy and swollen bladders, which but a little prickt, do quickly fall and grow lank.",
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"ref": "c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:",
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{
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"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lanka",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "lanki",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lankom",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lankoma",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "lankami",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lanku",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lankoma",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "lankach",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "m-in"
},
"expansion": "lank m inan",
"name": "dsb-noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "lan",
"2": "k"
},
"name": "dsb-decl-noun-19"
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],
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Lower Sorbian terms suffixed with -k",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 7 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
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{
"word": "lan"
}
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[
"lan",
"lan#Lower_Sorbian"
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],
"tags": [
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"form-of",
"inanimate",
"masculine"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "[ˈlaŋk]"
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],
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}
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{
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"1": "pdt",
"2": "adjective"
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{
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 7 entries",
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"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Plautdietsch entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
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"long (in physical measure), tall"
],
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[
"long",
"long"
],
[
"tall",
"tall"
]
]
}
],
"word": "lank"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "rmg",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "lank",
"name": "head"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 7 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Traveller Norwegian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
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"coffee"
],
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"links": [
[
"coffee",
"coffee"
]
]
}
],
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}
{
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{
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"1": "zea",
"2": "dum",
"3": "lanc"
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"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
"1": "zea",
"2": "odt",
"3": "*lang"
},
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{
"args": {
"1": "zea",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*langaz"
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"name": "inh"
}
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{
"args": {
"1": "zea",
"2": "adjective"
},
"expansion": "lank",
"name": "head"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 7 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
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"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Zealandic entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
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"long"
],
"id": "en-lank-zea-adj-~GbwIcZ9",
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[
"long",
"long"
]
]
}
],
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}
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"Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header",
"Afrikaans lemmas",
"Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch",
"Afrikaans terms derived from Middle Dutch",
"Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch",
"Afrikaans terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
"Afrikaans terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Pages with 7 entries",
"Pages with entries"
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{
"args": {
"1": "af",
"2": "nl",
"3": "lang"
},
"expansion": "Dutch lang",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "af",
"2": "dum",
"3": "lanc"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch lanc",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "af",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*langaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *langaz",
"name": "inh"
}
],
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{
"form": "lang",
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
},
{
"form": "langer",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "langste",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "lank",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"positive",
"predicative"
]
},
{
"form": "lang",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "lange",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"independent",
"positive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "langes",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"independent",
"plural",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "lanks",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "langer",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"comparative",
"predicative"
]
},
{
"form": "langere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"comparative",
"independent",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "langeres",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"comparative",
"independent",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "langers",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"partitive"
]
},
{
"form": "langste",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"predicative",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "langste",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "langstes",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"independent",
"plural",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "lang",
"2": "langer",
"3": "langste"
},
"expansion": "lank (attributive lang, comparative langer, superlative langste)",
"name": "af-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"lang_code": "af",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"long"
],
"links": [
[
"long",
"long"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"tall"
],
"links": [
[
"tall",
"tall"
]
]
}
],
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{
"audio": "LL-Q14196 (afr)-Anon1314-lank.wav",
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}
],
"word": "lank"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-cfr",
"2": "goh",
"3": "lang"
},
"expansion": "Old High German lang",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old High German lang.",
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{
"form": "lange",
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "lang",
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "länger",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "et längste",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "gmw-cfr-decl-adj-ksh2",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "lank",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "lange",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"masculine",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "lank",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"neuter",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "lang",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "lang",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "weak",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "lang",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"neuter",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "partitive",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "langes",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "initial",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "langem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "langer",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "lange",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "non-initial",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "lange",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "länger",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "längere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "länger",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "weak",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "partitive",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "längeres",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"masculine",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "initial",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "längerem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"masculine",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "längerer",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "längere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "non-initial",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "längere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "et längste",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "längste",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "weak",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "initial",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "längstem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "längster",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "längste",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "non-initial",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "Strong and weak (definite) forms are distinguished in the neuter common case. The partitive form follows certain indefinite pronouns like jet (“something”). In the singular dative",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "there is a simpler distinction between “initial” and “non-initial” position",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "depending on whether the adjective is the first declined word of the noun phrase",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "not.",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "lang",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-cfr",
"10": "et längste",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "masculine",
"4": "lange",
"5": "feminine",
"6": "lang",
"7": "comparative",
"8": "länger",
"9": "superlative"
},
"expansion": "lank (masculine lange, feminine lang, comparative länger, superlative et längste)",
"name": "head"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"comp": "länger",
"stem": "lang",
"sup": "längste"
},
"name": "gmw-cfr-decl-adj-ksh2"
}
],
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"lang_code": "gmw-cfr",
"pos": "adj",
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{
"categories": [
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"Central Franconian entries with incorrect language header",
"Central Franconian lemmas",
"Central Franconian terms derived from Old High German",
"Central Franconian terms inherited from Old High German",
"Central Franconian terms with usage examples",
"Pages with 7 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I’ve waited long years for it.",
"text": "Ich hann lang Johr drop jewaat.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"long"
],
"links": [
[
"long",
"long"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(most dialects) long"
],
"tags": [
"dialectal"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/laŋk/"
}
],
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}
{
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"English verbs",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 7 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/æŋk",
"Rhymes:English/æŋk/1 syllable",
"Terms with Afrikaans translations",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Maori translations",
"Terms with Occitan translations",
"Terms with Persian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"en:Appearance",
"en:Hair"
],
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{
"word": "lankness"
},
{
"word": "lanky"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "lank"
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "hlanc"
},
"expansion": "Old English hlanc",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*hlank"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hlank",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hlankaz",
"t": "lank, thin"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“lank, thin”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*kleng-",
"t": "to bend, turn, wind, twist"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend, turn, wind, twist”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "lenken",
"t": "to turn"
},
"expansion": "German lenken (“to turn”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "hlanca",
"t": "hip, side, flank"
},
"expansion": "Old High German hlanca (“hip, side, flank”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "link"
},
"expansion": "English link",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "of a chain"
},
"expansion": "(of a chain)",
"name": "q"
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