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"expansion": "Middle Dutch spier (“pointed object; blade of grass; long pole; muscle”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "odt",
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},
{
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"1": "nl",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*spīraz"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch spier (“pointed object; blade of grass; long pole; muscle”), from Old Dutch *spīr, from Proto-Germanic *spīraz, *spīrǭ. In Middle Dutch, the word took the meaning \"muscle\", likely due to the similarities in shape between its earlier meanings and muscle fibers.",
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"2": "-",
"3": "-"
},
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}
],
"hyphenation": [
"spier"
],
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"lang_code": "nl",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"Dutch dated terms",
"nl:Body parts"
],
"glosses": [
"the collective of muscles"
],
"links": [
[
"collective",
"collective"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated) the collective of muscles"
],
"tags": [
"dated",
"neuter",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Dutch terms with obsolete senses"
],
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"poultry, white meat, the whitish meat of fowl"
],
"links": [
[
"poultry",
"poultry"
],
[
"white meat",
"white meat"
],
[
"meat",
"meat"
],
[
"fowl",
"fowl"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) poultry, white meat, the whitish meat of fowl"
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"obsolete",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/spir/"
},
{
"ipa": "[spiːr]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ir"
},
{
"homophone": "Spier"
},
{
"audio": "Nl-spier.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/85/Nl-spier.ogg/Nl-spier.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Nl-spier.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"nl:spier"
],
"word": "spier"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "Inherited"
},
"expansion": "Inherited",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "spier",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "Middle English spier",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "spier"
},
"expansion": "Inherited from Middle English spier",
"name": "inh+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "spyer"
},
"expansion": "spyer",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "spiar"
},
"expansion": "spiar",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "spy",
"3": "-er",
"id2": "agent noun"
},
"expansion": "spy + -er",
"name": "af"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "verspieder"
},
"expansion": "Dutch verspieder",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "bespieder",
"t": "spier"
},
"expansion": "bespieder (“spier”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Späher",
"t": "spier"
},
"expansion": "German Späher (“spier”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "spejde",
"t": "spy"
},
"expansion": "Danish spejde (“spy”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "speja",
"t": "spy"
},
"expansion": "Swedish speja (“spy”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle English spier, spyer, spiar, equivalent to spy + -er. Compare Dutch verspieder and bespieder (“spier”), German Späher (“spier”). Compare also Danish spejde (“spy”), Swedish speja (“spy”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "spiers",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "spier (plural spiers)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
"English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"One who spies; a spy."
],
"links": [
[
"spy",
"spy"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) One who spies; a spy."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"word": "spier"
}
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