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"sense": "cosmetic procedure",
"word": "ağda"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"waxing"
],
"word": "waxing"
}
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"1": "enm",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "waxing",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
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{
"word": "waxynge"
}
],
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of waxynge"
],
"links": [
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"waxynge",
"waxynge#Middle English"
]
],
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"alternative"
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}
],
"word": "waxing"
}
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