"bavin" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈbæ.vɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bavin.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Perhaps Old French baffe (“a faggot”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|baffe||a faggot}} Old French baffe (“a faggot”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} bavin (not comparable)
  1. Made of firewood or kindling. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-bavin-en-adj-G7BmQ~Vb

Noun

IPA: /ˈbæ.vɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bavin.wav [Southern-England] Forms: bavins [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps Old French baffe (“a faggot”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|baffe||a faggot}} Old French baffe (“a faggot”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bavin (countable and uncountable, plural bavins)
  1. (Southern England, archaic, countable) A bundle of wood or twigs, which may be used in broom-making. Tags: Southern-England, archaic, countable
    Sense id: en-bavin-en-noun-4wNcwlHK Categories (other): Southern England English
  2. (Southern England, archaic, countable) A bundle of wood or twigs, which may be used in broom-making.
    (Southern England, archaic, countable) A faggot bound with only one band.
    Tags: Southern-England, archaic, countable
    Sense id: en-bavin-en-noun-D9ed8Egw Categories (other): Southern England English
  3. (UK, dialect, uncountable) Impure limestone. Tags: UK, dialectal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-bavin-en-noun-m-alSLvf Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 9 83

Verb

IPA: /ˈbæ.vɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bavin.wav [Southern-England] Forms: bavins [present, singular, third-person], bavining [participle, present], bavined [participle, past], bavined [past]
Etymology: Perhaps Old French baffe (“a faggot”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|baffe||a faggot}} Old French baffe (“a faggot”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} bavin (third-person singular simple present bavins, present participle bavining, simple past and past participle bavined)
  1. (Southern England, archaic) To bundle and bind wood into bavins. Tags: Southern-England, archaic
    Sense id: en-bavin-en-verb-~VQr1aBy Categories (other): Southern England English

Inflected forms

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