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"text": "→ Russian: лор (lor)"
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],
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"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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"(obsolete) Workmanship."
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"homophone": "law (in non-rhotic accents with the horse-hoarse merger)"
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"3": "lorum",
"4": "",
"5": "thong, strap"
},
"expansion": "Latin lorum (“thong, strap”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
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"ref": "2022, Jim Crace, eden, Picador, page 40",
"text": "He’s sticky and encrusted on one side below his beak and amongst the lores around his eyes by the pips and juices he has dined upon, the pith and pulp of feeding.",
"type": "quotation"
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],
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[
"nostril",
"nostril"
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"(anatomy) The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians."
],
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"medicine",
"sciences"
]
},
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"The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects."
],
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"anatomy",
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"anterior"
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"(anatomy) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects."
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"sciences"
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/lo(ː)ɹ/",
"note": "rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
},
{
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},
{
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},
{
"homophone": "law (in non-rhotic accents with the horse-hoarse merger)"
},
{
"homophone": "lure (in some accents with the horse-hoarse merger)"
},
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"enpr": "lô"
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{
"enpr": "lōr"
}
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"Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)/1 syllable",
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],
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{
"word": "lose"
}
],
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"simple past and past participle of lose"
],
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],
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"(obsolete) simple past and past participle of lose"
],
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"past"
]
},
{
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"extra": "left",
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},
{
"extra": "left",
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}
],
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"simple past and past participle of lose, used in the sense of \"left\""
],
"links": [
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],
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},
{
"categories": [
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{
"word": "lese"
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"(obsolete) simple past and past participle of lese"
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]
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{
"enpr": "lô"
},
{
"enpr": "lōr"
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