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"2": "enm",
"3": "wheyȝe"
},
"expansion": "Middle English wheyȝe",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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},
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},
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"etymology_text": "Probably from Middle English wheyȝe, weyȝe, wege, variant of whey. More at whey.",
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"tags": [
"plural"
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}
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"Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage."
],
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[
"Acidulated",
"acidulate"
],
[
"whey",
"whey"
],
[
"beverage",
"beverage"
]
],
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"(UK, dialect, obsolete) Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage."
],
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"UK",
"dialectal",
"obsolete"
]
},
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"glosses": [
"buttermilk"
],
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"buttermilk",
"buttermilk"
]
]
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"ipa": "/ʍɪɡ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪɡ"
},
{
"homophone": "Whig"
},
{
"homophone": "wig (in dialects with the wine-whine merger)"
},
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"audio": "en-us-whig.ogg",
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"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "hwĭg"
}
],
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"whig"
],
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}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "Compare frig, jig",
"forms": [
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"form": "whigs",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "whigging",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "whigged",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "whigged",
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"past"
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}
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"pos": "verb",
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],
"glosses": [
"Urge forward; drive briskly."
],
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[
"Urge",
"urge"
],
[
"briskly",
"briskly"
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],
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"(transitive) Urge forward; drive briskly."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
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{
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"glosses": [
"Jog along; move or work briskly."
],
"id": "en-whig-en-verb-0tGUAMVp",
"links": [
[
"Jog",
"jog"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) Jog along; move or work briskly."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"Weird out or disturb someone."
],
"id": "en-whig-en-verb-neMwDvlm",
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"Weird out",
"weird out"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) Weird out or disturb someone."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
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}
],
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪɡ"
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{
"homophone": "Whig"
},
{
"homophone": "wig (in dialects with the wine-whine merger)"
},
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"tags": [
"US"
],
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},
{
"enpr": "hwĭg"
}
],
"word": "whig"
}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
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"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɪɡ",
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},
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"args": {
"1": "en",
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"etymology_text": "Probably from Middle English wheyȝe, weyȝe, wege, variant of whey. More at whey.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "whigs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"args": {},
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"English terms with obsolete senses"
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"Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage."
],
"links": [
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"Acidulated",
"acidulate"
],
[
"whey",
"whey"
],
[
"beverage",
"beverage"
]
],
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"(UK, dialect, obsolete) Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage."
],
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"UK",
"dialectal",
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"buttermilk"
],
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]
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ʍɪɡ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪɡ"
},
{
"homophone": "Whig"
},
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"homophone": "wig (in dialects with the wine-whine merger)"
},
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"tags": [
"US"
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},
{
"enpr": "hwĭg"
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],
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"whig"
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"Rhymes:English/ɪɡ",
"Rhymes:English/ɪɡ/1 syllable"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "Compare frig, jig",
"forms": [
{
"form": "whigs",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "whigging",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "whigged",
"tags": [
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"past"
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"form": "whigged",
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"Urge forward; drive briskly."
],
"links": [
[
"Urge",
"urge"
],
[
"briskly",
"briskly"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) Urge forward; drive briskly."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"Jog along; move or work briskly."
],
"links": [
[
"Jog",
"jog"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) Jog along; move or work briskly."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"Weird out or disturb someone."
],
"links": [
[
"Weird out",
"weird out"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) Weird out or disturb someone."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ʍɪɡ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪɡ"
},
{
"homophone": "Whig"
},
{
"homophone": "wig (in dialects with the wine-whine merger)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-whig.ogg",
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"tags": [
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"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "hwĭg"
}
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"word": "whig"
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