See lef in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A lobe of the lungs."
],
"links": [
[
"lobe",
"lobe"
],
[
"lung",
"lung"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) A lobe of the lungs."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/lɛ̝ːf/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛːf"
}
],
"word": "lef"
}
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