See olie in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"saint",
"saint"
],
[
"bodies",
"body"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "oyle"
}
],
"tags": [
"East-Anglia",
"Northern",
"Southern",
"West",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Another (named) kind of oil."
],
"links": [
[
"name",
"name#English"
],
[
"kind",
"kind"
],
[
"oil",
"oil"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "oyle"
}
],
"tags": [
"East-Anglia",
"Northern",
"Southern",
"West",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɔljə/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɔliː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈui̯ljə/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈui̯liː/",
"note": "blended with oyle"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈyːliː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈyːʎ(ə)/",
"tags": [
"Northern"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈœljə/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈœliː/",
"note": "Southern, West Midland"
}
],
"word": "olie"
}
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