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"name": "enm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "bat",
"word": "bakke"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of bakke (“bat”)"
],
"links": [
[
"bakke",
"bakke#Middle_English"
],
[
"bat",
"bat"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "bak"
}
Download raw JSONL data for bak meaning in Middle English (6.6kB)
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"called_from": "page/1498/20230118",
"msg": "''The back, hind, or rear of a b'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
"path": [
"bak"
],
"section": "Middle English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "bak",
"trace": ""
}
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