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"alternative"
]
},
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"form": "girth",
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"alternative"
]
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]
},
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"band#English"
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"saddle",
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"hoop for a barrel"
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},
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"ipa": "/ɡarθ/",
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},
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"ipa": "/ɡirθ/",
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"Late-Middle-English",
"also"
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},
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"form": "garthe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
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},
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"form": "gerþ",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "girth",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
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"form": "gurþe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
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"form": "gyrth",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
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"band",
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"barrel",
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]
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},
{
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},
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"Late-Middle-English",
"also"
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"ipa": "/ɡurθ/",
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"Late-Middle-English",
"also"
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