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"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "seem",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "semes"
},
"expansion": "seem (plural semes)",
"name": "enm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "semen"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A load for a pack-horse."
],
"links": [
[
"load",
"load"
],
[
"pack-horse",
"pack-horse"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A seam (unit of weight or volume)"
],
"links": [
[
"seam",
"seam"
],
[
"weight",
"weight#English"
],
[
"volume",
"volume#English"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/sɛːm/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛːm"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ceme"
},
{
"word": "sem"
},
{
"word": "seme"
},
{
"tags": [
"Early-Middle-English"
],
"word": "sæm"
}
],
"word": "seem"
}
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