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(transitive) To take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum; used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and collecting the money for the same.
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(Belize) The bush; forested land that has not been developed or built on.
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(slang, military) A soldier who prefers to stay in the barracks during time off.
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(archaic) Any place where riotous conduct is common or permitted.
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(Scotland, UK, dialect) A place of shelter; protection; refuge.
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Alternative form of bothy [(Scotland, Ireland, Northumbria) A small cottage, especially one for communal use in remote areas by labourers or farmhands.]
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(obsolete) A headborough.
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(Scotland, Ireland, Northumbria) A small cottage, especially one for communal use in remote areas by labourers or farmhands.
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(US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
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(Scotland) The outer room of a small two-room cottage.
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(Scotland) A two-roomed cottage; a small house or shack
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Alternative spelling of but and ben [(Scotland) A two-roomed cottage; a small house or shack]
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(Scotland) Low, fertile land; a river valley.
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(Scotland) A small village or hamlet, especially in the Highlands or Western Scotland.
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(figuratively, slang) A narrow place of confinement, a cage; a jail, a prison.
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(Jamaica, intransitive) To prop, lean, rest.
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(dated) A small portion of something left behind, or unused
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Obsolete form of couch. [To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).]
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(historical) An obsolete Scots unit equal to 4 ploughgates, notionally comprising 400 Scottish acres.
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Agricultural implements and stored produce, distinguished from livestock.
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(archaic) To feed or pasture; to graze.
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The lair or den (as a hole in the ground) of an animal such as a fox.
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A technique to treat infants' sleep problems, involving teaching the infant to soothe itself by allowing it to cry for a period of time before external comfort is offered.
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Alternative form of faldage [(law, Norfolk, Suffolk, obsolete) A privilege of setting up, and moving about, folds for sheep, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them; often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor.]
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An expanse or area on which game can be hunted, or is plentiful.
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(Scotland) Alternative form of gersum [(law, historical) A lump sum paid by individuals who take a lease of landed property in England.]
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(UK dialectal) A reeve; steward.
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(historical) An old Scots unit of measure of land.
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(slang, Britain, various parts of the West Country) A caravan; a trailer that is used as holiday accommodation.
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Alternative form of Growlery [A place to retreat to, alone, when ill-humoured.]
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A lair or feeding place of animals.
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(Scotland, Northern England) A col, a lower neck or ridge between two peaks: a mountain pass.
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The lair of an animal, especially of an otter.
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the area in which an animal lives and moves periodically
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An area used for hunting.
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Any vast prairie bordering a desert.
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The hole of a fox or other animal.
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A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
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(dialectal, rare, Northern England) shed, barn
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(Scotland) a conical hill
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(archaic) Alternative form of linnow. [(dialectal, especially Shropshire, Montgomeryshire, Worcestershire, obsolete) Flexible, supple.]
adj
(law) Rising or having risen from rest; said of cattle.
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(dated, slang, derogatory) An English or British ship; an English or British sailor.
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Alternative form of long-grasser [(colloquial) A homeless indigenous person living in the longgrass region.]
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(Scottish dialectal, archaic) A hill.
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(fox hunting) A fox's primary lair.
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(Scotland, historical) An obsolete Scots unit equal to ¹⁄₈ daugh, notionally comprising 50 Scottish acres.
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(Australia) Literature that focuses on life or adventures in the outback; the prose analog of bush balladry.
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(UK, law, obsolete) The grazing or pasturing of cattle, or a fee paid for this.
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(informal, derogatory) A person from a rural region.
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Alternative spelling of plowgirl [A girl plower, a girl who plows.]
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(of a room, house) of small volume, cramped
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(of a room or other enclosed space) Small and cramped, and often shabby.
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A person or organization producing basic agricultural commodities, such as a farmer or cattle producer.
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A structure in which one houses quail that are kept as a food animal.
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(US) unimproved land that is suitable for the grazing of livestock
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A nursing infant that tends to feed mostly at night and sleep mostly during the day.
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Any poorly constructed or poorly furnished building.
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(obsolete) A place for keeping a stud of this kind.
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A place legally authorized for the keeping, breeding and hunting of beasts of warren, especially rabbits.
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A type of zoo with spacious enclosures that approximate the natural habitat of the exhibits.
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(informal) A place where punishments or reprimands are administered.
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(UK dialectal) A burrow; a hole made by an animal in the ground.
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A park where live animals are exhibited.
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