adj
Meaning 1
Made of firewood or kindling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
bavin
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/ˈbæ.vɪn/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
noun
Meaning 2
A bundle of wood or twigs, which may be used in broom-making.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Southern-England, archaic, countable
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noun
Meaning 3
A bundle of wood or twigs, which may be used in broom-making.
A faggot bound with only one band.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Southern-England, archaic, countable
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noun
Meaning 4
Impure limestone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 5
To bundle and bind wood into bavins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Southern-England, archaic
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History
Etymology
Perhaps Old French baffe (“a faggot”).