Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
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contraction
Eye dialect spelling of had to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, contraction, pronunciation-spelling
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
heather or heath
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
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History
Contracted form
From Middle English hader, hather, heddre, from Old English *hǣddre, a variant of hǣþ (“heath; heather”). More at heath, heather.
