Standard Lemma guide
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name
A number of places in the West Country of England:
A hamlet in Bude-Stratton parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SS2104).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of places in the West Country of England:
A small village in Bradninch parish, Mid Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS9902)
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name
A number of places in the West Country of England:
A small village in Ilfracombe parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS5347)
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name
A number of places in the West Country of England:
A hamlet in Ashburton parish, Teignbridge district, Devon (SX7470).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of places in the West Country of England:
A suburb of Torquay, Torbay borough, Devon (OS grid ref SX9065).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of places in the West Country of England:
A hamlet in St Giles on the Heath parish, Torridge district, Devon, on the border with Cornwall (OS grid ref SX3391).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of places in the West Country of England:
A hamlet in Bradford-on-Tone parish, Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST1824).
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noun
Initialism of home economics and livelihood education.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Topics: education
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verb
Obsolete form of heal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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verb
To hide, conceal, and keep secret, especially for a secret society (such as the masons).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, dialectal, rare
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verb
To cover or conceal (a seedling, plant, roots, etc).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially, rare
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History
From Middle English helen, helien, from Old English helan (“to conceal, cover, hide”, strong verb) and helian (“to conceal, cover, hide”, weak verb), from Proto-West Germanic *helan, from Proto-Germanic *helaną (“to conceal, stash, receive stolen goods”) and Proto-Germanic *haljaną (“to hull, conceal”); both from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide”). Cognate with Scots heal (“to cover, hide, conceal”), Saterland Frisian hela (“to conceal”), Dutch helen (“to conceal”), German hehlen (“to deal in stolen or illegal goods”), Swedish häla (“hide”) and hälare (“fence, peddler of stolen goods”), as well as with helmet and Latin cēlō (“conceal”). Related to hole, hull.
