Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cut off the turf or sward of land.
- noun A skin; membrane.
- noun The rennet of the calf.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Prov. Eng. The salted stomach of a calf, used in making cheese; a rennet bag.
- intransitive verb Prov. Eng. To cut the turf from, as for burning.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb UK, dialect To
cut theturf from, as forburning .
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Examples
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Death of Captain Marvel, specifically when the Skrull general shows up to salute Mar-vell as their greatest enemy ever.
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The terrific Catalan book blog Diario d'un llibre vell, has posted a nifty archive of images of women working in a binder circa 1913. download them while they are hot. at
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“I don veel very vell,” Bess said, her nose growing more and more stuffy every second.
Cat Burglar Caper Carolyn Keene 2010
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“I don veel very vell,” Bess said, her nose growing more and more stuffy every second.
Cat Burglar Caper Carolyn Keene 2010
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“I don veel very vell,” Bess said, her nose growing more and more stuffy every second.
Cat Burglar Caper Carolyn Keene 2010
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The man who owns it and I, vell, we had a bottle of vine at dinner.
The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009
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The man who owns it and I, vell, we had a bottle of vine at dinner.
The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009
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The man who owns it and I, vell, we had a bottle of vine at dinner.
The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009
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The man who owns it and I, vell, we had a bottle of vine at dinner.
The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009
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Vie vell march and sing and heil our ghreat corporations dahs ve love and ve vell verk harder and more hours so daht Herr Hendler is happy.
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