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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A sheaf: same as gavel.
  • To bemire.
  • noun A jail. Cath. Ang., p. 194.
  • noun A low, worthless fellow.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A vagabond.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A vagabond.

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