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It proved a huge bunch of conglobated barnacles adhering below the water to the side like a wen--a token of baffling airs and long calms passed somewhere in those seas Climbing the side, the visitor was at once surrounded by a clamorous throng of whites and blacks, but the latter outnumbering the former more than could have been expected, negro transportation-ship as the stranger in port was.

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  1. noun A harmless cyst, especially on the scalp or face, containing the fatty secretion of a sebaceous gland.
  2. noun Variant of wynn.

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  • From her perch, Sy-wen was the only one to notice the transformation. —  Witch Star.htm
  • “Sy-wen, my love, my heart…” He was not ashamed to display such affection in front of the guards. —  Witch Star.htm
  • His heart ached with worry for Sy-wen, alone on those black shores. —  Witch Star.htm
  • As the ax fell away, Sy-wen was already there, running fleet-footed past the back of the stone figure. —  Witch Star.htm
  • “Sy-wen, the dragon.” She reached for him, fingers spreading to touch his seahawk tattoo. —  Witch Gate.htm
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  1. Middle English, from Old English; see wen-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Anglo-Saxon wēn, hope (see ween, v.), used as a name for its initial consonant.
  2. Korean.
  3. from Middle English wen, wenne, from Anglo-Saxon wen, wæn (wenn-, wænn-) = OFries. wen = Dutch wen = Low German wen, ween = German dial. wenne, wehne, wähne, a wen, wart.
 

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