(obsolete, UK, dialect) Light, dry wood, or material used for fuel.
(obsolete, UK, dialect) Light, dry wood, or material used for fuel.
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(obsolete, UK, thieves) Woods, hedges or bushes.
(US, Canada, dialects, obsolete) The marten, or its pelt.
Obsolete English thieves' cant for woods, hedges, or bushy terrain — the kind of rough countryside useful for hiding, ambushing travellers, or evading pursuit. Documented in 16th and 17th century canting dictionaries. Part of the rich vocabulary of Elizabethan and Jacobean criminal argot.
A set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood.
(archaic) Rubbish, especially the dross or refuse of metals.
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