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Esk,
Esk [ɛsk]
pn. The river Esk.
Eskdalemuir, Eskdalmair,
Eskdalemuir [ˈɛskdelmøːr, -myːr, C. -meːr, N. -miːr, -mjuːr]
pn. Eskdalemuir (Dumfries and Galloway).
eiscir, esker,
esker [ˈɛskər]
n. U. A ridge of gravel left by a glacier.
aisp, esp, esplin, quakin_esp, quakin-esp, quaukin_esp, quaukin-esp,
esp [ɛsp]
n. The aspen tree Populus tremula.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
quaukin esp: U. The aspen tree Populus tremula.
esplin: SN. A young man, a stripling.
espoose,
espoose [əˈspuːz]
v. To marry. To adopt or support a cause, belief, or way of life, etc.
ace, acey, acie, aessiepatl, aessiepattle, ais, aisch, aischie, aischy, aise, aisey, aish, aisie, aisie, aiss, aissie, aissy, aisy, alse, alsey, alsie, ase, aseie, asey, ashey, ashiepattle, ashiepelt, ashy, ashy_kert, ass, asse, assey, assie, assie, assie_pattle, assiepattle, assipattle, assy, awse, awsey, awsie, aze, azey, azie, eshy, eshy_cert, ess, ess-cairt, essi, essi-bin, essie, essie_pattle, essi-ebin, essikert, essy, essy_kert, essy-bin, essy-cairt, essypattle, essy-pattle, yiss, yissie, yissy,
ess [es, as, ɛs, ɔːz]
n. Ash(es).
 
essy [esɪ, asɪ, ɛsɪ, ɔːzɪ]
adj. Ashy, full of or smeared with ashes, of an ashy colour.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
essen: Made or consisting of ash, ashen.
essy-bin: An ash 'bucket'.
ess-cairt, essy-cairt: A public vehicle for collecting ash. A refuse vehicle.
essy-pattle: I. A neglected or dirty child, a Cinderella, a lazy person, a term of contempt for the young of animals.
eas, ess,
ess [MN. ɛs]
n. A waterfall.
essay [ˈɛseː]
v. To try, taste, partake of.
essence, sence, sense, sinse,
essence [ɛˈsɛns]
n. Essence, pith, juice.
essential [ɛˈsɛnʃəl]
adj. Absolutely necessary, extremely important.

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