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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.
essence, sence, sense, sinse,
essence [ɛˈsɛns]
n. Essence, pith, juice.
establisht, estaiblish, estaiblished, estaiblishment, estaiblisht, istaiblish, staiblish, staibliss, staiblissit,
estaiblish [əˈsteblɪʃ]
v. To establish.
pt. pp. estaiblisht
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
estaiblishment: The establishment.
estate, yestate,
estate [əˈstet]
n. An estate. Historically one of the classes of the community of Scotland represented in the Scottish Parliament before the Union of 1707, generally considered to be three, although their number and constitution varied from time to time, originally the Clergy, the Nobility and the Burgesses.
estimate,
estimate [ˈɛstəmet]
v. To estimate.
aet, ait, cat$s_ait, cat$s_et, cat-aet, et,
et [I.Sh. ɛt, et]
n. Agitation, excitement, eagerness.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
cat's et: I. A state of excitement.

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