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lift-off(dictionary)
lift(encyclopedia)
lift(dictionary)
lift-off(dictionary)
lift(2)(dictionary)
lift(1)(dictionary)
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Lift(money)
lift(medicine)

witchen (iou) and lift(1) (iou)


witchen (iou)



witchen noun. Now dial. L16.
[from WITCH noun2 + -EN4.]
In full witchen elm. = WYCH ELM. L16.
The mountain ash, Pyrus aucuparia. M17.

lift(1) (iou)



lift noun1. obsolete exc. Scot. & poet.
[Old English lyft, corresp. to Old Saxon, Old High German luft (Dutch lucht, German Luft), Old Norse lopt (see LOFT noun), Gothic luftus, from Germanic.]
Orig., the air, the atmosphere. Later, the sky, the upper regions. Also in pl., the (seven) heavens.