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Search phrase: shorn

Plays

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The Merry Wives of WindsorMW IV.iv.62We'll all present ourselves, dis-horn the spirit,We'll all present our selues; dis-horne the spirit,
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iii.32yields pound and odd shilling; fifteen hundred shorn,yeeldes pound and odde shilling: fifteene hundred shorne,

Poems

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A Lover's ComplaintLC.94 Like unshorn velvet, on that termless skin Like vnshorne veluet, on that termlesse skin
SonnetsSonn.68.6 The right of sepulchres, were shorn away, The right of sepulchers, were shorne away,

Glossary

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polledshorn, cleared, stripped bare
shorepast form of 'shorn'

Thesaurus

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shornpolled

Themes and Topics

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Past tenses...r2 iv i 163 shore you have shorn mnd v i 332 smit have s...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SHEARSTATEshorn adj
SHEARNOTunshorn adj
SHORNBASICsee SHEAR
UNSHORNBASICsee SHEAR

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