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Search phrase: wooden

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Henry VH5 I.chorus.13Within this wooden O the very casquesWithin this Woodden O, the very Caskes
Henry VH5 IV.iv.70everyone may pare his nails with a wooden dagger; andeuerie one may payre his nayles with a woodden dagger, and
Henry VI Part 11H6 I.i.19Upon a wooden coffin we attend;Vpon a Woodden Coffin we attend;
Henry VI Part 11H6 V.iii.89Why, for my king! Tush, that's a wooden thing!Why for my King: Tush, that's a woodden thing.
King LearKL II.iii.16Pins, wooden pricks, nails, sprigs of rosemary;Pins, Wodden-prickes, Nayles, Sprigs of Rosemarie:
King LearKL II.iv.10legs, then he wears wooden nether-stocks.legs, then he weares wodden nether-stocks.
PericlesPer IV.vi.171buy him a wooden one?buy him a woodden one?
The TempestTem III.i.62This wooden slavery than to sufferThis wodden slauerie, then to suffer
Troilus and CressidaTC I.iii.155To hear the wooden dialogue and soundTo heare the woodden Dialogue and sound

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Glossary

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axletree, axle-treewooden beam acting as the pivot for a cart wheel
batler, batletwooden club [used for beating clothes being washed]
beamwooden roller in a loom
beamlarge wooden staff, lance, club
clogwooden block, heavy piece of wood
lastwooden model of the foot, for shaping shoes
planchedboarded, wooden, made of planks
Pyrrhus[pron: 'pirus] son of Achilles, who entered Troy in the wooden horse and killed Priam
spigotwooden peg, tap [in a barrel]
stockishblockish, wooden, stupid
untimberedlacking a strong wooden frame; unsound, frail
wainscotwooden panelling
woodenspiritless, dull, stupid

Thesaurus

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block, woodenclog
frame, lacking a strong woodenuntimbered
loom, wooden roller in a beam
panelling, woodenwainscot
peg, wooden [in a barrel]spigot
staff, large woodenbeam
wheel, wooden pivot for a axletree, axle-tree
woodenplanched
woodenstockish
wooden blockclog
wooden frame, lacking a stronguntimbered
wooden panellingwainscot
wooden peg [in a barrel]spigot
wooden pivot [for a cart wheel]axletree, axle-tree

Themes and Topics

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Classical mythology...son of achilles who entered troy in the wooden horse and killed priam also known as ne...

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