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wood-sear
wood-sear, -seer, -sere Obs. or dial. (ˈwʊdsɪə(r)) Also 9 erron. -sour. [? f. wood n.1 + sere a.] 1. A frothy exudation on plants, produced by an insect: = cuckoo-spit2 1; also, the insect itself.1585 Higins Junius' Nomencl. 72/1 Attelabus,..the smallest sort of locustes that be wingless: ye woodsea... Oxford English Dictionary
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wood-sour
▪ I. † ˈwood-sour Obs. Forms: see wood n.1; 4–6 -sour, 5 -sowr, -soure, -soour, 6 -sore, -sower. [f. wood n.1 + sour n., corresp. to ON. skógars{uacu}ra (skóg scogh, wood, s{uacu}ra sorrel), Da. skovsyre. Cf. (= sorrel) MDu. suerkruyd, suerick, Du. zuring, WFris. sûrblêdden pl., G. sauerampfer, etc.... Oxford English Dictionary
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