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LI LIA LIAK LIAM or NIAM
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2
A measure; quarter of a mile; village; district.
2
To trust; depend upon; rustic; vulgar.
2
To rule; direct; regulate; reason; principles; doctrine.
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Inside of a garment; within.
2
The carp fish.
2
Name of an insect; also a shellfish.
2
A species of a small plum; any small articles.
2
A shoe; to shoe; to tread upon.
2
A stranger; guest; an army; many; arranged in order.
2
Sweet wine; liquor distilled only one night.
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To implicate or blame others; to speak against.
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Profit; profitable; gain; interest; sharp; felicitous.
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Sound; voice; noise.
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Dysentery; flux.
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A fragrant plant; a fruit; a rush fit for making brooms.
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Uninterrupted flow of water; name of a river.
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Water running down; to descend; to go; to supervise.
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Good; elegant; graceful; muniticent; bright.
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Together with; a pair; couple; conjugal union.
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To sprinkle water; to wash; to scatter; disperse.
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To filter wine from the dregs; to separate.
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Severe; violent; rapid; excessive; cruel; to excite.
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To exert one's self; stimulate; rouse and encourage.
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A virulent sore; pestilence; noxious effluvia; to urge.
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A grindstone; whetstone.
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Coarse; rice not cleansed.
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A ruler; magistrate; an under officer.
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To compare; adjust; laws; regulations; to compose.
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To rend; tear; burst.

Lia.

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To seize; to punish; to rob; plunder; compel.

Liak.

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A boundary; a plan; to abridge; little; to despise.

Liam or Niam.

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A tent; grog shop; a flag hung at a wine shop.
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Economical; moderate; uncorrupted; modest; to examine.