wen

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wen1 / wen/ • n. a boil or other swelling or growth on the skin, esp. a sebaceous cyst. ∎ archaic an outstandingly large or overcrowded city: the great wen of London.wen2 (also wyn / win/ ) • n. a runic letter, used in Old and Middle English, later replaced by w.

wen

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wen morbid lump on the body; (in mod. use) sebaceous tumour under the skin. OE. wen(n), wæn(n) = Du. wen, prob. rel. to MLG. wene, LG. wehne, wähne tumour, wart; of unkn. orig.

wen

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wen (wen) n. see sebaceous cyst.

wen

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wen a runic letter, used in Old and Middle English, later replaced by w.

WEN

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WEN (or Wen) (wɛn) Women's Environmental Network

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