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bavin
/ˈbæ.vɪn/
noun 3verb 1adj 1
Collocations
2ADJ.
cold, rash, soon
BAVIN + NOUN
wits
Definitions
noun
1
A bundle of wood or twigs, which may be used in broom-making.
[…]that hot love is soon cold: that the bavin, though it burn bright, is but a blaze: that scalding water, it if stand awhile, turneth almost to ice[…]
2
A bundle of wood or twigs, which may be used in broom-making.
3
Impure limestone.
The concretions […] are called 'bavin,' the shale associated with them being termed 'rotch.'
verb
1
To bundle and bind wood into bavins.
adj
1
Made of firewood or kindling.
The skipping King, he ambled up and down, / With shallow jesters, and rash bavin wits, / Soon kindled and soon burnt, carded his state, / Mingled his royalty with capering fools,
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[…]that hot love is soon cold: that the bavin, though it burn bright, is but a blaze: that scalding water, it if stand awhile, turneth almost to ice[…]
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The concretions […] are called 'bavin,' the shale associated with them being termed 'rotch.'
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The skipping King, he ambled up and down, / With shallow jesters, and rash bavin wits, / Soon kindled and soon burnt, carded his state, / Mingled his royalty with capering fools,
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