ent

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ADJ.

fine, good, young

My young ent teacher made the subject so engaging that everyone wanted to join the club.

VERB + ENT

got, see

I got entertainment tickets for the concert next month.

ENT + NOUN

quickbeam, specialist, un'

The ear, nose, and throat specialist examined my son's infected tonsils yesterday.

PREP.

out

I figured out the answer after thinking about it for a while.

ADV.

merely

She was merely content with her simple life in the countryside.

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noun

1

Initialism of ear, nose and throat.

2

An otorhinolaryngologist; an ear, nose and throat doctor.

noun

1

A large, fictional, humanoid, walking tree in works by J. R. R. Tolkien.

[…]and that fine young ent Quickbeam is merely a minor crux in an Old English glossary (the name Quickbeam means 'living tree' in Old English).

But this should not lead to complete avoidance, as if it is like some dire incursion of triffids or ents.

verb

1

To pour, especially of rain.

"[…] ent me out some beer, / Fill up my glass to quinch my thust, Weth bitter like thee'st gove me fust."

A Truro correspondent remembers being sent to buy a teapot with the admonition 'and see he got a good ent to un'; that is, of course, a good 'pour'. "Enting down with rain" is still occasionally heard.

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[…]and that fine young ent Quickbeam is merely a minor crux in an Old English glossary (the name Quickbeam means 'living tree' in Old English).

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But this should not lead to complete avoidance, as if it is like some dire incursion of triffids or ents.

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Somewhere, ents and manitous laugh grimly For, despite all this, the trees lasted much longer Than most of the presents, and all of the holiday spirit.

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"[…] ent me out some beer, / Fill up my glass to quinch my thust, Weth bitter like thee'st gove me fust."

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A Truro correspondent remembers being sent to buy a teapot with the admonition 'and see he got a good ent to un'; that is, of course, a good 'pour'. "Enting down with rain" is still occasionally heard

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"And look at it enting down. I'm glad I'm not out in it."

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