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forlong
verb 1noun 1name 1
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2ADJ.
upper
PREP.
in
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verb
1
To fill with longing.
Now certain shadows followed me. Forlonged memories move round From visions inside my head I see [...]
And then after, forlonged, forlonging, longing without end. I looked at his hands, his fingers long, elegant, the hands of a conductor.
noun
1
Alternative form of furlong.
Again, Oh read ouer D. John Bridges, for it is a worthy work, is: Printed oner sea, in Europe, within two forlongs of a Bouncing Priest, at the Cost and Charges of Martin Marprelate, Gent, 1589.
Besides, he divided all the road into miles, of near eight forlongs each, and set up pillars of stone to mark the divisions.
name
1
A surname.
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Now certain shadows followed me. Forlonged memories move round From visions inside my head I see [...]
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And then after, forlonged, forlonging, longing without end. I looked at his hands, his fingers long, elegant, the hands of a conductor.
Wiktionary03
Again, Oh read ouer D. John Bridges, for it is a worthy work, is: Printed oner sea, in Europe, within two forlongs of a Bouncing Priest, at the Cost and Charges of Martin Marprelate, Gent, 1589.
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Besides, he divided all the road into miles, of near eight forlongs each, and set up pillars of stone to mark the divisions.
Wiktionary05
A parcel of land in 'Wodeforlonge' containing 1 acre lying in the upper forlong of that field between land of the prioress called 'Candalescroftes' sometime of Robert Adelm* and land sometime of Willi
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