Lisne

//lɪn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of lissen. alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete

    "And I remember in my youth, in the Lisne of a Rock at Kingſcote in Gloceſtershire, I found at least a Bushel of Petrified Cockles actually distinct one from another, each near as big as my Fist."

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"And I remember in my youth, in the Lisne of a Rock at Kingſcote in Gloceſtershire, I found at least a Bushel of Petrified Cockles actually distinct one from another, each near as big as my Fist."

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