name, noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A hollow cut or channel for guiding anything.

   "In one of the corners next the sea, standeth a flood-gate, to bee drawne vp and let downe through reigles in the side postes"

Verb

1. 1
   To regulate; to govern. obsolete

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Example

More examples

"In one of the corners next the sea, standeth a flood-gate, to bee drawne vp and let downe through reigles in the side postes"

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