bavin
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Is bavin a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle Yes
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (Southern England, archaic, countable) A bundle of wood or twigs, which may be used in broom-making.Examples: "[…]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[…]"Southern-Englandarchaiccountable
2. (Southern England, archaic, countable) A bundle of wood or twigs, which may be used in broom-making.Southern-Englandarchaiccountable
3. (UK, dialect, uncountable) Impure limestone.Examples: "The concretions […] are called 'bavin,' the shale associated with them being termed 'rotch.'"UKdialectaluncountable
verb (English)
1. (Southern England, archaic) To bundle and bind wood into bavins.Southern-Englandarchaic
Definition source: Wiktionary