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6 words match “AUNE”

AUNE n.
A French cloth measure, of different parts of the country (at Paris, 0.95 of an English ell); -- now superseded by the meter.
PAUNE n.
A kind of bread. See Pone.
AULN n.
An ell. [Obs.] See Aune.
CONEFLOWER n.
one- shaped disk of the flower head. Also, any plant of the related genera Ratibida and Brauneria, the latter usually known as purple coneflower.
JOHN n.
iff in an action of ejectment. Mozley & W. -- John Doree, John Dory. Etym: [John (or F. jaune yellow) + Doree, Dory.] (Zoöl.) An oval, compressed, European food fish (Zeus faber). Its color is yellow and olive, with golden, silvery, and blue reflections. It has a round dark spot on each side. Called also dory, doree,…
PONE n.
A kind of johnnycake. [Written also paune.] [Southern U. S.]