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The trunk or stem of a tree.

Any of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually coloured red by iron oxide, and composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia.

(colour) The shade of reddish brown which resembles this clay.

A bolus; a dose.

The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.

An old dry measure equal to six bushels.

An aperture with a shutter in the wall of a house, to admit air or light.

A small closet.