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Lane vs Lawe - What's the difference?

lane | lawe |

As verbs the difference between lane and lawe

is that lane is borrow while lawe is to cut off the claws and balls of (eg a dog's forefeet).

As a noun lawe is

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lane

English

(wikipedia lane)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees
  • A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles
  • A similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart
  • A course designated for ships or aircraft
  • (card games) An empty space in the tableau, formed by the removal of an entire row of cards.
  • Derived terms

    * laneway * memory lane * shipping lane * swimlane

    See also

    * alley * alleyway * carriageway * direction * gennel, ginnel, guinnel, gunnel, jennel * gitty, jitty * side * passage * roadway * snicket * wynd

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    lawe

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Etymology 2

    Verb

  • To cut off the claws and balls of (e.g. a dog's forefeet).
  • (Wright)
    (Webster 1913)

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