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Forest-path

June 26, 2015September 14, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 100K, 10K, hyphen, word
  • 07.132 and to forget the dark forest-path that lay

Attested in OED.

“forest, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/73187. Accessed 13 September 2017.

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Forest-gloom

June 26, 2015September 14, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 100K, 10K, hyphen, JRRT, word
  • 06.045 and all the while the forest-gloom got heavier

A word not attested in OED.

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Forest-gate

June 26, 2015September 14, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 100K, 10K, hyphen, JRRT, word
  • 07.133 that they should reach the forest-gate
  • 07.143 they found close to the forest-gate,

A word not attested in OED.

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Forest-floor

June 26, 2015September 14, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 100K, 10K, hyphen, word
  • 08.003 in places on the forest-floor;

Attested in OED.

 

“forest, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/73187. Accessed 13 September 2017.

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Forest-day

June 26, 2015September 14, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 100K, 10K, hyphen, JRRT, word
  • 08.076 of the forest-day about him when he came to his senses.

A word not attested in OED.

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Foreleg

June 26, 2015October 21, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 14.023 where the foreleg was flung wide.
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Forefinger

June 26, 2015October 21, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 05.105 as it quietly slipped on to his groping forefinger.
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Fore-foot

June 26, 2015September 13, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 100K, 10K, hyphen, word

Attested in OED with space, hyphen, or as a single word.

  • 07.092 and carry things with their fore-feet.

“fore-foot, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/73023. Accessed 13 September 2017.

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Forbear

June 26, 2015October 21, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 17.019 that I could not forbear to redeem the Arkenstone,
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Footstep

June 26, 2015October 21, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 06.033 They can smell our footsteps for hours
  • 09.063 in the end by his wet footsteps
  • 10.018 or the footsteps of the four scouts.
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