Talk:engine

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Lost translations[edit]

Why on earth do we have translations for "brain or heart" when that isn't a defined sense? DAVilla 13:05, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like that definition was removed in this edit [1] but it doesn't say why. DAVilla 13:13, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
That definition doesn't seem right to me, which is presumably the same reason it was removed. I can't find it in any other dictionaries, so I deleted the estranged translations. DAVilla 13:20, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RFV discussion: April–June 2023[edit]

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Rfv-sense: To rack; to torture only Middle English? It is probably (talk) 21:03, 16 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Was used as an archaism in a Thomas Chatterton poem, according to OED. This, that and the other (talk) 22:52, 17 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]