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nailbournes

nailbournes is the plural of nailbourne.

Meaning of nailbourne

Noun

nailbourne (plural nailbournes)

  1. (Kent) A chalk stream that only flows intermittently.
    • Theſe Nailbourns, or temporary land-ſprings, are not unuſual in the parts of this county eaſtward of Sittingborne, for I know of but one, at Addington near Maidſtone, which is on the other ſide of it. Their time of breaking forth or continuance of running, is very uncertain; but whenever they do...1797, Edward Hasted, “The Hundred of Loningborough”, in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, 3rd edition, volume 8, page 81
    Synonyms:
    gypsey, lavant, vipsey

Questions about nailbournes

What is nailbournes the plural of?
Nailbournes is the plural of nailbourne.

Words near nailbournes in the dictionary

  1. nailbomb
  2. nailbomber
  3. nailbombers
  4. nailbombs
  5. nailbourne
  6. nailbournes
  7. nailbrush
  8. nailbrushed
  9. nailbrushes
  10. nailbrushing
  11. nailcare

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