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bavin
[ bav-in ]
noun
, British Dialect and Newfoundland.
- a piece of kindling wood.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bavin1
First recorded in 1520–30; origin obscure
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Example Sentences
They conjectured of old at Athens, an aptitude for the mathematics in him they saw ingeniously bavin up a burthen of brushwood.
From Project Gutenberg
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