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5.18.8 Rhotacized forms ok > ork (slurred sound)

Bretoneurc'halto growl, to howl (piglet)
Gael.S.orcseal. Whence Gael. (o. liter.) H-Orc Orkney Island (seal islands)
Gael.S.orc ghrideachGrey Heron, 118
Ital.: Ven.orco, orchétoLong-tailed Duck, 55; Velvet Scoter, 56 (sea ducks uttering sonorous and fluted calls, cf. Pol. uklað5.18.4.)
Ital.: Sard.orchidareto cry lamenting; to cry (pig, cf. porc, hereunder)
Ital.: Valsug.orcheropersonna con voce grossa
Ital.nordorcocretin (an anormal person who, lacking the faculty of language, expresses his emotions with a raucous and incoherent voice)
Franç.rég.orquégoose, 27

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