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heals

Pronunciation: /xæ͜ɑls/

“heals” is an Old English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. neck
  2. prow of a ship

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *halsaz. Cognate with Old Frisian hals, Old Saxon hals, Old High German hals, Old Norse hals; and with Latin collum (“neck”), earlier collus.

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