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nounliterarymasculineneuterrare
  1. an embrace; outstretched armsgrip formed in space between the chest and more or less outstretched arms
  2. an embrace; intercoursesexual intercourse involving humans
  3. something that envelops, receives like an embrace
  4. a fathom (unit of length for water depth notionally based upon the width of grown man's outstretched arms but standardized as 6 feet (about…
  5. a unit of mass measurement for firewoodequal to 2×2 meters with a length of 0.6 meters, originally 6×6 feet with a length of 1 cubit

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