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(formal) To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.

(now chiefly Scotland) To enjoy the use of; make use of; profit by; to use, enjoy, possess, or hold. +

(obsolete) To earn; deserve.

A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.

(Sussex, Kent) A water meadow.

(Sussex, Kent) Low, marshy ground.