a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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heal (hiːl)

—vb
1.	to restore or be restored to health
2.	(intr; often foll by over or up) (of a wound, burn, etc) to repair by natural processes, as by scar formation
3.	(tr)
	a. to treat (a wound, etc) by assisting in its natural repair
	b. to cure (a disease or disorder)
4.	to restore or be restored to friendly relations, harmony, etc

[Old English hælan; related to Old Norse heila, Gothic hailjan, Old High German heilen; see hale¹, whole]

'healable

—*adj*

'healer

—n

'healing

—n, —*adj*

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