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wart

wart \'wo.(*)rt\ \v*-.ru:-k*-.v*l-'gar-*s, -'ger-\ \'wo.rt-*d\ \'wo.rt-e-\ 
   n [ME, fr. OE wearte; akin to OHG warza wart, L verruca] 1a: a horny 
   projection on the skin usu. of the extremities caused by a viru s 1b: any 
   of numerous similar skin lesions  2: an excrescence or protuberance 
   resembling a true wart; specif :  a glandular escrescence or hardened 
   protuberance on a plant - wart.ed aj