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dĕ-haurĭo (also written dehōrio, like clodo, codex, clostrum, plostrum, etc.), hausi, haustum, 4, v. a.

  1. * I. To skim off: amurcam, Cato R. R. 66 fin.
  2. II. To swal low down, to swallow (late Lat.): margarita pretiosa, Tert. Pall. 5 fin.: carnem, id. Resurr. carn. 11 fin.