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1. nvi., To squeak, squeal; to gnash, as teeth; such sounds.

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2. nvt., To twist, squeeze, wring, grind; to express, as juice from fruit; to milk, as a cow.

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v. See UI, to wring; to squeeze. To wring, as water from clothes. Lunk. 6:38.

2. To gnash or grind with the teeth. Hal. 112:10.

3. To wring, i. e., to squeeze, as in milking an animal. Isa. 66:11.

4. E uwi i ka poo, to wring off the neck. Oihk. 1:15.

Uwi (u-wi'), n.

/ u-wi' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

A squeak.

Uwi (u-wi'), v.

/ u-wi' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To twist and compress; to wring; to wring, as water from clothes: e uwi i ka poo, to wring the neck.

2. To gnash or grind with the teeth.

3. To squeeze, as in milking an animal.

to squeeze, as milking; to wring.

to squeeze, as milking; to wring.

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