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1) ling. an early English ligature representing a vowel sound like that of a in modern hat; ash

2) ling. phn a symbol used in modern phonetic alphabets to represent this sound; ash

3) ling. Also, ae. a digraph or ligature appearing in Latin and Latinized Greek words and represented in English words of Latin or Greek origin by ae or replaced by modern

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