esca

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1)  The fleshy growth from an anglerfish's head that acts as a lure for its prey.
 * 2)  A fungal disease afflicting grapes.

Translations

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Etymology 2
From, from Hispanic attested in , probably from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 6–9 L depending on the substance measured.
 * 2)  A kind of measuring cup once used for measuring escas of grain.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) tinder dry plants used to light a fire

Etymology 1
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Noun

 * 1) amadou substance derived from the hoof fungus
 * 2) tinder dry plants used to light a fire
 * 3)  spur, impetus, stimulus
 * 4) bait substance used in catching fish
 * 1) bait substance used in catching fish

Etymology
Circa 1300. From, from.

Noun

 * 1) tinder dry plants used to light a fire
 * 2) bait
 * 1) bait

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1)  (animal) food
 * 2)  food
 * 3) bait, lure
 * 4)  bait, lure
 * 5)  decoy
 * 6) tinder

Etymology
For, , from , the root of. Judging by 🇨🇬, the long vowel is of PIE origin, but despite this often cited as an example of Lachmann's lengthening.

Noun

 * 1)  food
 * 2) an individual serving, a dish
 * 3)  fodder
 * 4)  bait
 * 5)  fuel, especially firewood
 * 6)  kindling, tinder
 * 1)  bait
 * 2)  fuel, especially firewood
 * 3)  kindling, tinder
 * 1)  kindling, tinder

Declension

 * An archaic/dialectal form of the genitive singular, (for the classically usual ) is cited by Priscian from Livius Andronicus.

Derived terms

 * ēscō(r)

Descendants

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Etymology
. Compare the inherited doublet.

Noun

 * 1)  bait substance used in catching fish