| hire | (noun) the act of hiring something or someone | - |
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| (noun) a newly hired employee | - |
| (verb) engage for service under a term of contract | Synonyms: charter, engage, lease, rent, take |
| (verb) engage or hire for work | Synonyms: employ, engage |
| (verb) hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services | Synonyms: charter, lease, rent |
| samphire | (noun) fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass | Synonyms: glasswort, Salicornia europaea |
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| sapphire | (adjective) of something having the color of a blue sapphire | - |
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| (noun) a light shade of blue | Synonyms: azure, cerulean, lazuline, sky-blue |
| (noun) a transparent piece of sapphire that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem | - |
| (noun) a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone | - |
| shire | (noun) British breed of large heavy draft horse | Synonyms: shire horse |
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| (noun) a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county | - |