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1. aketǒun n.

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(a) A quilted or padded jacket worn under the armor for comfort and protection; also, a decorative garment worn over the armor; (b) aketoun maker.

2. alambī̆k n.

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A gourd-shaped vessel for making distillates, the so-called 'waters', a still.

3. almaçūr n.

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A (Saracen) grandee.

4. amirāl n.

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A prince or emir under the Sultan; any Saracen lord or chieftain; also, any heathen ruler or commander.

5. amit n.

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A Eucharistic vestment: amice [a linen scarf worn over the head and the shoulders].

6. Arabī n. & adj.

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(a) Arabia; Fenix of Arabi; (b) an Arab; (c) the Arabic language; (d) an Arabian horse; (e) gomme (of) Arabi, gum Arabic.

7. atazīr n.

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Planetary influence, or a planet as exerting influence.

8. aufin, -en n.

Additional spellings: aufen, alfen, alphen
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(a) Chess Elephant (the piece now called bishop); (b) used contemptuously of a person; (c) ?rubbish.

9. augrīm n.

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(a) The practice of numbering or computing with Arabic numerals; [littera de] augrim, an Arabic numeral; (b) augrimes abece, algorism's ABC's, the Arabic numerals; augrim stone, a stone or counter…

10. aumbre, -er n.

Additional spellings: aumber, aunber
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Ambergris, or a perfume made of it; grei aumbre, aumbre oriental.

11. azimūt(z n.

Additional spellings: azimutz
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(a) One of twenty-four arcs extending from the zenith to the horizon and meeting the horizon at right angles; the part of an astrolabe representing such an arc; (b) a section of the horizon between…

12. bāleis n.(1)

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A rose-red variety of spinel; a balas ruby; rubetus baleis [cp. French rubi balais].

13. basē̆n n.

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Brown leather made from sheepskin.

14. bēn n.

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(a) Some species of Moringa; oil of ben, a medicinal oil made from this tree; (b) [?a different word, perhaps Latin been (Persian bahman), 'behen root, white or red' ] apparently identified with one…

15. bōras n.

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Name given to several minerals; prob. borax, malachite, sodium carbonate, verdigris, and possibly others: (a) an ingredient in preparations for soldering metals and for fastening gold leaf; also, a…

16. caffatīn n. & adj.

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In phrases denoting a type of sugar, orig. from Caffa in the Crimea: sugre (de) caffatin.

17. cālī̆fe n.

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(a) The ruler of a Mohammedan country; (b) caliphate; (c) ?a kind of ship.

18. cambil n.

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A kind of spice.

19. carewei n.

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(a) The plant caraway (Carum carui); sed of carewei; (b) carewei sed, carewei sedes, caraway seed; (c) caraway seed.

20. carik(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: carike
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A type of large ship [orig. Spanish or Italian].