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1. aunǧel n.

155 quotations in 9 senses
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One of the celestial servants of God, an angel.

2. barri adj.

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(a) Cook. Decorated with strips of metal foil; (b) Her. divided equally by horizontal stripes of two alternating colors; also as noun: blazon so constituted.

3. calle n.

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(a) A net for the hair, a kind of headdress; (b) comeli under calle, beautiful in one's headdress; uncomeli under calle; maken (sb.) a houve aboven a calle, to make a fool of (sb.); (c) ?a hood, ?a…

4. dǒuce adj. & n.

23 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Dear, beloved; douce amour, sweetheart; (b) douce Fraunce, beloved France; (c) douce vie, luxurious life; (d) as noun: paramour; foul douce, filthy harlot; (e) in surnames.

5. lorei n.

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Cook. Any of several dishes similar to a puree or gelatin; leche lorei [see leche n. (2) (c)].

6. losenǧe n.

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(a) A rhombus or diamond-shaped object or pattern, frequently used as an ornamental motif; (b) her. a lozenge [some quots. in (a) may belong here]; (c) cook. a diamond-shaped cake or wafer; a dish…

7. pointen v.(1)

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(a) To cause injury by stabbing; fig. stab (sb.) verbally; (b) to make pauses in reading a text; read (sth.) with pauses; (c) cook. to sharpen the taste of (sth.) by adding vinegar; (d) to fill the…

8. san-dragǒun n.

Additional spellings: sandragoun
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(a) The red juice or resin of the dragon tree (Dracaena draco); (b) cook. a sweetened pottage named for the color produced by adding this red juice.

9. saunc n.

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Cook. In phrase: saunc sarasin, Saracen blood, a sauce containing crushed almonds and colored red.

10. standard n.

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(a) A flag or banner displayed from a pole in battle; also, a pole used to display a military ensign; a figure displayed as a military ensign; standard berere, a standard bearer; standard of treues, a…

11. tailǒures n. plural

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Cook. A dish made with almond milk, raisins, minced dates, and finely chopped spices.

12. tēsen v.

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(a) To separate and clean (the fibers of raw wool, flax, etc.) by drawing a comb or other instrument through them, card; (b) tesen upon, to use (a fuller's perch) in order to raise the nap on (cloth)…

13. tọ̄ adv.(1)

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In expressions of motion: (a) to a place; to this place, here; to that place or person, there; also used redundantly following prep. phrase with to [last 2 quots.]; hard in goinge to, hard to get at…

14. tọ̄̆ prep.

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In phrases with verbs of motion expressed or implied: (a) onward to and into (a place, structure, the body or a part of the body, etc.); also with adv. or clause as obj. [quots. c1275 (2nd) & ?c1425]…

15. Turkī(e n.

Additional spellings: Turkie
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(a) The country of the Turks, located vaguely in Anatolia; also, Asia Minor; (b) dep Turki, ?the interior of the Anatolian peninsula; ?error for dep sirtes, one of two deep areas of dangerous sandbars…

16. vent n.(2)

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(a) The anus of a human being (b) chiefly cook. the anus of a bird; pl. ?the gullet and anus of a dressed fowl; (c) an outlet of some kind for water; (d) wind;—used in fig. context; wind vent, an air…

17. vī̆aund(e n.

Additional spellings: viaunde
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(a) Prepared food; a dish, esp. an elaborate dish; also fig. (b) cook. in names of specific dishes, freq. consisting of ground poultry or fish or fruit boiled in almond milk or wine, thickened, and…

18. whīt adj.

655 quotations in 18 senses
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(a) Of a substance, structure, an object: white in color; whitish, pale-colored, light-colored; of the moon, a star: silvery-white; of a book or register: bound in a white or light-colored binding; of…