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1. affō̆rcen v.

35 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To force or constrain (sth.), compel (sb. to do sth.); (b) to violate (a woman).

2. alaien v.

23 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To alloy (a noble metal) with a base metal; (b) fig. to debase, contaminate.

3. allīen v.

54 quotations in 5 senses
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To form an alliance, join, associate: (a) to ally (oneself with, to sb.), join as an ally, form an alliance; get together, join; -- refl. or intr.; (b) ben allied, be allied or associated; associated…

4. araisen v.

66 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) To raise (sth.) upright or to a higher level; set on high, bear aloft; lift up, rear; araisen up; (b) to rise to an upright position or to a higher level; -- intr. or refl.

5. armen v.

116 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To equip oneself with weapons and armor, to arm oneself; don armen, leten armen, to cause (sb.) to arm himself, to have (oneself) armed; (b) refl. to put on one's battle gear, arm oneself; to…

6. aunǧel n.

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

7. avence n.

24 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A plant of the genus Geum; prob., the wood avens Geum urbanum; (b) med.; (c) cook.

8. barri adj.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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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.

9. bastā̆rd n. as adj.

25 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Born out of wedlock, illegitimate; bastard sone (doughter) bastard, etc.; (b) false, counterfeit, defective.

10. bāsten v.(2)

5 quotations in 1 sense
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To permeate (sth.) with liquid, perfuse: (a) cook. to soak (bread); to baste (a fowl); (b) med. to apply a moist compress to (a wound); (c) in tanning leather: to soak (a hide) in a solution of alum…

11. batiling ger.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A parapet or battlement; (b) cook. a notched design or edge.

12. berandiles n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Cook. A dish made of chicken and beef.

13. bī̆nden v.

371 quotations in 19 senses
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(a) To tie (sth.) up, as with a cord; bind (sheaves); gather or hold together, as with a girdle; tie (a bag, purse) shut; tie off, as with a tourniquet; (b) to tie or fasten (sb., sth. to sth. else)…

14. blaunchen v.

18 quotations in 3 senses
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To make white; whitewash (a building), blaunchen whit.

15. blaunk adj.

33 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) White; -- frequent in surnames; (b) blaunk almaundes, blanched almonds; blaunk alum [see alum]; blaunk fever [see fever]; blaunk plum, q.v.; blaunk poudre, ?finely powdered white sugar and ginger…

16. blouen v.(1)

187 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) Of the wind: to blow; also fig.; (b) of the wind: to blow against, beat upon; drive (sth.) by blowing; also fig.; blouen awei, blow (sth.) away; also fig.; blouen doun, blow down, destroy; blouen

17. broilen v.(1)

14 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To burn (sth.), burn up; singe, scorch; (b) cook. to broil (sth.), grill.

18. brǒuet n.

22 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Cook. A broth or sauce for meats, fish, etc.; in brouet, served in such a broth or sauce; (b) a stew or fricassee; (c) a stew with strips of bread soaked in wine [cp. broues].

19. burnen v.

22 quotations in 2 senses
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To polish (metal, armor, weapons), burnish; burned, polished, shining, radiant.

20. butte n.(4)

10 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The end of a spear or pike opposite the head, butt; (b) naut.?the end of a plank in a ship's side; ?also, one of the planks.