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1. alambī̆k n.

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

2. amirāl n.

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

3. amit n.

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

4. atazīr n.

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Planetary influence, or a planet as exerting influence.

5. 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.

6. 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…

7. aumbre, -er n.

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

8. 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…

9. bāleis n.(1)

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

10. 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…

11. caffatīn n. & adj.

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

12. cālī̆fe n.

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

13. 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.

14. carik(e n.(1)

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

15. caumfre n.

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(a) Camphor; (b) caumfre flour, poudre of caumfre, powdered camphor; oil of caumfre.

16. ches n.

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(a) A set for playing chess, consisting of the chessmen and the board; -- usu. with article, occas. in pl. (as usually in ML); (b) the game of chess; game of the ches; (c) pleien at (the) ches [OF…

17. cifre n.

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(a) The arithmetical symbol for naught; (b) fig. something that has no value in itself, but enhances another's value.

18. drugeman n.

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(a) An interpreter who serves as a guide; (b) a Gymnosophist.

19. elixī̆r, ē̆lixer n.

Additional spellings: elixer
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(a) The effective agent in the alchemical production of gold and silver, a substance of transmutative power, the philosopher's stone; also, fig.; (b) the product of transmutation; a metal, ?brass or…

20. julep n.

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A syrup made of sugar and water and used by itself or with other ingredients for medicinal purposes.