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21. scurf n.

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(a) A scaly or scabby disease of the skin, esp. of the head; also, a similar disease in sheep [quot.: Palladius]; (b) the dry slough or scab produced by a caustic medicine, the bursting of a…

22. shūr n.

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A shed, lean-to.

23. n.

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Fiber used in caulking ships.

24. skī̆mering ger.

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(a) Gleaming, shining; also, a gleam, glimmer; (b) agitation, commotion; -- ?error for skirming(e ger. or screming ger.

25. skinnen v.

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(a) To remove the skin from (the penis), circumcise; (b) ppl. skinned, possessing a particular kind of skin; hard skinned, ?having a tough skin; ?having the shell of a shellfish; (c) in surname.

26. skrī̆ken v.

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(a) To shriek with pain, fear, or grief; scream, screech; also used of a frightened bird or chicken; (b) to scream with anger or excitement; also used of a snake and a scorpion; (c) of a baby or an…

27. slak n.(2)

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(a) A small valley or depression in the ground, a hollow; ?also, a shoal, mud flat [quot.: Morte Arth.(1)]; (b) in surnames; (c) in place names [see Smith PNElem.2.128].

28. slāken v.(3)

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To cut (sth.).

29. slaveren v.

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To drool, salivate, slobber; crave; also, stammer [last quot.].

30. slengen v.

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(a) To throw (sb., an animal), cast; put (sb. on sth.) forcefully; (b) ?in surname.

31. slent n.(2)

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A drop of liquid.

32. slẹ̄t(e adv.

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Obliquely.

33. snape n.

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(a) Winter pasture; (b) in surnames and place names.

34. sneven v.

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To sniffle, snuffle; smell (sth.).

35. snoberlī adv.

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Derisively.

36. snō̆ken v.

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(a) To snuffle about, esp. as a hound on a scent; also fig.; (b) in cpd.: snoke-horn, ?one who snuffles into a horn, one who blows a horn, i.e., a worthless person [cp. blouen in an horn, etc., s.v. h

37. snorkil n.

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A wrinkle.

38. soggon ppl.

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In cpd.: water soggon, full of or saturated with water, watery.

39. sprekle n.

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A speck, speckle.

40. sprekled adj.

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Speckled, spotted.