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1. alī̆rī adv. or adj.

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leiden legges aliri, ?crossed their legs or thighs; ?made their legs lame, acted as if paralyzed. …

2. appelllable adj.

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Theol. rightly so named, capable of being so designated. …

3. beuir adj.

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Shaky, feeble. …

4. clagged adj.

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?Besmeared, bedaubed, covered. …

5. clǒmprī adj.

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Full of clots, thrombotic. …

6. ērī adj.

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Filled with fear or dread. …

7. fēmē̆l(e, -āl(e adj. & n.

Additional spellings: femele, femal, female
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(a) Of man and animals: female; a female; (b) femel complexioun, the physiological 'constitution' of a female (in accordance with the 'humor' theory). …

8. fleu adj.

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Shallow. …

9. foist adj.

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Musty [orig. of wine: smelling of the cask]. …

10. fǒnned, fonned ppl. & adj.

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(a) Unwise, foolish, silly, misguided; (b) deranged, insane, or on the verge of insanity; (c) as noun: a fool; (d) fonned hed, fonned wit, a foolish, deluded, befuddled, deranged mind; (e) fonned on……

11. forstraught adj.

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Distraught, greatly agitated. …

12. frim adj. & adv.

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?Rich, flourishing, abundant; ?excellent. …

13. frough adj.

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(a) Weak (in character), loose, fickle; fals and frough; (b) of a vision: delicate; ?delightful. …

14. kē̆mpe adj.

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Of hair: coarse, shaggy; of an eel: large, coarse; as noun: a kind of large eel. …

15. kiǧǧe adj.

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Cheerful, pleasant, agreeable, merry. …

16. lenew(e adj.

Additional spellings: lenewe
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Of spiritual commitment or love: tenuous, lukewarm. …

17. overcharce adj.

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Of human hair: too sparse or scanty. …

18. quēchī adj.

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Shaking; ?boggy. …

19. raived adj.

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Of a roof: broken open. …

20. rẹ̄nish(e adj.

Additional spellings: renishe
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(a) Strange, uncouth; (b) of an emperor: stern, awful. …

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