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201. apostē̆m(e n.

Additional spellings: aposteme
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Any morbid swelling or inflammation in any part of the body, external or internal. [a1400 Lanfranc & c1425 Arderne distinguish it from cankre & festre.]

202. apostemǒus adj.

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Inflamed, festering.

203. apostetāciọ̄n n.

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Violation of the established order.

204. apostolācīe n.

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The company of apostles.

205. apostolicon n.

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An antiseptic ointment prepared in various ways (orig. of 12 ingredients); Apostles' ointment.

206. apotecārie n.

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(a) A pharmacist or druggist who stores, compounds, and sells medicaments of all sorts [cp. spicere]; (b) as occupational surname.

207. apozimā(t, apozyme n.

Additional spellings: apozimat, apozyme
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A decoction.

208. apparūre n.

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Trappings; gear.

209. appellāt ppl.

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Accused, charged.

210. applicāciǒun n.

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(a) Application (of a remedy); (b) application or use (of an expression, of a general rule to particular circumstances); (c) an illustration (of a principle); (d) ?influence.

211. Appolliọ̄n n.

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Destroyer (a Greek epithet of the Devil).

212. ap(p)ort n.

Additional spellings: apport
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(a) An offering or contribution; esp., an (annual) contribution made by a daughter religious house to the mother house; (b) a present, a gift.

213. apprehensīve adj.

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Capable of perceiving or comprehending.

214. apprenticial(i)tẹ̄ n.

Additional spellings: apprenticialite
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Apprenticeship.

215. apprōpriāble adj.

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Theol. appropriately applied, attributable.

216. ap(p)rōpriāciǒun n.

Additional spellings: appropriacioun
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(a) Acquisition, annexation; esp., the annexation of the endowment and the income of a religious or charitable foundation on the part of a religious house; (b) attribution.

217. apprō̆priāt ppl. adj.

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(a) Pertaining (to sb.) as an essential or unique attribute, proper (to sb.); (b) appropriate, suitable.

218. approximāciǒun n.

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The act of coming near or close.

219. appurtenaunt adj. & n.

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(a) Belonging (to a country, a manor) as a possession or a right; (b) as noun: what belongs to or forms a subsidiary part (of a manor, etc.).

220. aptūāt ppl.

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Produced by natural causes.

221. aquitaunce n.

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Payment, compensation; something offered in payment or by way of compensation or settlement; also fig. [quot.RRose].

222. aquī̆ten v.

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(a) To give (sth.) in return: pay for (a service, etc.); repay (a debt); pay (expenses, a fee); (b) to redeem (a pledge, surety); make good (a promise, an obligation).

223. aquọ̄sitẹ̄ n.

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Physiol. (a) The 'quality' of being inherently 'moist'; (b) the liquid constituent of the body, or overabundance of it; also, serous fluid.

224. aquǒus, -ọ̄se adj.

Additional spellings: aquose
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Phys. & physiol. Moist (said of one of the four qualities attributed to matter and to organisms); aquous aposteme, a swelling filled with serous fluid; aquous hernia, such a swelling in the scrotum.

225. arabot n.

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A callus (forming around a fractured bone).

226. archanǧel n.(2)

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Angelica (a plant).

227. arche-chaunter n.

Additional spellings: archechaunter
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A choir leader.

228. arche-flāme(n n.

Additional spellings: archeflame, arche-flamen, archeflamen
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(a) The chief flamen or priest (of the Britons, of the Mohammedans); (b) his province or jurisdiction.

229. arche-prẹ̄st n.

Additional spellings: archeprest
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Chief priest, dean.

230. arche-temple n.

Additional spellings: archetemple
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A chief sanctuary (of the Britons).

231. archidiaconāl adj.

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Of or belonging to an archedeken.

232. archiprothopapaton n.

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A chief prelate, high priest.

233. archi-sinagog n.

Additional spellings: archisinagog
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A high priest of a synagog.

234. archi-tectǒur n.

Additional spellings: architectour
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A superintendent.

235. arch(i)triclin n.

Additional spellings: architriclin
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The master of the feast at Cana in Galilee (John 2.1-10); -- both as common noun and proper name.

236. arcister n.

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One who professes the liberal arts.

237. arcūāciǒun n.

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Curving, bending.

238. argālia n.

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A urethral catheter.

239. argūmentātī̆f adj.

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Syllogistic, sophistic.

240. aristinctus n.

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Some kind of stone with medicinal properties.

241. aristogracie n.

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Rule by the virtuous, aristocracy; usen aristogracie.

242. aristoloǧīe n.

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One of a group of medicinal plants [?belonging to the Aristolochiaceae, ?to the Cyperaceae]; long aristologie, aristologie rotunde, aristologie the round, etc.

243. armoniak n.

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(a) Gum ammoniac; gomme armoniak; (b) sal armoniak, salt armoniak, ammonium chloride, sal ammoniac; (b) bol armoniak, Armenian bole (a red earth).

244. aroboth n.

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A substance exuded around the fragments of a broken bone, the callus.

245. arō̆mācitẹ̄ n.

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Spicy fragrance.

246. arreinen v.

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(a) To interrogate (sb.), ask (sb.) a question; ask (a question); (b) to rebuke (sb.), censure.

247. arsmetrīe n.

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Arithmetic.

248. arsǒun n.

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(a) The uptilted front or back of a saddle, saddlebow; for arsoun, former arsoun, forþer arsoun, pommel; hinder arsoun, cantle; (b) a saddle provided with pommel and cantle.

249. artab n.

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A dry measure of the Near East.

250. artaciọ̄n n.

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Pressure, compulsion.

251. artelrīe n.

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(a) Implements of war, arms; office of artelrie, the office of armorer; (b) specif., ballistic engines; (c) a workshop for making implements of war.

252. artēriāl adj.

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Having characteristics of an arterie, -- applied to the pulmonary artery and to the pulmonary vein.

253. artetīk, -ica adj. & n.

Additional spellings: artetica, arthetica, arthretica, aretica
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Arthritic, rheumatic; arthritis, rheumatism; goute artetik, arthritis, gout.

254. arthomel n.

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A plaster or poultice of bread and honey.

255. articlen v.

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Law (a) To make a (specific) claim, esp. in writing; (b) make a (specific) charge or accusation, to challenge; articlen agains, onto (sb.); (c) answer a charge point by point.

256. articūlāciǒun n.

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Anat. & surg. (a) A joint or joining (of bones); (b) setting (of bones or fractures).

257. articūlē̆rlī adv.

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Law Point by point, in detail; specifically.

258. artificēr, -iēr n.

Additional spellings: artificier
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(a) One who practices a craft or trade; craftsman, tradesman, workman; (b) (literary) artist; (c) a crafty person.

259. artīk adj. & n.

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(a) belonging to the celestial north; pol artik, the north pole of the heavens; specif., the North Star as marking its position; under the pol artik, under the North Star, in the North; of artik, of…

260. artophilax n.

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The constellation Boötes; cp. bere-ward.

261. asa-fetida n.

Additional spellings: asafetida
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Asafetida (a gum-resin).

262. asaleni n.

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A silly fellow, an upstart.

263. ascellar adj. as n.

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(a) The axillary vein; (b) a brachial vein.

264. ascence n.

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(a) Rising;upward slope; (b) ascension (of Christ); (c) rise in fortune.

265. ascensōrie n.

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A dais.

266. asc(h)arides n. (Latin plural)

Additional spellings: ascharides
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Certain intestinal worms.

267. aschītes n.

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Pathol. A collection of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the abdomen; ascites.

268. asma n.

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Difficulty of breathing, asthma.

269. aspectūāl adj.

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Pert. to the aspect of a planet.

270. asperāǧes n. (plural)

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Asparagus.

271. asp(h)alt n.

Additional spellings: asphalt
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Native asphalt; aspalt gleu.

272. assafati n.

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A skin disease characterized by stationary and fairly superficial crustaceous pustules.

273. assertīvelī adv.

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By way of assertion.

274. assessen v.

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To fix the rate or sum of (payments, as in taxes, fines, or compensation) by official action; assess, impose (a tax, a fine); allot (compensation); -- often with upon phr.

275. assessiǒun n.

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The official determination of an assessment.

276. Assidēis n. plural

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Hasidim (a Jewish sect).

277. assidūāciǒun n.

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Constant use.

278. assīgnāble adj.

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Susceptible of being pointed out, determined, specified, or attributed.

279. assīgnement n.

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(a) An order, request, directive, or stipulation; also, a commandment; at assignement, at (someone's) request or call; bi, of assignement, on (someone's) orders or instructions, at (God's)…

280. assīse n.

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(a) A session of a court charged with the deliberation and disposition of civil actions (esp. actions concerning land tenure and imprisonment); the deliberations of such a court (the gathering of…

281. assistence, -ance n.

Additional spellings: assistance
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Help, aid, support.

282. assub n.(1)

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Star-jelly, nostoc, regarded as the remnants of meteors; a piece of such, a meteor.

283. assummāciọ̄n n.

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Summarizing, ?synthesis.

284. assumpciǒun n.

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(a) The reception (of the Virgin into Heaven), the Assumption; (b) the assumpcioun, the church festival (August 15) commemorating this event [one of 5 festivals referred to as oure ladi dai]; the

285. assumptīf adj.

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Of bloodletting: by withdrawing 'humours' from the opposite part of the body.

286. astēl, astelle n.

Additional spellings: astelle
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(a) A billet or shingle; astel shid; (b) firewood; (c) surg. a splint.

287. astrelabie n.

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(a) Astrolabe [a planispheric instrument for determining the positions and movements of celestial bodies, calculating latitude and longitude, etc.; the most important astronomical instrument of the…

288. astroloǧīe n.(2)

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A medicinal plant [see aristologie].

289. astronomēr, -iēr, -(i)ǒur n.

Additional spellings: astronomier, astronomiour, astronomour
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One who is versed in astronomie [q.v.], astronomer-astrologer; also astrologer, diviner.

290. ā̆sūr n.(1) & adj.

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The blue stone lapis lazuli; enamel made of powdered lapis lazuli.

291. atazīr n.

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Planetary influence, or a planet as exerting influence.

292. atinkār n.

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Crude borax, tincal.

293. attabī n.

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A heavy costly cloth (imported from the Near East).

294. attediat(e ppl.

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Having one's patience exhausted, fed up.

295. attemptāt n.

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A violation or infringement.

296. attemptātǒur n.

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Violator, offender.

297. attenda(u)nce n.

Additional spellings: attendaunce
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(a) The act of paying attention, concentrating, or devoting oneself; maken, taken, yeven attendance; (b) haven attendance, look out for, expect (a change).

298. atter-lōthe n.

Additional spellings: atterlothe
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Antidote, or an herb used as an antidote; also the name of certain medicinal plants [see quots.].

299. attī̆tlen v.

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(a) Assign, allot, or dedicate (sth.); (b) attitlen to name, name after (sb.).

300. attracciǒun n.

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Med. (a) The action or property of drawing (diseased matter) to the surface; (b) contraction, extraction.