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101. sō̆r(e adj.(1)

Additional spellings: sore
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(a) Of a horse: reddish-brown; as noun: a sorrel horse; sor bausand, a piebald sorrel horse; sor grisel, a grayish sorrel horse; red sor, reddish-brown; also, a reddish-brown horse; (b) of a hawk in…

102. sorel adj.

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(a) Of a horse: light reddish-brown, chestnut-colored; as noun: a sorrel horse; also fig.; also, as name of a horse; (b) as noun: hunt. a buck in its third year; (c) as surname.

103. spelers n. plural

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Hunt. Dentelations on the hind edge of the palm or the broad upper part of a buck's horn.

104. splaien v.

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(a) To unfurl (a banner, flag), display; splaien oute; (b) ppl. splaied, displayed on a banner.

105. stāblīe n.

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Hunt. A group of hunters and hounds stationed around the perimeter of a wood during a hunt to prevent the escape of the game; (b) a military encampment.

106. stallen v.

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To dwell.

107. stint n.(1)

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(a) A pause or stop in an action; termination of an intention or objective; maken (a) stint; (b) withouten (ani) stint, without any delay, forthwith; also, without ceasing, endlessly, for a long time…

108. stinting(e ger.

Additional spellings: stintinge
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(a) Stopping, ending, termination; pause; a stop; assuaging of anguish; withouten (ani) stinting, ceaselessly, continuously; ben upon a stinting, hunt. of the hounds: to come to a stop when the scent…

109. stō interj.

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Hunt. A cry, or an element in a cry, used to direct the hounds; (b) hawk. a call to a hawk to make it come to the falconer's fist; (c) an exclamation: ho!

110. stō̆nd(e n.

Additional spellings: stonde
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(a) Place, position; thurgh londes and stondes, through many places; (b) a fixed position in a battle, a stand; in stond and stoure, in every kind of battle; (c) hunt. a position from which to shoot a…

111. stō̆nding(e ger.

Additional spellings: stondinge
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(a) The action or fact of standing upright, or an instance of it; the act or fact of standing on one's feet; also, an instance of standing together, a meeting [quot. c1440]; upon stonding, of hounds…

112. strā̆ken v.(2)

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Hunt. (a) To blow one of several prolonged hunting calls on a horn, involving the repetition of notes in various combinations of frequency and length, after the death of a quarry, at the end of a…

113. strength(e n.

Additional spellings: strengthe
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(a) Physical strength, muscular power, brute bodily might; also person.; pl. physical powers, strength; (b) a mighty act or deed; (c) the application of physical force; also, physical tightness [quot…

114. stristre n.

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Hunt. An appointed station where hunters awaited the game.

115. surrēal n.

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(a) Hunt. The third tine of a hart's antlers, tray; (b) hawk. pl. the outermost of the three anterior claws of a hawk [cp. sussengeles n.pl.].

116. sū̆srēal n.

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Hunt. The third tine of a hart's antlers, tray.

117. tēsen v.

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(a) To separate and clean (the fibers of raw wool, flax, etc.) by drawing a comb or other instrument through them, card; (b) tesen upon, to use (a fuller's perch) in order to raise the nap on (cloth)…

118. tēser(e n.

Additional spellings: tesere
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(a) One who teases wool, flax, etc., a carder; (b) hunt. a light, swift greyhound used to rouse deer; (c) some item of horse gear; (d) in surnames.

119. tīnd(e n.

Additional spellings: tinde
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(a) One of a series of projecting, sharp points of metal or wood on a rake, trap, harrow, or other implement; also in fig. context; (b) the tip of a thorn, a prickle.

120. top n.(1)

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(a) The higher end of something vertical: the top of a tree, mast, standard, etc.; tre top; top ne more, neither top nor root, nothing at all; up to the top from the more, from beginning to end; (b)…