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1. antiquail(l)e n.

Additional spellings: antiquaille
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Agedness, old age. …

2. bokeram n.

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A fine costly cloth, apparently of linen or cotton (for curtains, bedspreads, banners, lining, etc.). …

3. canọ̄n n.

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(a) A piece of artillery, cannon; (b) part of a still. …

4. chimer n.

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A (sleeveless) robe or cloak of some kind, apparently rather costly. …

5. citronāde n.

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(a) Candied citron or orange peel; (b) a cosmetic containing citron juice. …

6. cǒurtisān n.

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A member of the papal Curia. …

7. dūcā̆t, ducat n.

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(a) Any of various gold and silver coins issued in different European countries, ducat; ducat of Venise; ducat of Florense; ducat of Rome; ducat of Almaine; pound of ducates, ducats to the value of a……

8. galmeǒun n.

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?Jasmine. …

9. herbelāde n.

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(a) Cook. A dish consisting of broth, eggs, herbs, etc., baked in a pastry shell; (b) ?a medicinal herb. …

10. mancowe n.

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Some kind of ape or monkey; ?an ape with a dog's head, ?dog-faced baboon. …

11. mī n.

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Mus. The third of the six tones of the hexachord. …

12. Milan n.

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(a) Milan; (b) habergeoun (viser) of Milan, a coat of mail (visor) made in Milan or made of Milan steel; of Milan touche, of the touche of Milan, of Milanese make or quality; stamped with the official……

13. nient n.

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A cipher; beau nient, a pretty nothing, a figurehead. …

14. plē̆saunce n.(2)

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A fine fabric from Piacenza [sometimes used by Charles d'Orleans with word-play on plesaunce n.(1)]; a piece of this fabric worn by knights as an emblem; cover-chef of plesaunce, a lady's……

15. rē n.(1)

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Mus. The second note of any Guidonian hexachord [see hexachord in W.Apel, Harvard Dict.of Music (1944)]. …

16. revassing n.

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Falling backward from a horse. …

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