(a) A flag or banner displayed from a pole in battle; also, a pole used to display a military ensign; a figure displayed as a military ensign; standard berere, a standard bearer; standard of treues, a……
(a) To obstruct (a street, lane, passage, an entrance, etc.) with a physical barrier, block; close (a port), prevent access to; blockade (the sea), close to traffic; block (someone's way); also fig.……
(a) To flow as a liquid; also, cause (sth.) to flow; stremen forth; (b) fig. of riches: to flow abundantly; of wisdom: flow (into the heart); (c) cook. of melted sugar: to form a thread.
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(a) To spread (sth. on the soil); scatter (seeds) in sowing; sprinkle (salt in sth.); (b) cook. to sprinkle (sugar or garnish) on prepared food; strien aboven; to strien, for sprinkling, to be……
(a) Military stores or supplies, including armaments, equipment, provisions of foodstuffs, munitions, etc.; -- also pl.; ?also, fig. weapons, tusks [quot. c1450(?c1425)]; stuf and appareil; (b) a……
(a) To furnish (a stronghold, castle, town, etc.) with military forces, provisions, armaments, etc. for defense; man (a wall); garrison (the marches); stuffen with (of), equip (a stronghold, castle……
(a) Provisions, stores; household goods; ?also, the act or process of provisioning a fortress [quot. 1438]; (b) material used as padding, stuffing; (c) cook. a mixture of ground meat or eggs, spices……
(a) The sturgeon (Acipenser sturio); -- also coll.; ?also, another fish or aquatic animal [quot. ?c1475]; (b) cook. a sturgeon used as food; maken a sturgeoun, to prepare a sturgeon for the table; (c)……
(a) The European elder (Sambucus nigra); (b) cook. a dish or sauce made with elder blossoms; suade blaunk, a dish of chicken or fish in a sauce made with elder blossoms.
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(a) The sweet crystalline substance sugar; -- freq. in combs. & phrases identifying place of origin: sugre babiloine (cipres, marrok, marrokes), sugre de cipres (marrok), sugre of alisaundre (cipres)……
(a) Sweet to the taste, having the quality of sweetness; sweetened; also fig. and in fig. context; (b) swet almaunde, an almond used as food, as opposed to the bitter almond used medicinally; swet……
(a) A bladed weapon designed for cutting and thrusting, a sword; also fig. & in fig. context; pleien at the sword and bokeler, to fence; (b) death by the sword; don to (the) sword, to put (sb.) to the……
(a) A slash, cut; (b) a style, fashion, manner in which cloth is cut; (c) physical appearance, shape; (d) coll. slips of wood, cuttings; also [1st quot.], ?a thicket; ?undergrowth [this word and the……
(a) To grip, take hold; taken to, clutch at (sb.), hold tight to; also, grasp [transl. of L adprehendere]; (b) to take hold of (sb. or sth.), grasp with the hand(s, grab; pick (sb. or sth.) up, lift……
(a) As a name for a dog;—also used in political allegories [2nd & 3rd quots.]; (b) ?a representation of a dog on fabric; (c) cook. a sauce made from the blood of a hare;—usu. pl.; also, pl. a dish of……
