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121. vinegrate n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Cook. A dish containing pork with a sauce of wine, vinegar, and onions.

122. vī̆olet n.

62 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A plant of the genus Viola, esp. the sweet violet (Viola odorata); the flower of this plant, often used medicinally or in cooking; cook. the name of a dish or confection made with violets (b) in…

123. votrelles n. plural

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Cook. A dish of some sort, perh. = voutes n. pl.

124. voutes n. plural

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Cook. A dish consisting of marrow, dates, sugar, etc. baked between leaves of pastry, prob. a kind of turnover.

125. welkeie n.

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Cook. A dish consisting of ground whelks, milk, and spices.

126. werk n.(1)

563 quotations in 23 senses
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(a) A discrete act performed or undertaken by someone, (someone’s) deed; coll. & pl. (one’s) individual acts, deeds, or actions, the things one does or has done in one’s life, (one’s) doings; also…

127. wēsel(e n.

Additional spellings: wesele
21 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A small carnivore of the genus Mustela, a weasel; also glossing AF fwyne marten [quot. a1450]; also in fig. context [quot. a1500(c1340)]; feld wesel (b) pl. cook. a dish consisting of ground pork…

128. wīn(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: wine
141 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) An alcoholic drink, usu. made from crushed whole grapes or from grape juice; also fig. and in fig. context; couchen win, to place a stock of wine in storage; fillen the win, give (sb.) the wine…

129. wing(e n.

Additional spellings: winge
132 quotations in 10 senses
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An organ of flight, usu. paired: (a) a wing of a creature whose sole or primary means of locomotion is flight (a bird, an insect, a bat, etc.);—occas. with sg. for pl.; also in fig. context; also, fig

130. winter n.

194 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Winter, the coldest of the four seasons of the year (variously dated); a winter; also person.; also fig. and in fig. contexts; time of winter; solstice (solsticioun, tropik) of winter, the…

131. wōmb(e n.

Additional spellings: wombe
294 quotations in 16 senses
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(a) The human stomach; also fig. and in fig. context; womb skin, the lining of the stomach (b) the stomach of an animal, a fish, etc.; the belly of the whale that swallowed Jonah; also, one of the…

132. yelwe n.

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(a) The color yellow or one of its hues; her. the heraldic tincture or, often represented in emblazonment by yellow [quot. 1449]; whit yelwe, a light yellow color (b) ?a grayish color [transl. of AL …

133. yemps n.

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Winter; also, cook. a representation of winter as an old man [quot. a1475; cp. sotilte n. 5.].