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1. buk-hīde n.

Additional spellings: bukhide
2 quotations in 1 sense
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A game: blindman's buff, ?hide-and-seek; pleien buk-hide.

2. knag(ge n.

Additional spellings: knagge
4 quotations in 1 sense
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A peg, fastener; hongen on knag, to hang (sb.) on a peg or hook; --?also intrans.

3. lāthe n.(2)

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The movable batten of a handloom; (b) some kind of supporting frame or scaffold; (c) a device used by coopers, ?a turning lathe; lathe stok, ?the framework of such a device; lathe oke, ?error for…

4. spurcate n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. A kind of timber in a ship, prob. used to strengthen the frame; spurcate nail, a nail used to fasten such a timber.

5. talou(e n.

Additional spellings: taloue
83 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The fatty tissue of an animal; fatty tissue from around the kidneys or other internal organs of an animal; also fig. and in fig. contexts [some fig. quots. could also be construed as other senses…