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1. hā̆ver n.(2)

33 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The cereal grain, oats; (b) haver bern, haver gerner, a storehouse for oats; haver bred, oaten bread; haver cake, a loaf made from oaten flour; also as surname; haver mele, oaten flour; (c) haver

2. ?hirse n.

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Millet.

3. shīve n.

24 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A slice, piece, usu. of bread or other food; also in proverb; also, a portion of food; shive (of) bred; step-moder shive, a thin slice, an insufficient portion; (b) ?a slab or length of wood; ?a…

4. shiver(e n.

Additional spellings: shivere
27 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A slice, piece, usu. of bread or other food; (b) a splinter, fragment, chip; ?also, a rock fragment, mason-chip [quot.: 1432]; shiveres of the rib, fragments of a broken rib; gon (shaken, toflien

5. smert(e n.

Additional spellings: smerte
32 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Physical pain; also, harm [quot. a1420]; also, a burn [quot. 1440]; don smert, to cause (an animal) pain, harm; (b) grief, sorrow, annoyance; also fig. of Jesus; also, contrition, remorse; (c)…

6. sterche n.

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?Any substance for whitening, bleaching, or stiffening fabrics; also used for washing the face [quot. a1500]; sterche flour, starch in powdered form.

7. stilt(e n.

Additional spellings: stilte
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(a) The handle of a plow; (b) a wooden crutch; an artificial leg, peg leg; also, a stilt; stilt bond, a strap for attaching a stilt or a peg leg; (c) ?one of the uprights of a ladder; (d) in surname.

8. warī̆angle n.

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A bird of the genus Lanius, a shrike or butcherbird; also used as a term of abuse.

9. wẹ̄r(e n.(5)

Additional spellings: were
67 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A feeling or personal condition of doubt or uncertainty; also, hesitancy, indecision; double wer, a state of doubt or indecision between two alternatives; in (a) wer, in a state of doubt or…

10. yespon n.

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A measure of volume equivalent to that contained in a person’s hands cupped together.