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21. leǧement n.

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Arch. A horizontal band of stone molding in a wall, a stringcourse; also, one of the stones, or a series of stones, for a stringcourse; legement table.

22. leirn-stod n.

Additional spellings: leirnstod
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Arch. A king post.

23. lermer n.

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Arch. A projecting stone molding with a rounded upper surface, undercut to throw off water.

24. mōlding(e ger.

Additional spellings: moldinge
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(a) The act of kneading or baking bread; casting in a mold; (b) molding bord, a table or board on which bread is kneaded and shaped; molding trough, a vessel for mixing or kneading dough; (c) arch. mo…

25. nẹ̄dle n.

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(a) A sewing needle; ?also, a pointed instrument, style [quot.: (c1392) 30/8]; seuinge nedle; (b) surg. any one of various kinds of needle used in surgical procedures, a surgical needle [not always…

26. nẹ̄dling ger.

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Arch. The attachment of shoring to a structure by means of needle beams, needling.

27. nōde n.

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(a) Med. A knot or lump in the flesh or in a fleshy organ; (b) arch. a boss at the intersection of the ribs of a vault; (c) a bow or knot of cloth; -- sg. used for pl.; (d) ?in surname.

28. oǧif n.

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Arch. A stone for the diagonal rib of a vault.

29. overwei n.

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Arch. One of the squared beams used to form the upper edges of a wharf.

30. pendaunt n.

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(a) The hanging end of a belt, girdle, or garter, often richly ornamented; also, the ornament itself; (b) a pendent ornament hanging from a poitrel or from a knight's accouterments; gore pendaunt, a…

31. plā̆t(e n.

Additional spellings: plate
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(a) A flat piece of metal or other substance; esp. a sheet of metal, a metal plate or disk; (b) plat of bras (coper, gold, iren, led, silver); plat of lether (ston, tre); iren plat, an iron plate…

32. pointe n.(1)

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(a) A small dot marked on a surface; also, a punctuation mark, period; (b) a small hole; prick, puncture; the pointes of peines, ?the marks of Christ's wounds; (c) a spot of dirt; med. a round spot or…

33. principā̆l n.

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(a) Ruler, governor; also fig.; goddess of highest rank; overseer of a temple or religious community; also, commander [quot.: a1450(1408)]; (b) leading representative (of sb. or sth.), chief man…

34. purlin n.

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Arch. A longitudinal horizontal beam supporting the boards in the roof of a building, a purlin.

35. purpitle n.

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Arch. The pulpitum or broad stone choir-screen separating choir and nave.

36. quarrel n.(1)

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(a) A bolt for a crossbow, an arbalest, or a siege engine; a quarrel; (b) quarrel hed; quarrel shaft; quarrel gonne, a gun which fires a bolt like that of a crossbow; (c) arwes and quarreles,

37. rē̆nǧe n.(2)

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(a) A row (of words, people), a line; (b) a line of fighting men assembled for battle or a joust, a rank; also, fig. a group of saints in heaven; on o (on) renge, in one rank, in a group; upon o renge

38. respǒund(e n.

Additional spellings: respounde
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(a) A reply, an answer; (b) eccl. a series of verses and responses said or sung alternately by a soloist and a choir or congregation, a responsory; (c) arch. a semi-pillar attached to a wall to…

39. rē̆ster(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: restere
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(a) A person in contemplative life; (b) arch. a support under an arch in a trussed roof; also, ?a stone supporting a course of masonry [quot.: 1445; cp. cours restour, s.v. cours n.12.(b)]; (c) ?in…

40. return n.

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(a) An act of returning to a place or state, a return; also, retaliation; sauns return, without fail; (b) law the sending back of a writ or other document to a court with a report, a return; a report…