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81. crike n.(1)

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(a) An inlet of the sea, cove, small estuary; also, a small stream, creek; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.6]; (c) in personal names. …

82. cringle n.

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In place names only [see Smith PNElem. 2.7]: a circle, bend. …

83. crinkled ppl.

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Full of turnings, with winding passages. …

84. crọ̄nen v.(2)

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To speak or sing softly, croon; hum (a song). …

85. cropling n.

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An inferior kind of stockfish. …

86. crop-mader n.

Additional spellings: cropmader
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Madder. …

87. crul adj.

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(a) Of the hair or head: curly; (b) as surname. …

88. crullen v.

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(a) To curl (the hair); (b) to bend (sth.), twist; (c) ?to crease (sth.), fold. …

89. cruskin n.

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A drinking cup, mug, tankard. …

90. cunte n.

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(a) A woman's private parts; cunte-beten, impotent (man); (b) the corresponding organ(s) of a female animal; (c) sexual intercourse; (d) in place names and surnames; grope cunte lane [see gropen v.]……

91. curled ppl.

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Curled. …

92. damp n.

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In a coal mine: the choke-damp or fire-damp. …

93. daper adj.

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Elegant. …

94. dāsard, -art n.

Additional spellings: dasart
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A worthless person, a poor fellow. …

95. dekke n.

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The roof over any part of a boat or ship. …

96. dēle n.

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(a) A sawed board; firren dele, a deal made of fir; (b) dele maker, one who makes boards. …

97. doder n.

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(a) Flax dodder (Cuscuta epilinum), a greenish-yellow parasitic plant growing on flax; (b) ?hemlock (Conium maculatum). …

98. dogger n.

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(a) A broad-bowed, two-masted fishing vessel; (b) dogger fish, a kind of food fish caught by such vessels or on the Dogger Bank; (c) dogger man, a man who fishes from a dogger or on the Dogger Bank. …

99. doidekin n.

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A small Dutch coin, a doit [valued at half an English farthing]. …

100. doket n.

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?Rag. …

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