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1. relẹ̄f(e n.

Additional spellings: relefe
99 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) That which is left over or left behind, remains, remnants, residue; -- often pl.; also, a legacy, charitable bequest; also, dregs; relef of brucus, what the bruchus leaves; (b) rabble, ruins; (c)…

2. rewarden v.

100 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To give a reward; reward (sb.); (b) hunt. to reward (a hound or hawk), esp. with a part of the game; (c) to reward (affection, good deeds, etc.); -- also without obj.; (d) to pay (sb.) for goods…

3. sō̆r(e adj.(1)

Additional spellings: sore
28 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of a horse: reddish-brown; as noun: a sorrel horse; sor bausand, a piebald sorrel horse; sor grisel, a grayish sorrel horse; red sor, reddish-brown; also, a reddish-brown horse; (b) of a hawk in…

4. sorel adj.

16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of a horse: light reddish-brown, chestnut-colored; as noun: a sorrel horse; also fig.; also, as name of a horse; (b) as noun: hunt. a buck in its third year; (c) as surname.

5. strā̆ken v.(2)

13 quotations in 2 senses
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Hunt. (a) To blow one of several prolonged hunting calls on a horn, involving the repetition of notes in various combinations of frequency and length, after the death of a quarry, at the end of a…

6. velvet n.

47 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A soft, piled cloth, velvet; a piece of such cloth (b) in phrases: velvet upon velvet, a patterned velvet cloth of some kind; velvet upon satin, ?a patterned velvet and satin cloth; also, in…

7. vermin n.

29 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Coll. Animals regarded as dangerous, monstrous, or foul or exciting fear and revulsion, such as snakes, lizards, toads, and scorpions (b) coll. noxious or pestiferous animals; bestes of vermin;…

8. wanlās(e n.

Additional spellings: wanlase
7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Hunt. A maneuver that intercepts and drives fleeing game back toward the hunters (b) a deceptive maneuver by which an army evades or intercepts its enemy; (c) trickery, deceit; also, a deception,…

9. warde-rōbe n.

Additional spellings: warderobe
46 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A room for the storage of clothing, armor, and similar articles; a closet; a dressing room; also in fig. context; also, a private chamber or small apartment (b) a stock or supply of clothing;…