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1. bench-tāblestōn n.

Additional spellings: benchtableston
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Arch. A stone used in laying a projecting horizontal course along the base of a building. …

2. bǒutel n.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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Arch. A kind of molding. …

3. cā̆sement n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Arch. A hollow molding. …

4. cintre n.

22 quotations in 1 sense
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Arch. The temporary wooden framework on which an arch or vault is constructed; a centering. …

5. cǒurs n.

188 quotations in 14 senses
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Running (of man or beast); a run; riden a cours, make a run. …

6. crē̆ste n.(1)

78 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) The crest of a bird or dragon; a tuft of feathers; the comb of a cock or hen; also, a mane; (b) the tail of a comet; the sun's rays at dawn. …

7. crochet n.

17 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A hook; (b) a staff with a hook at the end. …

8. eǧeve n.

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Arch. A diagonal rib of an arch or vault, an ogive. …

9. finiāl n.

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Arch. An ornament which forms the top of a buttress, pinnacle, spire, or the like; a decorative crown. …

10. ǧenelas n. plural

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Arch.?Cusps. …

11. join-tāble n.

Additional spellings: jointable
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Arch. Pieces of stone fitted together to form a molding. …

12. keie n.(1)

143 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) A key; lok and keie; also fig.; kinges keies, crowbars and hammers used to force locks or doors; (b) a representation of a key in a heraldic device; keie of rome, a key as a sign of Roman……

13. lās n.

89 quotations in 8 senses
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Cord made of braided or interwoven strands of silk, threads of gold, etc.; also, a length of such cord; also, the thread of life controlled by the Fates. …

14. 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. …

15. leirn-stod n.

Additional spellings: leirnstod
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Arch. A king post. …

16. lermer n.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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Arch. A projecting stone molding with a rounded upper surface, undercut to throw off water. …

17. nẹ̄dle n.

121 quotations in 4 senses
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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……

18. 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. …

19. oǧif n.

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

20. overwei n.

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

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