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21. dēclīnen v.

80 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Of motion in space: to turn, turn away, go away; declinen aside, turn aside, go out of the direct path; declinen dounward, of the sun: begin to set; declinen fro, turn or go away from (sb.)…

22. dēfaut(e n.

Additional spellings: defaute
186 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Lack, insufficiency, absence; short weight [quot.: a1400]; at defaut, incomplete (as to antlers), lacking; for defaut, for lack of something; in your defaut, in your absence, because of your…

23. dēgrẹ̄ n.

260 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) An elevated place, a step, platform, tier; a step in a flight of stairs; a tier of seats; a rung of a ladder; song of degres, one of the fifteen gradual Psalms; (b) bi degres, by steps or stairs…

24. dēpressiǒun n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A check, setback, defeat; (b) lowering of spirits, dejection; (c) astron. angular distance below the horizon.

25. dē̆scensiǒun n.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Downward flow; (b) alch. condensation of vapors; (c) astron. decline in influence, position of declining influence in the zodiac; (d) abasement; (e) mus. lowering of pitch; (f) genealogial

26. dē̆serciǒun n.(1)

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Astron. Forsaking, withdrawal of favorable influence.

27. dī̆rect adj.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of an instrument: straight; (b) of a belief: straightforward; (c) astron. proceeding in the order of the zodiacal signs, in the same direction as the sun in its annual motion in the ecliptic, i.e…

28. dragǒun n.

92 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) A dragon; (b) dragoun hame, dragon covering, dragon disguise; dragoun hole, a dragon's lair; dragoun blod, dragoun eiren; (c) fig. monster, wicked person.

29. eclipse n.

22 quotations in 3 senses
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Astron. Eclipse (of the sun or moon); in eclipse; universal eclipse, total eclipse; particular eclipse, partial eclipse.

30. ēgle n.

54 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A large bird of prey belonging to any one of the species termed aquila in the Middle Ages; (b) roial egle, an eagle of the noblest sort; formel egle, female eagle; tercel egle, male eagle; (c)…

31. elevāciǒun n.

8 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The act of rising; (b) astron. the altitude or angular height above the horizon.

32. embelif adj.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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Astron. Oblique, slanting, at an angle; embelif cercle, the ecliptic.

33. epicicle n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Astron. A small circle in which a 'planet' revolves, the center of which circle moves along the circumference of a larger circle (the deferent); epicycle; also, fig.; also, the path traced or…

34. firmament n.

42 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The arch or vault of the heavens on whose surface the clouds, moon, sun, and stars appear to be; the sky; (b) the visible sky conceived as being highest above the earth and closest to heaven, or…

35. fǒundement n.

94 quotations in 9 senses
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The foundation or substructure of a building.

36. grẹ̄ n.(1)

91 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A step in a stairway or flight of steps; also, a flight of steps; song (canticle) of gres, one of the Gradual Psalms; gre bi gre, from gre to gre, step by step; (b) a rung of a ladder; also fig.

37. grōs adj.

40 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Large; gros glot (spiking), a kind of large nail or spike; (b) anat. of bodily parts, organs, structures: large, thick.

38. joinen v.(1)

241 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) To join (things) into a whole, unite, combine; joinen togederes; (b) joinen to (unto, with), to fasten (sth.) to (sth.) to form a whole; -- also refl.; (c) to combine (colors, parts of a word).

39. Jūpiter n.

31 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The god Jupiter; (b) astron. the planet Jupiter; (c) alch. the metal tin.

40. lābel n.

19 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A dangling strip of cloth or ribbon used as an ornament in dress; a tab, band; (b) a strip of parchment or paper appended to a document to contain supplementary matter; fig. a corollary; (c) a…