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1. abāten, -i(en v.

Additional spellings: abati, abatien
99 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) To knock down or demolish (a wall, etc.); (b) to knock (sb.) down; strike down or defeat (an enemy); (c) strike (sail); cast down (a banner).

2. abāting ger.

11 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Decrease or loss; (b) impairment; (c) of the sun, a planet: decline, esp. with respect to influence.

3. air(e n.

Additional spellings: aire
3 quotations in 1 sense
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Hawk. (a) Nest; (b) of noble aire, of noble breed or strain.

4. bǒwer n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Hawk. A young hawk able to leave the nest but not ready to fly.

5. bringen v.

332 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) To bring (sth.), fetch, lead, convey, take, send; bringen awei, chase away; bringen into, drive (sb.) into (a place); (b) bringen biforen (toforen), to bring (sb.) into the presence of; also, say…

6. carīing ger.

16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The act of carrying; carting, hauling; (b) carrying away, robbery; (c) bringing in of hay, harvest; (d) a game; (e) hawk. flying off with the prey after it has been taken.

7. cast n.

95 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The throwing of a dart, stone, etc.; casting with a sling; throwing or putting the stone as a sport; hurling missiles with a siege engine; (b) the throwing of dice; al is cast on a cast, all is…

8. casten v.

623 quotations in 27 senses
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(a) To throw (sth.) to a distance, fling, hurl; pour or sprinkle (water); (b) sift (sand); (c) scatter (seed), sow; (d) throw at (sb.).

9. chē̆k interj. & n.

46 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) A call uttered in chess when the opponent's king (or another important figure) is under attack: check!, guard!; (b) fig. halt!

10. countreriver(e n.

Additional spellings: countreriver
2 quotations in 1 sense
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Hawk. A beater stationed on the opposite bank of a river or on the far side of a body of water.

11. crēaunce n.

30 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Belief (in sth.), faith, trust; in (with) ful creaunce, fully believing, without reservation; (b) commercial credit; bi (to, under) creaunce, on credit.

12. eies n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Hawk. A short-winged nestling hawk (sometimes taken and brought up by hand); such a hawk during training; eias hauk.

13. encīlen v.

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Hawk. To blind (a hawk or falcon) temporarily by stitching the lower eyelids and fastening the ends of the tightly drawn threads to the top of the head, so that the lifted lower lids cover the eyes…

14. endeuen v.(1)

38 quotations in 3 senses
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To induct or put (someone into an office, benefice, or condition); to initiate (someone into a branch of learning).

15. eneuen v.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Hawk. To drive (water fowl) into the water; to plunge or dive.

16. engǒuted ppl.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Hawk. Having dark spots on the plumage, spotted.

17. enseimen v.

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Hawk. To cause (a hawk) to lose superfluous fat.

18. enterpenned ppl.

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Hawk. Of wing feathers: caught, entangled.

19. entrē n.

64 quotations in 11 senses
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The act or fact of entering physically; entrance; also fig.; entre and issue, coming and going.

20. filanders n. plural

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Hawk. A kind of (?threadlike) intestinal worms.