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521. strom n.

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A wicker malt strainer used in brewing. …

522. strǒuntnesse n.

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Belligerence, contention; maken strountnesse. …

523. stul(le n.

Additional spellings: stulle
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(a) A large piece or chunk of food; (b) in surnames. …

524. suwing n.

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A kind of salmon trout, prob. the bull trout (Salmo cambricus). …

525. swabbing ger.

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?Swaying or moving about. …

526. swablinge ger.

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?Swaying or moving about. …

527. swā̆d(e n.

Additional spellings: swade
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A seed pod, an outer shell or husk of a pea, bean, etc. …

528. swagen v.(1)

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(a) To swing an object; swagen on, hack at (sb.); (b) to swing or shake (sth.); to wag (one's tongue), speak idly with; (c) to fire (a gun). …

529. swagge n.

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A bag, sack. …

530. swail n.

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A board or piece of wood; a timber; -- also coll. …

531. swarlen v.

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To catch (sb. or sth.) in a noose or snare; ppl. suarled, tangled up. …

532. swateren v.

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(a) To swoon, swelter; -- ?error for swelteren v.; (b) ?to dribble, trickle; (c) to flounder along; pr.ppl. as adj.: floundering, unsteady. …

533. sweight n.

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The force of a moving body, momentum; also, the force of a blow; the force of weight of a falling body. …

534. sweiven v.

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To move with a whirling or sweeping motion, whirl, sweep. …

535. sweltī adj.

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Disposed to fainting, about to faint. …

536. swẹ̄t(e adv.

Additional spellings: swete
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(a) In combs.: swet honied, honied swet, fig. honey-sweet; swet tasted, of water: fresh-tasting; (b) fragrantly; also fig.; swet savouringe (smellinge), sweet-smelling, aromatic; having a pleasant……

537. swevil(le n.

Additional spellings: sweville
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A flail or the swipple of a flail. …

538. swichon n.

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?Some kind of clasp or catch for fastening an ornamental collar. …

539. swinglinge ger.

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The act of swinging or waving the arms or hands. …

540. tach(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: tache
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An easily ignited form of wood, touchwood, tinder. …

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