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21. crab(be n.(1)

Additional spellings: crabbe
38 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A crab; usually, a sea crab; crab leg; (b) a freshwater crab; prob. also, a crayfish; crab hole, a pool or pit containing crabs or crayfish; crab welle, ?a stream containing crayfish [see flod

22. declināciǒun n.

14 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A hanging downward; (b) deterioration, degeneration.

23. 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…

24. defferent n. & adj.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Astron. The elliptical path followed by the center of a planet's epicycle as it appears to move about the earth; also, a representation of such an orbit on the instrument called an equatorie; (b)…

25. 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…

26. 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.

27. 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

28. dē̆serciǒun n.(1)

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

29. 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.

30. drāke n.(1)

31 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A dragon; drake(n heved, dragon's head; drake(s liche, a dragon's body or form; [fir drake, see fir 1b]; (b) Satan.

31. eccentrik adj. as n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Astron. A planetary orbit of which the earth is not the exact center.

32. 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.

33. ecliptik adj. and n.

10 quotations in 2 senses
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In phrase ecliptik line, (a) astron. the great circle of the celestial sphere which is the apparent orbit of the sun, the ecliptic; also, the circle on the astrolabe corresponding to the celestial…

34. 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)…

35. 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.

36. ēlongāciǒun n.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Astron. Angular distance; (b) physiol. extension, spreading; (c) ?longing.

37. 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…

38. 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…

39. fish n.

198 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Any animal that lives in the water (as distinct from 'beast' and 'bird'), such as a fish, a shellfish, a frog, a whale, a seal, a crocodile, a beaver, etc.; also fig.; (b) fish-kin, -kind, water…

40. fǒundement n.

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