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41. nap n.(3)

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A suck, draught.

42. plǒugh n.

204 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) A plow; also, a plow with its draft animal(s; --also coll.; (b) gates of the plough, furrows; plough lenge, the length of a plowshare; ?the length of a plow; (c) gon (gangan) at the plough, gon

43. prīd(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: pride
250 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Unreasonable self-esteem, pride; desire to exceed one's proper station; also, the sin of pride (shading into 1c.); prid of herte; (b) love of praise, vanity; (c) prideful bearing or behavior…

44. rappe n.

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(a) A blow, stroke; round rappes, hard blows; (b) a fart.

45. rison n.

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A stalk of corn, head of oats.

46. rug n.

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?Light, misty rain.

47. rump(e n.

Additional spellings: rumpe
9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The rump of a quadruped mammal; also, the tail; also, an animal rump as food for a hawk; (b) the rump of a person, posterior; (c) as surname.

48. scab(be n.

Additional spellings: scabbe
60 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Any of various skin diseases characterized by itching, pustules, ulceration, etc.; also, the pustule characteristic of such diseases [quot.: a1398, 1st]; also, scabby or scaly condition of the…

49. slant(e n.

Additional spellings: slante
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In phrase: on slant, at an angle, obliquely [cp. aslant(e adv.]; he shal on slant, he shall stagger or have a fall; -- ?used fig. he shall come to grief.

50. slugge n.(1)

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(a) A lazy person; (b) slothfulness, the sin of sloth; also person.

51. spurcate n.

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Naut. A kind of timber in a ship, prob. used to strengthen the frame; spurcate nail, a nail used to fasten such a timber.

52. stilt(e n.

Additional spellings: stilte
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(a) The handle of a plow; (b) a wooden crutch; an artificial leg, peg leg; also, a stilt; stilt bond, a strap for attaching a stilt or a peg leg; (c) ?one of the uprights of a ladder; (d) in surname.

53. talou(e n.

Additional spellings: taloue
83 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The fatty tissue of an animal; fatty tissue from around the kidneys or other internal organs of an animal; also fig. and in fig. contexts [some fig. quots. could also be construed as other senses…

54. tā̆p n.

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An idiot, a fool.

55. thixel n.

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An adz; a kind of ax; thixel gouge, an adz with a concave blade; staf (?ston) thixel, ?a long handled ax (?an ax for working stone).

56. thrē̆ve n.

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(a) A measure of wheat, straw, etc., usu. containing 12 or 24 sheaves [see Zupko Dictionary of Weights and Measures for the British Isles s.v. thrave]; (b) a large number, a multitude; a crowd of…

57. tip(pe n.(1)

Additional spellings: tippe
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(a) The extreme end of something, usu. rounded or pointed; also, a metal or other attachment to the end of something; (b) in cpd.: tip to, the end of the toe;—used in pl.; also, the end of a bird's…

58. titerer n.

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A tattler, talebearer.

59. trug(ge n.

Additional spellings: trugge
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(a) A shallow tray, pan, or trough; also, a measure of quantity; (b) as surname.

60. trust n.

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(a) Confidence (in sb. or sth.), reliance (on sb. or sth.), trust; haven trust, to have confidence (in sb. or sth.), rely (on sb. or sth.); with inf.: haven more trust..thanne, think it preferable (to…