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1. blēt adj. & n.

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(a) Bare (boughs); (b) bareness, lack of cover.

2. colk n.

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(a) The core (of an apple); the heart (of an onion); sparen neither appel ne colk, to do all one can, go as quickly as possible; (b) the center or bottom (of the heart).

3. cunte n.

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(a) A woman's private parts; cunte-beten, impotent (man); (b) the corresponding organ(s) of a female animal; (c) sexual intercourse; (d) in place names and surnames; grope cunte lane [see gropen v.]…

4. Flē̆ming n.

21 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A native of Flanders; a person of Flemish birth or ancestry; ?a peddler [Competition in trade colored the Englishman's view of the Flemmings from the 14. cent. on; see esp. quots. 1390, a1450…

5. họ̄p n.

36 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A circular band of wood or metal, used for barrels, wheels, candelabra; a hoop, ring; welle hop, q.v.; (b) a circular band used to support the sign outside a house or inn; (c) one of the ribs of a…

6. knokel n.

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(a) A joint of the body, esp. a knobby joint; a knuckle; (b) the end of a bone which fits into a joint or a socket; (c) a fist; (d) a morbid lump or swelling.

7. lak n.

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(a) Lack, absence, want; shortage, deficiency; default of payment; lak of sacramentes, failure to receive the sacraments; no lak (of, no shortage (of, no deficiency (of; pens lak, q.v.; (b) for lak of

8. quēd(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: quede
93 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Evil, wickedness; (b) an evil thing or event; a wicked act or sin; harm or trouble; sickness or injury; (c) boden qued, to foretell evil; don (to) qued, do evil, do wrong; don (spien, waiten,

9. shūr n.

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A shed, lean-to.

10. stilt(e n.

Additional spellings: stilte
16 quotations in 1 sense
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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.