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41. combatant adj.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Her. Poised for combat. …

42. cǒmīn n.

26 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The plant cumin Cummin cyminum or its aromatic seed; (b) used medicinally; (c) used in cooking; (d) her. …

43. cō̆ste n.

80 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Anat. A rib; fals coste, false rib; (b) the side of the body, flank; the side of a building; the face of a solid figure; (c) her. cotise. …

44. cǒuntre- pref.

52 quotations in 7 senses
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Against (in position, motion, direction), opposite, counter-; ?back, rear (as opposed to front, forward); countre- filet, some kind of ribbon for the head or headdress; countre- frount, countre-……

45. cressaunt n.

14 quotations in 3 senses
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The moon's shape in the first or last quarter, a crescent. …

46. cros n.

251 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) A cross for crucifixion, a gibbet; (b) the cross of Christ; holi cros; Exaltacioun of the cros, a feast, Sept. 14; feste of the holi cros, feast of the Invention of the Cross, May 3; (c) winnen……

47. cros-crosselet n.

Additional spellings: croscrosselet
2 quotations in 1 sense
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Her. A cross with each arm recrossed by a small piece at right angles, a cross crosslet. …

48. crosselet n.(1)

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A small cross; a cruciform reliquary; (b) her. a cross crosslet; (c) crosselet wise, shaped like a cross crosslet. …

49. daunce n.

64 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) A dance of any kind (i.e. of a group, a couple, or an individual performer); (b) a group of dancers; (c) her. a picture of a dance. …

50. demī n. & combining element

21 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A half (of a certain measure or unit); (b) a Scottish gold coin [see quots.]; (c) her. half-and-half, party. …

51. dented ppl.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Notched, serrate; (b) barbed; (c) inlaid; (d) her. indented; (e) of a deed: made in the manner of an indenture. …

52. dēparten v.

252 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) To take one's leave, go away, depart; departen awei; (b) departen fro (awei fro, from, out of), to go away from (sb. or sth., a place); departen from, retreat from (foes); fig. departen from lif,……

53. descendaunt adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Her. Extending downwards. …

54. difference n.

69 quotations in 6 senses
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The fact of difference in kind; lack of identity, unlikeness, dissimilarity, diversity: (a) without constr.; (b) with prep. phr.; (c) with gen. …

55. dismembren v.

28 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To cut off the members or limbs of (a person, an animal); tear (sb.) limb from limb, dismember; dismembren asondre, dismembren joint fro joint, dismembren lim and lith, dismembren on peces; (b) to……

56. displaien v.

37 quotations in 4 senses
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To unfurl, raise, or display (a banner, a pennon); also fig. …

57. eirond adj.

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Her. Of a fish: Upright (in pale) with the head at the top (in chief), as if rising to the surface for air; hauriant. …

58. embelif adv.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Astron. Not at right angle to the horizon, obliquely; (b) her. (divided) diagonally; 'per bend' or 'per bend sinister'. …

59. embelink adj.

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Her. Diagonal, 'bendwise'. …

60. endenten v.

52 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To make notches, dents, or indentations in (something); give (something) a toothed, serrate, or jagged character or appearance; (b) fig. heckle. …

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