(a) Insufficient or barely sufficient in amount, number, or effect; small in amount, few in number, rare; of hair: sparse; of a text: lacking needed explanation; (b) limited in area, narrow, cramped……

Arch. (a) Beveled stone used to form the slope of a gable coping, the offset of a buttress, etc.; a piece of such stone, a skew; skeu scapeled; (b) in cpds. & combs.: skeu assheler, squared, hewed……

(a) To escape; (b) to run obliquely or at an angle; skeuing to, ?slanting across (the forehead). …

(a) A utensil for skimming impurities, fat, etc. from a liquid, freq. perforated; (b) a pirate; (c) as surname. …

?A hunting or tracking dog. …

The action of measuring flour or wine by means of a strickle or measuring vessel. …

A large-sized eel; -- also coll. …

(a) Morally offensive; vilous of tonge, of a person: speaking reprehensibly; (b) hideous to the sight, horrible. …

(a) A cloth head-covering, kerchief; (b) a bandage for the head; (c) a winding sheet, shroud; also, a cloth used in Biblical times to wrap the head of a corpse before burial. …

(a) A maker or purveyor of wafers; also, a household official responsible for the making or obtaining of wafers; (b) as surname. …

(a) To direct one’s gaze, look; gaze (out a window or cave opening); waiten abouten, waiten him umbe, etc (b) to fasten one’s gaze (on sb. or sth.), look (at sb. or sth.); stare (into sth.); (c) to……

A piece of armor for the arm. …

(a) To be mindful, be aware; waren of, be knowledgeable concerning (sth.), be skilled in; ware him his fal is nexte his honde, let him be mindful his fall is at hand (b) to be mindful of (sth.),……

(a) A reward or payment bestowed by a superior in exchange for some service; also used iron. [quot. a1470]; also, specif. a reward in the form of property (b) heavenly reward; hevenli warisoun,……

(a) Provisions of foodstuffs, provender; ?also, the action of provisioning [1st quot.]; pl. stores, supplies; in warnestor, in storage, in stock, on hand [last quot.] (b) military supplies, including……

(a) Chaff and other matter remaining after threshing, used as fodder; (b) as surname. …

(a) A feeling or personal condition of doubt or uncertainty; also, hesitancy, indecision; double wer, a state of doubt or indecision between two alternatives; in (a) wer, in a state of doubt or……

(a) An act of deceit, a deception, trick; an underhanded scheme, a subterfuge; a plot, machination; also, a clever maneuver, tactic, cunning strategy; also person. [quot. c1400(?a1387)]; wile and……