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1. annulet n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) a small ring; (b) Med. and anat. the 'cartilage of the windpipe' [Norri]; (c) her. a cadency mark in the shape of a ring.

2. blā̆k adj.

218 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Of a black color, black; (b) blak and blo, black and livid, black and blue [see blo adj.]; blak or whit, black or white, of any color or kind; blak as col (blacche, croue, inde, molde, pich, slo),

3. 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.

4. passing(e ppl. adj.

Additional spellings: passinge
94 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Going by, passing, traveling; (b) permeating, penetrating; also fig.; (c) her. passant.

5. pelot(e n.

Additional spellings: pelote
63 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A spherical or circular object; a gob, lump, or piece; (b) a pellet or cannon ball of various sizes, made of metal or stone, used as a missile to be discharged from a catapult, cannon, crossbow…

6. pointe n.(1)

436 quotations in 15 senses
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(a) A small dot marked on a surface; also, a punctuation mark, period; (b) a small hole; prick, puncture; the pointes of peines, ?the marks of Christ's wounds; (c) a spot of dirt; med. a round spot or…

7. rēd adj.

521 quotations in 18 senses
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(a) Red, of various shades of purple, crimson, scarlet, pink, etc.; also fig. [last quot.]; (b) red colour, red color; also, red dye, red ink, red pigment, or red paint; (c) in fixed comparisons: red

8. rō̆se n.(1)

217 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) A plant of the genus Rosa; the flower of this plant; also, a rosebush; also fig.; (b) med. the flower or bud of the rose as used in various medicinal preparations; also, a medicinal syrup or…

9. setten v.

1640 quotations in 40 senses
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(a) To make (sb.) sit, seat (sb.); also, with partitive construction: setten of..over heigh setle, fig. seat (someone's offspring) upon (his) high throne, make to rule; setten adoun (doun, up), make…

10. void(e adj.

Additional spellings: voide
243 quotations in 14 senses
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(a) Without contents, empty; also fig. and in fig. context; of a river: empty of water, etc.; of a pen: empty of ink (b) of the stomach or part of the intestinal tract: without food, empty; of the…

11. whīt n.

118 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) The color white, white as the color opposite to black; also, a pale or whitish color; also, whiteness, whiteness as the opposite of blackness; her. ?the color argent; bright (shininge) whit, a…

12. whīt adj.

655 quotations in 18 senses
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(a) Of a substance, structure, an object: white in color; whitish, pale-colored, light-colored; of the moon, a star: silvery-white; of a book or register: bound in a white or light-colored binding; of…