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1. canapẹ̄ n.

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A canopy.

2. capdawe n.

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A feudal lord (in Gascony).

3. capstan n.

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Naut. A device for hauling up the anchor, etc.; capstan bar, capstan spoke, a capstan bar.

4. cōle n.

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(a) A kind of glue or size; (b) trickery, a trick or ruse.

5. cǒrrectāǧe n.

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The transaction of business by a broker; brokerage.

6. cultellāre n.

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Surg. A knife-shaped cauterizing instrument.

7. distillā̆tōrīe n.

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The apparatus used in distillation; a still.

8. duelle n.

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A judicial single combat, a duel.

9. elevatōrie, -ōre n.

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A surgical instrument for raising a depressed portion of bone; also an instrument for pulling teeth.

10. frē̆t n.(4)

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A payment made to secure peace, a fine for a breach of the peace; a payment for a favor [quot.Brut].

11. gǒundel n.

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A small ship or boat of some kind.

12. gummer n.

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A kind of cosmetic.

13. homāǧẹ̄̆r n.

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(a) One who acknowledges allegiance to a feudal lord or king; a vassal; (b) a follower of God or any pagan deity; an adherent.

14. impulsī̆f adj. & n.

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Med. (a) Of a medicine: able to drive humors down or repel them; (b) as noun: a medicine of this sort.

15. kenel n.

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(a) A building in which the hounds are kept, a dog house; also, a place in a room for the dog to lie down; kenel dore; (b) a pack of hunting dogs; (c) in surname.

16. lēgācīe n.

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(a) The dignity or office of a papal legate; legateship; office of legacie of the crois, the office of a legat of the crois [see legat n. (1), sense 1. (b)]; (b) the mission entrusted to an envoy…

17. linet n.

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(a) Lint made from linen by scraping, etc.; -- esp. as used for dressing wounds; (b) linen sheet or sheets; (c) flax; sed of linet, linseed.

18. mesan n.

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(a) The sail set amidships in a fore-and-aft direction; mesan seil; (b) mesan mast, the third and aftermost mast of a ship; mesan yerde, the yard, consisting probably of two pieces lashed together, on…

19. minerāl n.

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(a) Something that is neither animal nor vegetable, a mineral; (b) the ore of a metal; (c) alch. one of the three varieties of philosophers' stone; (d) minerals, the De Mineralibus of Albertus Magnus…

20. missī̆ve adj. & n.

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(a) In phrases: lettres missive(s, lettre missive, missive lettres, official letter(s sent by the king or some other authority conveying a command or commission; (b) ?as noun: a commandment.