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1. abloi ppl.

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Carried away (with joy), reckless (for joy). …

2. cainard n.

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A sluggard, a slob. …

3. capdawe n.

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A feudal lord (in Gascony). …

4. capstan n.

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

5. cǒrrectāǧe n.

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The transaction of business by a broker; brokerage. …

6. crūsel n.

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(a) A night lamp; (b) a crucible. …

7. cūpiditẹ̄ n.

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Covetousness, cupidity. …

8. dēcīden v.

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To determine (sth.), decide (a question, dispute, legal case). …

9. deswarrẹ̄ ppl.

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Of a knight: errant. …

10. disempāren v.

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(a) To strip (a fortified place) of its fortifications; (b) to dispossess (sb.). …

11. ēgre fū n.

Additional spellings: egre fu
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Med. Erysipelas, or similar eruption on the skin; also, a case of erysipelas. …

12. frēten v.(1)

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(a) To devour (something), to eat up; (b) to eat (something); esp., to eat hungrily or greedily; freten fil, to eat (one's) fill; freten of, to partake of, eat of; freten up, to eat up, devour; (c) to……

13. frī(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: frie
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(a) Spawn or the young of fish; small fish; -- constr. with sg. or pl. verb; (b) roe. …

14. gǒurd(e n.

Additional spellings: gourde
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(a) A cucumber plant (Cucumis sativus); commune gourd; also, a cucumber; (b) the colocynth (Citrullus colocynthis); wilde gourd; also, the fruit of this plant; (c) a gourd plant (Lagenaria vulgaris……

15. improperīe n.

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An upbraiding, a reproach. …

16. lā̆rǧere n.

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Extent or amount of rent. …

17. neiger adj.

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Black. …

18. peverāde n.

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A peppery sauce served with meat; peverade sauce. …

19. presten v.(2)

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To lend (money), especially involuntarily to the king, advance; ?also, to borrow (money). …

20. rent-sek n.

Additional spellings: rentsek
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A rent granted to a person other than the owner of the income property, without right of distress for nonpayment. …

21. rouer n.

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A dead tree, esp. a dead oak tree; -- also coll.; wode rowers. …

22. rutei n.

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In cpd.: rutei time, rutting season. …

23. sculiǒun n.

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A menial domestic servant, scullion. …

24. sētīne n.

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A soap-like substance obtained from boiling spermaceti with potash. …

25. suffeten v.

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To slap, smack. …

26. trebulet n.

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?A kind of tool, perh. a goldsmith's tool; ?a small shovel or spade. …

27. veil n.(2)

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One who keeps watch or is vigilant, a watcher. …

28. veir n.

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(a) Fur, prob. that of some species of squirrel, used to make or trim a robe, hood, etc.; also, an article of clothing made from this fur; veir and gris; meni veir [see meni-ver n.]; (b) a weasel. …

29. volaunt n.

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?A full or floating cloak or cape. …

30. waiǒur n.

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(a) A watering place for horses, horsepond; also, a pond for bathing or fishing; (b) in surnames and place names. …

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