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1. barri adj.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Cook. Decorated with strips of metal foil; (b) Her. divided equally by horizontal stripes of two alternating colors; also as noun: blazon so constituted.

2. blaunk adj.

33 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) White; -- frequent in surnames; (b) blaunk almaundes, blanched almonds; blaunk alum [see alum]; blaunk fever [see fever]; blaunk plum, q.v.; blaunk poudre, ?finely powdered white sugar and ginger…

3. camelīn adj.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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Cook. A kind of sauce.

4. charǧeaunt adj.

16 quotations in 2 senses
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Burdensome, troublesome; oppressive (taxes); exacting (task); pressing (need).

5. dorrẹ̄, dōrī adj. & n.

Additional spellings: dori
25 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Golden or reddish-yellow; (b) cook. glazed with a yellow substance; pome(s dorre, sopes dorre.

6. dǒuce adj. & n.

23 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Dear, beloved; douce amour, sweetheart; (b) douce Fraunce, beloved France; (c) douce vie, luxurious life; (d) as noun: paramour; foul douce, filthy harlot; (e) in surnames.

7. fō̆rt adj.

10 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Strong, powerful; (b) in proper names: Sampsoun (the) fort, Sampson the strong, etc.

8. froid adj.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Cook. Cold.

9. noir adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Cook. sauce noir, a dark sauce for fowl.

10. sengle adj.

88 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Consisting of one unit, single, individual; sengle bond, ?a single mount around the edge of a maser [cp. maser n.2.(b)]; bi sengle daies (yeres), day by day (year after year); castel sengle, a…

11. sōbre adj.

74 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Moderate in one's desires or actions, temperate, restrained; also, of spiritual love: characterized by moderation; (b) moderate in regard to food and drink; of life, living: characterized by…

12. sǒuple adj.

24 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Flexible, not rigid; also, as adv. in comb.: souple werkinge, flexible; (b) of the skin: soft; of the body: relaxed; of bodily tissue: moist and pliant; of boots: pliant, i.e., made of soft fine…

13. vert adj.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Her. Tinctured with the color green; (b) cook. in combs.: vert desir, a dish made with parsley for coloring; sauce vert, = vert-sauce n.; (c) sauge vert, fresh sage, as opposed to the dried herb.