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1. barri adj.

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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. bastā̆rd n. as adj.

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(a) Born out of wedlock, illegitimate; bastard sone (doughter) bastard, etc.; (b) false, counterfeit, defective.

3. blaunk adj.

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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…

4. camelīn adj.

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

5. charǧeaunt adj.

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Burdensome, troublesome; oppressive (taxes); exacting (task); pressing (need).

6. crēmī adj.

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(a) Full of cream; (b) cook. made of a creamy, custardlike substance.

7. cristal adj.

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Made of crystal.

8. dorrẹ̄, dōrī adj. & n.

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

9. dǒuce adj. & n.

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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.

10. flat adj.

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(a) Level, flat; even, smooth; flattened (face); of sculpture: not in relief; of a roof: low-pitched; (b) of dishes, etc.: shallow; smooth-surfaced; (c) of a sword: flat side foremost.

11. fō̆rt adj.

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

12. Frē̆nsh adj.

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(a) Pertaining to France [as constituted at various times], or to Frenchmen; consisting of Frenchmen; associated with France or Frenchmen; Frensh fare, courtly behavior; Frensh flour, the…

13. froid adj.

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Cook. Cold.

14. gamelīn adj.

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Cook. A kind of sauce.

15. mō̆tlẹ̄ adj.

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(a) Parti-colored, variegated in color; woven in various colors; ?also, made of motley cloth; cook. streaked with different colors, marbled; (b) scarlet motle, ?variegated or particolored fine cloth…

16. noir adj.

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Cook. sauce noir, a dark sauce for fowl.

17. sengle adj.

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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…

18. sōbre adj.

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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…

19. sǒuple adj.

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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…

20. swẹ̄t(e adj.

Additional spellings: swete
375 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) Sweet to the taste, having the quality of sweetness; sweetened; also fig. and in fig. context; (b) swet almaunde, an almond used as food, as opposed to the bitter almond used medicinally; swet