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1. ablāciǒun n.

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Med. and surg. (a) Removal, amputation; ablacioun of blod, bloodletting; also, removal (of the cause of a disease); (b) loss of function (in a part of the body).

2. accidence n.

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(a) Phil. A non-essential or incidental characteristic, a temporary and variable property of a thing; bi accidence, through a secondary means, indirectly; of accidence, without affecting or involving…

3. accident n.

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Something that happens or occurs; a fortuitous happening.

4. act(e n.

Additional spellings: acte
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(a) A deed, an action (either physical or mental); process, operation, activity; (b) a written record of an action; Actes of Apostles, a book of the New Testament; (c) a state of accomplishment or…

5. aggregāciǒun n.

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(a) Math. The process of adding numbers together; summation; sum; (b) med. a gathering of pus, humors, etc.; process of coming to a head, formation of a pustule.

6. aggregāten v.

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To combine, collect, or gather (persons, things, qualities, etc.) into one body or sum.

7. ālienāciǒun n.

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Law The transfer of one's title to property or rights; alienation or sale (of property); surrender or loss (of a right); also, alteration (of a will) [quot. 1458].

8. alterāten v.

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Phil., physiol., med., alch.: (a) To change, modify, transform; alteraten to (sth.); (b) to change for the worse; affect adversely; deteriorate; (c) to change for the better; affect beneficially…

9. ampulle n.

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(a) A small flask [of glass or metal]; (b) a small flask of consecrated water or oil [commonly carried by pilgrims returning from a shrine]; ampulla.

10. annulet n.

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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.

11. arnement n.

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(a) A black coloring matter or pigment; black ink; (b) a pigment used in glass painting; prob., ferric oxide [cp. Knowles in Antiq.50].

12. arsenī̆k n.

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(a) Med. Arsenic or some of its compounds; prob., a special form of orpiment (arsenic trisulphide) distinguished from the latter by physical properties; (b) arsenik citrinum, orpiment; arsenik rubeum

13. aspect n.

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Astrol. The relative position, described in angular distance, of one planet or sign to another at a certain time; such a position, or a series of such positions, held to be good or evil in influencing…

14. assō̆ciāt ppl.

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(a) Of persons, body and soul: allied, associated; (b) med. of bones: connected, ?paired; of symptoms: occurring together, accompanied; of substances: mixed, blended.

15. attenden v.

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(a) To pay attention (to sth.); devote oneself (to a task or purpose); study (sth.); -- with to, til, unto, on phr., or with obj.; (b) attenden from, turn attention away from, avoid; (c) ppl. attent

16. attracten v.

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(a) To attract (sth.); attract (sb.) as an ally; (b) med. to draw out (diseased matter); treat by drawing out diseased matter.

17. attriciǒun n.

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(a) Regret (a mild form of contricioun); (b) med. breaking, fragmentation.

18. auripigment n.

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(a) A sulphide of arsenic, orpiment; esp., the trisulphide of arsenic, yellow orpiment [used in med. and alch., and regarded as a precious stone]; (b) disulphide of arsenic, red orpiment, realgar.

19. benedicta n.

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Med. A kind of electuary used in various medicines.

20. bōras n.

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Name given to several minerals; prob. borax, malachite, sodium carbonate, verdigris, and possibly others: (a) an ingredient in preparations for soldering metals and for fastening gold leaf; also, a…

21. box n.(2)

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A jar (for salves, cosmetics, spices, etc.), usually cylindrical.

22. cadaverǒus adj.

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Med. Gangrenous, mortified.

23. calefacciǒun n.

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Med. An inflammation.

24. carbuncle n.

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(a) A precious stone, any of the gems called carbuncles; esp., that carbuncle which shines in the dark; (b) a decorative material made of (or resembling) carbuncles; (c) something excellent or…

25. carmināciǒun n.

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Med. The dispersion of wind or gas in the body.

26. carmināt ppl.

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Med. Of wind in the body or a flatulent swelling: dispersed, removed.

27. carminātī̆f adj.

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Med. Having the property of dispersing wind in the body.

28. carminen v.

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Med. To disperse (coagulated matter, humors, etc.).

29. cā̆s n.

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(a) State of affairs, circumstances, situation; predicament; hard cas; the fortunes (of a person), lot, destiny; (b) senden cas, yeven cas, to grant fortune, rule destiny; grant (a certain kind of)…

30. castor n.

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(a) The European beaver Castor fiber; (b) the European otter .

31. castōrie, -ium n.

Additional spellings: castorium
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Med. (a) = castor 2. (a); (b) erroneously: the testicle of a beaver.

32. cataracte n.

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(a) One of the 'floodgates' of heaven; cataracte of the ether; (b) med. a cataract of the eye.

33. cathaplasmāten v.

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Med. To apply a cataplasm to (sth.), to poultice; to apply (a medicinal preparation) in the form of a poultice.

34. cause n.

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The cause of an effect; source, origin, root.

35. cerōte n.

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Med. (a) An officinal ointment consisting of wax blended with medicinal ingredients; (b) a plaster impregnated with this ointment.

36. clistē̆r n.

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Med. (a) A clyster, enema; any medicinal liquid administered through the rectum; (b) the instrument for injecting such liquids, a sort of syringe.

37. clistēri(e n.

Additional spellings: clisterie
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Med. (a) A clyster, enema; any medicinal liquid administered through the rectum; (b) the instrument for injecting such liquids, a sort of syringe; clisteri purs, the bag or bladder of a clyster; (c)…

38. cǒmforten v.

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To strengthen (sb.) spiritually, inspire with fortitude or courage; comforten herte; also, assure, reassure (sb.).

39. comunicante adj.

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(a) Shared, possessed in common; (b) med. of the cause of an ailment: not local, systemic.

40. conjunct ppl.

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(a) Connected; (b) related (as kinsmen); (c) joined (in marriage); united (in friendship).

41. constreinen v.

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Of a person: (a) to compel or force (sb. to do sth.), make (sb. do sth.); also, oblige, induce; (b) constreinen herte, constreinen wil, to exert pressure or compulsion on (someone's) heart or will…

42. consūetūde n.

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A traditional practice (of a nation, a group), a custom or tradition; of consuetude, according to tradition or custom; kepen, usen consuetude, to follow or observe a custom; taken consuetude, to…

43. corrōden v.

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Med. To eat away or destroy (organic tissue): said of (a) noxious humours, ulcers, etc.; (b) a corrosive medicine or application.

44. corrō̆sī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. & n.

Additional spellings: corrosive
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(a) Chemically corrosive; water corrosif, an acid; also fig.; (b) a chemically corroding substance, as an acid.

45. cotidiā̆n adj. & n.

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(a) Daily; also, continual, unceasing; (b) usual, habitual; ordinary, everyday.

46. crīse n.

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Med. The decisive point in the progress of a disease, the turning point for better or worse, crisis.

47. cristal n.

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(a) The transparent form of crystallized quartz, rock crystal; (b) some material resembling crystal; (c) fig. the clear part of the eye [see cristalline]; (d) in comparisons: bright as cristal, cler

48. cuppe n.

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(a) A drinking vessel; a bowl, goblet, cup, etc.; also, a receptacle for fruit or confections; (b) stonding cuppe, a cup with a foot or base; trussing cuppe, ?a cup or chalice for traveling; (c) a…

49. cūre n.(1)

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(a) Attention, heed; nimen cure, to pay attention; taken cure, pay attention (to sth.), be interested (in sth.); I do no cure, I do not care, I am indifferent; (b) fondness, liking, partiality…

50. dēceit(e n.

Additional spellings: deceite
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(a) Trickery, deceit, treachery; lying; (b) act of deceiving; a deception, stratagem, trick; a lie; (c) an ambush; (d) a fowler's snare or trap; some device to impede the passage of ships.

51. declināciǒun n.

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(a) A hanging downward; (b) deterioration, degeneration.

52. decorātī̆f adj.

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Med. & surg. Designed to remove or cover up blemishes, beautifying.

53. dēfenden v.

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(a) To fight in defense of (sth.), defend (sb.) by fighting; fight defensively; defenden from, defend against (sb.); (b) refl. to defend oneself; also, put up a fight; defenden ayen, defenden fro

54. dēfīen v.(2)

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(a) To digest (food, drink); carry on digestive processes; defien with teth, masticate; god to defien, beneficial to digestion; ppl. defiing, promoting digestion, digestible; (b) to be digested; (c)…

55. dēnīen v.

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(a) To deny (a fact, truth, or belief); deny the validity of (a doctrine or conclusion); refuse to believe in (sth.); also, express a denial; (b) to deny (an accusation); express a denial.

56. dē̆siccāciǒun n.

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(a) Med. Drying out, as by draining or treatment with a desiccative; (b) alch. removal of moisture by the application of heat, desiccation.

57. dīa- pref.

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Med. In names of pharmaceutical preparations, or drugs, usually indicating that the herb or the like which follows is the chief ingredient: (a) dia- bardich, some kind of drug; dia- borago, a drug…

58. dīaforē̆tic adj. & n.

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Med. (a) Capable of inducing or promoting perspiration; sudorific, diaphoretic; (b) a diaphoretic medicine.

59. dīǧesten v.

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(a) To digest (food, drink); carry on digestive processes; (b) to make (one's stomach) digest; (c) of wine: to cause (food) to be digested; (d) of plants: to transform and assimilate (fluids).

60. dīǧestī̆f adj. & n.

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As adj.: (a) med. able to break down pathological matter, humors, etc.; medecin digestif, a digestive medicine, a drug that prepares pathological matter for evacuation; (b) physiol. having to do with…

61. dīǧestiǒun n.

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(a) The digestion of food and drink; first digestioun, the digestive process carried on principally in the stomach and intestines; (b) the capacity for digesting food or drink; (c) digestibleness; of

62. dighten v.

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(a) To prepare (sth.), get ready for use; dig (a grave), tune (one's voice), polish (arrows, instruments), repair (equipment); (b) to ornament (sth.), adorn; dye (a cloth) [quot.St.Anne]; (c) to…

63. dīlacerāciǒun n.

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Med. A tearing asunder of the flesh, laceration.

64. dīlacerāte adj.

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Med. Of flesh, a wound: torn asunder, lacerated.

65. dī̆lā̆tāciǒun n.

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(a) Amplification in discourse; also, an amplified passage; (b) spreading abroad, propagation; (c) med. expansion, spreading out, enlargement.

66. discǒurs n.

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The faculty or process of reason, ratiocination; discours of resoun, the process of reason; maken discours, to employ reason.

67. dissolven v.

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(a) To break up or dissolve (a solid); dissolven to (into), reduce (a solid) to (a liquid), liquify; (b) of a solid: to break up or melt; of dew: evaporate; of a cloud: to break up, vanish; -- also…

68. distillen v.

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(a) To flow or fall in drops; trickle, drop; distillen fro(m, distillen out of, distillen of, distillen doun, distillen into, distillen on, distillen to; (b) to shed drops; distillen on; (c) refl.

69. distracten v.

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(a) To distract (sb., the mind, etc.); divert (sb. from an observance); distracten fro, distracten to; (b) ppl. distract, distracted; distracten aboute, absent-minded.

70. dī̆verten v.

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(a) To turn (in a certain direction); diverten aside; diverten fro, depart from (a place); fig. escape from, avoid (a fraud); diverten to, go to (a place); (b) to turn (sb.) away, repulse; avert (a…

71. drauen v.

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(a) To pull, tug, draw; pull in harness; (b) to pull (sb. or sth.), drag, tug at; pull up (a drawbridge); (c) to draw or withdraw (a part of the body); (d) to pull (a vehicle), tow (a ship), turn…

72. ēducciǒun n.

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(a) Deliverance (from prison); (b) med. the drawing out of 'humors' from the body.

73. ēductīble adj.

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Med. Permitting displacement or protrusion (of the intestines).

74. effect n.

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(a) Execution or completion (of an act); attainment or consummation (of a desire, an aim); fulfillment or realization (of a wish, a prayer, a dream); (b) comen to effect, achieve or attain to; produce…

75. effūsiǒun n.

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Emission or flow (of blood); effusioun of blood, the spilling of blood, bloodshed.

76. elevāciǒun n.

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(a) The act of rising; (b) astron. the altitude or angular height above the horizon.

77. embōte, -um n.

Additional spellings: embotum
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Med. A syringe or douche for introducing curative fumes or liquids.

78. emperīk adj.

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Med. Of a physician: belonging to the empirical school.

79. entenciǒun n.

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(a) Purpose, intention, or design; aim or object; final entencioun, ultimate purpose or goal; (b) of entencioun, on purpose, intentionally; of on entencioun, with fixed purpose; unanimously.

80. epatī̆k adj.

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Med. and anat. (a) Affected with disease of the liver; (b) epatik veine the basilic vein; = epatica n., sense 1.

81. ē̆quivoca adj. (plural)

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(a) Of words: varying or ambiguous in meaning; (b) med. of symptoms: ambiguous, not distinctive.

82. exālen v.

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Of the 'breath of life': to escape.

83. exclūden v.

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(a) To shut out or exclude (someone) from a place; to refuse admission (to a place); to banish (from a country); (b) to exclude or omit (from a list or series); excluden out; -- often with from or of

84. excocten v.

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Med.?Boil away, consume.

85. expellen v.

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(a) To drive out or away (an enemy, an invader); exorcise (the Devil); (b) to exile (a person from a town or country), to banish; to expel (from an organization); fig. to banish (someone from…

86. expē̆riment n.

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(a) The action or process of observing, investigating, testing; an observation, test, or trial; also, a discovery; express experiment, direct or actual observation; maken, usen, preven (an) experiment

87. expert ppl., adj. (and n.)

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Having (personal) experience (in or of something); experienced, wise through experience.

88. expīren v.

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(a) To breathe one's last, to die; (b) to breathe out (the soul) at the time of death.

89. expressiǒun n.

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The act of putting (something) into words; maken expressioun of, to tell or relate.

90. expulsen v.

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To expel or banish (sb.) from a country, city, etc.; to evict (sb.) from a monastery; -- with out of or from phrase.

91. extenūāciǒun n.

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Med. The process of making or becoming thin; reducing.

92. extenūāt ppl.

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Med. Made thin; emaciated.

93. fallāce adj.

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(a) Deceitful; fallacious, false; (b) med.?abnormal, improper.

94. fantō̆m, -um, -em n.

Additional spellings: fantum, fantem
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That which has only a seeming reality, permanence, or value; vanity (of the world, its riches, joys, etc.); also, any of the world's vanities.

95. fervent adj.

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(a) Hot, burning, fiery; fervent hete, burning heat; (b) fervent oil, hot oil; fervent water, scalding water; (c) fervent ground (lond).

96. ficāl adj. & n.

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Med. Of a skin eruption: fig-shaped, roundish.

97. fīcus n.

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Med. (a) Piles or hemorrhoids, involving fig-shaped growths or swellings in the anus or on the reproductive organs; (b) a hemorrhoid or cankerous growth.

98. fistūle, -ula n.

Additional spellings: fistula
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(a) A reed instrument, shepherd's pipe; (b) the drug cassia fistula.

99. fistūlǒus, -ōse adj.

Additional spellings: fistulose
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(a) Porous (stone); (b) med. like a fistula.

100. flok n.(2)

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A lock or tuft of wool; also, a tuft of cotton, etc.; pl. scraps trimmed from the fleece, refuse wool.