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Þ þ (thorn)
Ð ð (eth)
Ʒ ʒ (yogh)
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1.
alowes
n. (plural)
3 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Roulades (of beef, mutton, etc.).
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2.
babel
n.(1)
10 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) A trinket, knick-knack, toy; a trifle, bauble; (b) a jester's scepter.
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bās
n.(3)
2 quotations in 1 sense
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The game of prisoner's base.
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4.
basket
n.
26 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A container made of withes, splints, rushes, etc.; wicker basket, hamper, etc.; (b) a basketful; (c) as a name.
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5.
bunne
n.
4 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A wheat cake of some kind, a bun.
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6.
embreuen
v.
6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To stain, soil, dirty; (b) to soak, steep.
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7.
fīlǒur
n.(1)
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A contrivance (?a vice) for holding an implement or weapon that is being sharpened; ?also, a sharpener.
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8.
fīlǒur
n.(2)
1 quotation in 1 sense
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A rope-walk or a wire-drawer's workshop.
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9.
plē̆chen
v.
4 quotations in 1 sense
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To layer; propagate (a plant or shoot) by layering, pleach.
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10.
proinen
v.
15 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of a bird: to trim the feathers with the beak, preen; -- often refl.; (b) ?to trim the feathers of (a bird); (c)
refl.
of a person: to dress or groom oneself carefully, preen, prink;
fig.
his
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