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441. dǒuerīe n.

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The life interest of a spouse or widow in a share of her husband's property [whether conferred at marriage by the husband or his family, by will, or by law], dower. …

442. dresser n.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A guide, director; (b) one who prepares, finishes, or dresses; -- as surname. …

443. dromǒun(d n.

Additional spellings: dromound
20 quotations in 1 sense
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A large, fast, sea-going vessel; a dromond. …

444. dubber n.

12 quotations in 1 sense
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A renovator of old cloth or clothing. …

445. dūetẹ̄ n.

67 quotations in 4 senses
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A tax, fee, rent, or service owing to (a) the Crown, a lord, a municipality; (b) the church, a religious house, an ecclesiastic; (c) a guild; paien duete, don duete. …

446. eglentēr, -iēr n.

Additional spellings: eglentier
7 quotations in 1 sense
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Any brier rose; specif., the sweetbrier; also, a spray of such a rose. …

447. ēgre fū n.

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

448. eire n.

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In phrases justice in eire, justice of eire, an itinerant judge who rides the circuit to hold court in different counties. …

449. eirond adj.

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Her. Of a fish: Upright (in pale) with the head at the top (in chief), as if rising to the surface for air; hauriant. …

450. ē̆lecciǒun n.

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The action of choosing; choice, free choice; selection. …

451. empanellen v.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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To enrol (a person) in a jury; to impanel. …

452. emparlen v.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Law To confer on the settlement of a dispute; hence, to obtain a delay at court for an amicable settlement between the parties. …

453. emparnour n.

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Law?One who furnishes surety; ?surety, mainprize. …

454. empēchen v.

33 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To cause to get stuck fast; (b) to run (a ship) aground. …

455. emplēden v.

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To sue (a person) in a court of justice; empleden bi accioun; -- (a) with obj.; (b) with obj. and of, for or upon phrase. …

456. empoverishement n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Impoverishment. …

457. encatisme n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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'Medicated bath in which patient is immersed up to navel' [Norri]. …

458. encenser n.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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A vessel in which incense is burned; a censer. …

459. enchēte n.

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Property falling by escheat to the lord of a fee. …

460. enchētes n. (plural)

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The escheated estates or the treasury of a sovereign. …

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