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21. bleshen v.

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(a) To put out (a fire); of a fire: go out; (b) to wipe out (sin). …

22. blēt adj. & n.

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(a) Bare (boughs); (b) bareness, lack of cover. …

23. blī-gẹ̄ter n.

Additional spellings: bligeter
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A lead founder. …

24. blōk n.

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An enclosed space. …

25. blok(ke n.

Additional spellings: blokke
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(a) A large piece of wood, a block; also fig. or (as a type of something inert) in quasi-proverbial comparisons; blok bord, rough, unpolished board; also, specifically: (b) the executioner's block……

26. blōt adj.(2)

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Bare, desolate. …

27. bobel n.

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A bubble. …

28. boi(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: boie
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(a) A buoy; (b) boi rop, the rope for fastening a buoy to its anchor. …

29. bọ̄ing ger.

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Naut. Planking used to increase the height of the gunwale; -- pl. only. …

30. bōle n.(1)

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(a) A bull; fre bole, a bull free to roam with the herd [see Homans Eng.Villagers 61-3]; (b) a steer or bullock. …

31. bolken v.

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(a) To belch; retch, vomit; vomit (sth.); (b) to cast forth (sth.), cast up; pour out (one's blood), bleed to death; of a garner: spill over, be full to bursting. …

32. bǒndel n.

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A bundle or pack; a bunch (of figs, grapes); a bale (of skins); a raft (of logs). …

33. bou(e-līne n.

Additional spellings: bouline, boue-line, boueline
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Naut. Bowline. …

34. bǒuken v.

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To soak (sth.) in a lye solution for the purpose of cleaning and bleaching, buck (clothing, thread, etc.); fig. cleanse. …

35. bǒus n.

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Intoxicating drink. …

36. bǒusen v.

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To drink, booze. …

37. Brabander n.

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A native or inhabitant of Brabant. …

38. brāke n.(1)

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An implement for crushing or pounding: (a) a (flax) brake; (b) a pestle; (c) a mallet or cudgel; lether brake. …

39. brekke n.

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A flaw of some kind; ?a wrinkle. …

40. brike n.(1)

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(a) Brick as building material; (b) a brick; -- pl. often uninflected. …

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