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41. brīne n.(2)

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(a) Salt water, brine; (b) setten in brine, to make (land) salty (hence barren); lond of brine, a desert. …

42. budde n.

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(a) A bud (of a flower or spray); also, a fresh shoot or spray, the first stage in the development of fruit (as of grapes); (b) a seed pod. …

43. bught n.

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(a) A bend or curve; loop (of thread or yarn); fold (of cloth); loop (in a dragon's tail); (b) a hollow or curve in the body; bught of the arm, the angle of the elbow; bught of the kne (leg), the……

44. buil n.

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A curved handle. …

45. buk-horn n.

Additional spellings: bukhorn
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Cured fish (?whiting), stockfish [see OD buckhorn]. …

46. bulchin n.

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Bull-calf, bullock. …

47. bulwerk n.

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(a) A fortification outside a city wall or gate; a rampart, barricade; (b) fig. a bulwark, a source of strength. …

48. bunge n.

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The bung (of a cask, barrel). …

49. burgh-ma(i)ster n.

Additional spellings: burghmaister, burgh-master, burghmaster
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A member of the governing body of a Dutch or North German town, a burgess. …

50. bush n.(1)

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(a) A woods, grove; thicket, underbrush; bank and bush, hill and (wooded) dale; under the bush, in (the shelter of) the woods; (b) rank growth. …

51. butte n.(4)

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(a) The end of a spear or pike opposite the head, butt; (b) naut.?the end of a plank in a ship's side; ?also, one of the planks. …

52. but(te n.(5)

Additional spellings: butte
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(a) A fish of the family Pleuronectidae, a flounder; (b) but tourte, a torte or pie containing this fish; -- used as personal name. …

53. cakelen v.

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(a) Of a fowl: to cackle, cluck, quack; of other birds: chatter, etc.; cakelen it out, make it known by cackling; (b) to talk volubly or foolishly, chatter, gossip; tell (sth.) in idle chatter or……

54. cant adj.

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(a) Bold, brave, fierce; cant and kene; (b) harsh, cruel. …

55. cavel n.

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(a) The drawing of lots or a lot so drawn; casten cavel(es, draw lots; cavel fell, the lot fell (upon sb.); (b) a splinter or fragment. …

56. clam adj.

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Viscous, sticky; muddy, miry; also fig. …

57. clamp n.

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(a) [cp. crampe n.(2)] A clamp or brace; clamp clout, ?a piece of iron used as a brace or clamp; (b) at a clamp, ?all at once; (c) [cp. crampe n.(1)] pang, twinge. …

58. clank n.

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clank knoll, the name of a bell. …

59. clap-holt n.

Additional spellings: clapholt
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Small boards of split oak, board cut to make barrel staves. …

60. clateren v.

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(a) To clatter, rattle; resound loudly; (b) to break or fall with loud noise; be shattered, crash; (b) to beat (sth.), batter. …

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