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21. relaxen v.

16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To loosen (a bandage, compress, stitches), ease tension or pressure on (sth.); diminish (swelling), soften (hardness of a bodily part); relax (muscles), ease (rigidness in the body); (b) to…

22. relaxing ger.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A loosening of bandages or compresses; (b) pathol. a morbid loosening or slackening of tissues; relaxing of palpebres, drooping of the eyelids, ptosis adiposa.

23. relẹ̄f(e n.

Additional spellings: relefe
99 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) That which is left over or left behind, remains, remnants, residue; -- often pl.; also, a legacy, charitable bequest; also, dregs; relef of brucus, what the bruchus leaves; (b) rabble, ruins; (c)…

24. replēten v.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Med. & pathol. To fill (a wound) with new flesh, cause tissue to generate in (a wound); also, of humors, fat: fill or distend (part of the body); ppl. repleting as adj.: regenerative of tissue…

25. rīsen v.

422 quotations in 15 senses
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(a) To stand up, rise to one's feet from a sitting, kneeling, or reclining position; get up from table; of an animal: get to its feet; of a toad: rear up (from a crouching position); risen ayen

26. rosāt(e adj.

Additional spellings: rosate
7 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. Containing a distillate of rose petals; mel rosat [see also mel n.(1)(b)]; oile rosat, oil of roses, a medicinal oil made by steeping rose petals in olive oil [cp. oile rose (rosete), s.v. oil(e

27. scolkeren v.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Pathol. to alter the nature of (a humor) by unnatural heat.

28. scolk(e)ring ger.

Additional spellings: scolkering
2 quotations in 1 sense
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Pathol. Pathological alteration of a humor by unnatural heat, singeing, scorching.

29. scorklen v.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To singe (sb. or sth.), scorch; pathol. to alter the nature of (a humor) by unnatural heat; (b) to heat so as to parch (sb.).

30. scorklinge ger.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Singeing, scorching; pathol. pathological alteration of a humor by unnatural heat.

31. sharpnes(se n.

Additional spellings: sharpnesse
100 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Sharpness, keenness; also fig.; also, prickliness; (b) the sharp point of a spear, knife, etc.; the sharp edge of a sword, an ax, or a surgical instrument; the tapered end of an egg or the heart…

32. singulē̆r(e adj.

Additional spellings: singulere
90 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Pertaining or belonging to oneself; private, personal; selfish; singuler availe (biyete, profite, etc.), personal or selfish gain; singuler preiere, a prayer formulated by an individual or a…

33. spīce n.(2)

80 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A type or kind of person, flavor, etc.; (b) the human species; mannes spice, mankind; (c) a species of plant; a genus of animals, fish, trees, etc.; (d) med. & pathol. a type or variety of…

34. stẹ̄p(e adj.

Additional spellings: stepe
32 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) High, elevated; of a river or stream: running high; (b) of fighting men: strong, vigorous; of might: great; of the voice: loud; (c) of eyes: large, prominent; step oute, ?bulging, protuberant; (d)…

35. stǒning(e ger.(2)

Additional spellings: stoninge
25 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Astonishment, amazement; a state of amazement; (b) fear, consternation, dismay; a state of consternation, state of fear [2nd quot.]; (c) the disablement of mental faculties; a state of…

36. strǒuting(e ger.

Additional spellings: stroutinge
11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Dispute, strife, contention; (b) swelling, protruding; a swelling, protrusion; strouting oute; strouting of the navele, pathol. umbilical hernia; (c) proud or vain display of clothes; (d) walking…

37. superflū̆ence n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Overabundance; (b) immoderation; (c) pathol. mortification.

38. swei n.(1)

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Sound, noise, din; (b) pleasing sound, melody, song; (c) pathol. a ringing in the ears, tinnitus.

39. testūde n.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Pathol. A hard swelling on the head suggestive of a snail's or turtle's shell; (b) pathol. a soft and sometimes suppurating swelling on a part of the body; (c) a covered battering ram resembling a…

40. tọ̄̆brēken v.

182 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) To break up, break into pieces, shatter; of a ship: suffer shipwreck; also fig.; tobreken in peces; (b) to shatter (sth.), smash; cause (sth.) to be smashed; also, crush (sb.) [quot. c1275, 1st]…