Contortion, twisting; distortion; also, pathol. a disorder characterized by contortion and twisting. …

(a) Transgression or violation of civil law, a set of regulations, etc. punishable by civil authorities, officers of an organization, etc., criminal misconduct, illegal activity; wrongful behavior……

(a) Disobedient; unwilling to subject oneself to a higher authority, law, rule, etc., not submissive; of a patient: unwilling to undergo or persist in medical treatment; ?also, as noun: one who is……

(a) Severe, grievous; fierce; pathol. virulent, serious; (b) intense, powerful, awesome. …

(a) A fabric headdress, usually covering the forehead and the sides and back of the head and hanging down to the shoulders or below;—worn chiefly by women; also, a cloth worn to conceal the face or……

Having foxlike characteristics; lepre vulpin, pathol. one of the four forms of leprosy. …

(a) Made from the type of wood known as warre [see warre n. (c)]; (b) pathol. of veins: abnormally swollen or knotted. …

(a) The act or process of cleansing something in or with water or some detergent liquid; washing bolle (tubbe), a wash basin (wash tub); washing stok, a trough or tub for washing; washing ston, a……

(a) Woven fabric; a piece of woven fabric; also fig. & in fig. context; web bem, q.v.; web garn (threde), weaver’s yarn (thread); web lome, q.v.; web werk, the activity of weaving; spunne web, ?spun……

(a) An established road, a main thoroughfare, highway; a principal road between cities; a city street; also, the surface of a road, roadbed; brod wei; commune (private) wei; pleine wei, level roadway……

(a) The action or process of ascertaining the weight of an object, a commodity, etc.; ?also, a balance; weiing scales, a balance (b) a weight, sum, an amount; (c) fig. estimation, appraisal,……

(a) A material defect or spot; also fig. [quot. c1400 Bk.Mother]; also, an imperfection; withouten wem; (b) error; mistake, flaw; also, infringement [quot. a1387]; withouten wem. …

(a) To shed tears, weep, sob aloud, cry; also fig.; of an infant: cry instinctively, wail, squall; of Christ: weep as a sign of his humanity; wepen with eien; al wepinge, weeping copiously; bresten……

(a) Pathol. An eruption of the skin, a pimple, pustule; also, the head of a boil or abscess; pl. pustules; also, a rash; the rash, hives, inflammation, etc. resulting from the sting or bite of an……

(a) The color white, white as the color opposite to black; also, a pale or whitish color; also, whiteness, whiteness as the opposite of blackness; her. ?the color argent; bright (shininge) whit, a……

(a) Of a substance, structure, an object: white in color; whitish, pale-colored, light-colored; of the moon, a star: silvery-white; of a book or register: bound in a white or light-colored binding; of……

(a) The quality of whiteness; the condition of being white; the color white, a white color; also, an off-white or whitish color, the white or whitish color (of teeth, hair, a bodily fluid, morbid……

(a) A dragon or dragonlike creature (b) a serpent, snake; also fig.; also, a sacred serpent serving as an object of cult worship, a temple snake [1st quot.]; one of the serpents of Greek or Roman……

(a) Twisting, turning; also [2nd quot.], ?turning in a certain direction, proceeding; ?error for westringe ger (b) the action of pulling something forcibly; also, the action of attempting to grasp……

(a) Of an animal: to dig in the earth with its snout, root around; wroten in, Fig. of a military formation: attack in a wedge (b) of a worm: to slither about, wriggle; (c) of a person: to dig, work……