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161. tossen v.

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To buffet (sb. or sth.) about, agitate, toss; also [1st quot.], sift or winnow (sth.);—used fig.

162. tọ̄̆tag(ge n.

Additional spellings: totagge
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Fig. An attendant circumstance that can obscure the nature of a sin; an attendant circumstance affecting the gravity of a sin.

163. toteren v.(1)

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(a) To sway to and fro; waver; (b) to rock (sb.) violently.

164. tọ̄̆witheren v.

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To whirl around with sufficient force to break apart; also, cause (a body) to break apart under the stress of centrifugal force, whirl to bits.

165. trash n.

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(a) Brush, fallen leaves, or twigs used as kindling, tinder [poss. confused with tach(e n.(2)]; (b) a rag, a tattered garment; ?also, an old worn-out shoe [cp. MnE dial. trash]; (c) coll. items of…

166. trillen v.(1)

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(a) Of tears, drops of blood: to flow, stream down; trillen doun (adoun); (b) to trail, hang down; trillen doun; (c) to turn (sth.); roll (sth.) on wheels; (d) of the tongue: to utter (sth.); (e) in…

167. tū̆lk(e n.

Additional spellings: tulke
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(a) A man; a soldier, fighting man; also used with ref. to God [quot. c1400(?c1380), 1st]; (b) as surname.

168. twingen v.

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To afflict (sb.), torment, oppress.

169. twinling(e n.

Additional spellings: twinlinge
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(a) One of two children born at a single birth, a twin; a pair of children or animal progeny born at a single birth, twins; twinling of men (wommen), a male (female) twin; twinling of notes or of

170. umbetrīn adv.

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Round about, around; ?set around, placed around.

171. waggen v.

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(a) To be in motion, esp. back and forth or up and down, shake, flutter, swing; also fig. with ref. to (e) [quots. a1387 & a1425]; of teeth: be loose; of a boat: rock with the waves; of flesh: wobble…

172. wamelen v.

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(a) To feel nausea; ?also, retch or vomit; ppl. wamling as adj.: producing or accompanied by nausea, nauseous; (b) wamelen and tumblen, to heave oneself about, roll around.

173. wandsǒm adj.

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As noun, in phrase: for wandsom, on account of being beset with difficulties, for distress or upset.

174. wāre n.(5)

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Suppurated matter, pus, ichor; ?also, ear wax [2nd quot.].

175. wāse n.

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(a) A bundle, bunch, or wisp, as of straw, pea plants, etc.; ?also, a clump of seaweed [glossing L alga; may belong to wose n.(2)]; ?also, flax [glossing L stuppa] (b) a torch; a bundle of straw…

176. weiknen v.

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To become feeble or deranged.

177. whin n.(1)

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(a) Common furze, gorse (Ulex europaeus); a gorse plant or clump; also, any of several similarly spiky plants; pl. a clump or quantity of gorse (b) whin bush (tre), a gorse plant or clump; whin

178. whirl-gig n.

Additional spellings: whirlgig
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(a) A child’s top, a whirligig; (b) ?a rotating device, perh. a treading wheel, used to wind things up into a tower.

179. wī̆ke n.(2)

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A corner of a part of the body; the wike of the eie; the thinne wikes, the temples; share wikes, ?the groin.

180. wing(e n.

Additional spellings: winge
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An organ of flight, usu. paired: (a) a wing of a creature whose sole or primary means of locomotion is flight (a bird, an insect, a bat, etc.);—occas. with sg. for pl.; also in fig. context; also, fig