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3701. Wandales n. plural

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The Vandals.

3702. Wandalicā̆lle adj.

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Pertaining to or involving the Vandals.

3703. Wandalinges n. plural

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= Wandales n. pl.

3704. warancīe n.

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?A guaranteed claim on a specific property, legal title.

3705. warantīsen v.

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(a) To protect (sb.), shield, keep safe (b) law to provide guarantee of title to property [quots. 1st & c1460 last]; guarantee (to sb.) the right to possess (sth.); guarantee (to sb., a church) the…

3706. ward(e n.

Additional spellings: warde
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(a) Keeping, care, custodial possession; safekeeping, storage; protection, preservation; maintenance; sauf ward [see also sauf adj. 6.(c)]; ward store, provisions, stores [prob. by reanalysis of warne

3707. ward-nā̆p(e n.

Additional spellings: wardnap, ward-nape, wardnape
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An apron; ?also, a protective mat or cloth placed under dishes, pots, etc. at table [1st quot.].

3708. wareine n.

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(a) A tract of land set aside for small game, usu. privileged by royal grant and used for breeding; kinges wareine, a royal hunting preserve; (b) the right to keep or hunt the animals in a warren.

3709. warnement n.

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?A garment; pl. equipment, gear, etc.

3710. warnen v.

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(a) To give notice of some existing circumstance or a past or coincident event, make something known (b) to inform (sb., sb. of sth.), notify, advise; (c) to announce (sth. to sb.), proclaim,…

3711. warnestōr(e n.

Additional spellings: warnestore
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(a) Provisions of foodstuffs, provender; ?also, the action of provisioning [1st quot.]; pl. stores, supplies; in warnestor, in storage, in stock, on hand [last quot.] (b) military supplies, including…

3712. waspail n.

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(a) Chaff and other matter remaining after threshing, used as fodder; (b) as surname.

3713. wā̆st(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: waste
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Uncultivated or uninhabited land; wilderness, desert; also, a tract of uncultivated, barren, or desolate land; ?also, a parcel of land left fallow or untended [quot. a1467].

3714. weif n.

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Law (a) Property, including livestock, app. ownerless and hence subject to seizure and forfeiture, abandoned goods; weif and strai (b) a piece of such property, a stray domestic animal; weifs and

3715. welcǒmen v.(2)

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(a) To be welcome;—also refl.; (b) ppl. welcomen, gladly received, welcome; also, opportunely arrived.

3716. wer(re n.

Additional spellings: werre
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(a) Large-scale military conflict between countries, peoples, rulers, etc. or between factions or forces within a single country, war, warfare;—also pl.; wer faringe, q.v.; open (pleine) wer, open…

3717. xilobalsamum n.

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Wood or bark of the balsam tree (Commiphora meccanensis or opobalsamum).

3718. yẹ̄en v.

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To address (sb.) as ‘ye’, address politely or formally.

3719. yere n.

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(a) A plant, probably Cuckoopint, otherwise known as 'Lords and ladies,' 'Wake-Robin,' etc. Arum maculatum; (b) peti yere, a wholly different plant, probably yarrow Achillea millefolium [see yarwe n.]…

3720. zeduār(e n.

Additional spellings: zeduare
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(a) A plant of the species Curcuma, esp. the long zedoary Curcuma zedoaria, or its root [= setewal(e n. 1.(a)]; (b) the plant valerian, whether Valeriana officinalis or other species, used medicinally…