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1. nẹ̄dle n.

121 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A sewing needle; ?also, a pointed instrument, style [quot.: (c1392) 30/8]; seuinge nedle; (b) surg. any one of various kinds of needle used in surgical procedures, a surgical needle [not always……

2. pendaunt n.

48 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) The hanging end of a belt, girdle, or garter, often richly ornamented; also, the ornament itself; (b) a pendent ornament hanging from a poitrel or from a knight's accouterments; gore pendaunt, a……

3. trussen v.

110 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To pack, pack up; ?also, lade a ship, make ready to sail [last quot. & perh. 1st]; also, refl. pack oneself up, get oneself ready to go; (b) to apply a truss to the body. …

4. trussing(e ger.

Additional spellings: trussinge
36 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The act of packing, packing up; (b) trussing bed, a bed designed to be taken apart and packed for traveling, a portable bed; also, ?a trundle bed; trussing chalice (cuppe), ?a chalice (cup) for……

5. wā̆ter n.

710 quotations in 19 senses
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(a) Water as a naturally occurring element or substance; water as opposed to the other elements;—also pl.; wateres froren, the ice thought to surround the earth [quot. a1325] (b) precipitation;……

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