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41. misellen v.

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To drizzle.

42. mop(pe n.

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(a) A fool, simpleton; a worthless person; (b) as adj.: foolish; (c) ?a derisive gesture; (d) a little child, baby; also, a doll; (e) as surname.

43. pet(e n.(1)

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?A cornel cherry; pet tre, cornel cherry tree.

44. pīk-wrōng n.

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A V-shaped floor-timber in the forepeak and afterpeak of a ship.

45. pǒupen v.

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To make a gulping sound while drinking; also, blow a horn; poupen in.

46. prīal n.

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?A kind of horizontal brail or an additional central parrel holding the belly of the sail to the mast; prial rop = prial [see Sandahl ME Sea Terms 3 70-78].

47. puttok n.

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Naut.?Some kind of cheek or cleat on a mast; puttok ring, ?a futtock ring.

48. saggen v.

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(a) To sink, be mired; (b) to sag, hang down unevenly; (c) ?to weaken; ?sink down.

49. shōre adj.

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Steep, sheer.

50. shǒvelen v.(2)

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To shuffle; shovelen (forth) with fete.

51. sloteren v.

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To make (sth.) dirty, bemire; also fig.

52. sobben v.

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(a) To sob as a result of sorrow or gladness; weep in contrition or as a result of spiritual fervor; sobben and sighen (wepen), sighen (wepen) and (or) sobben, etc.; (b) to weep (to have sth.); sobben

53. spurcate n.

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Naut. A kind of timber in a ship, prob. used to strengthen the frame; spurcate nail, a nail used to fasten such a timber.

54. stul(le n.

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(a) A large piece or chunk of food; (b) in surnames.

55. swirlen v.

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To eddy, swirl.

56. tā̆lmen v.

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(a) Of a person: to be overcome, faint; of the heart: weaken, become exhausted; (b) of the tongue: to falter when singing; (c) ?to exhaust (sb.), weary; ?refl. to grow tired.

57. tik n.

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A light touch, tap; also, a blow in combat.

58. tiken v.

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To touch or pat a person as part of a game, dally frivolously.

59. tinklen v.

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(a) To have a sensation of slight stings or pricks; of the ears: have a sensation of ringing; (b) of a cymbal: to tinkle, ring lightly; tinklen up, of a drum: resound.

60. toi(e n.

Additional spellings: toie
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A trifle, trifling thing; a sportive act; a jest.