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42. ayẹ̄n-cǒmen v. (or phr.)
Additional spellings:
ayencomen
8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To come back (to a person or place), return; (b) of something lost: to be recovered, return; (c) to go toward, go to meet, to meet or encounter (sth.); ayen-comen to, to go to meet (sb.)……
43. bāke(n mēte, bāke-mēte phr. & n.
Additional spellings:
bake mete, bake-mete, bakemete
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Any dish baked in a shell of pastry, such as a meat pie, a tart, a custard.
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44. basket ful, basket-ful phr. & n.
Additional spellings:
basket-ful, basketful
6 quotations in 1 sense
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A basket full (of sth.), a basketful.
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46. bī cause, because phr. & adv.
Additional spellings:
because
18 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) By reason (of), on account (of), because (of); (b) for the sake (of); in order to prevent [quot. Malory].
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47. bī west(en phr., adv., and prep.
Additional spellings:
bi westen, biwest, biwesten
6 quotations in 1 sense
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In or to the west; west of (sth.); from bi west, from the west.
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48. blank-de-sorẹ̄ n. (from phr.)
Additional spellings:
blankdesore
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A dish of minced chicken or fish [see quots.].
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49. blaunk de Spain(e phr.
Additional spellings:
blaunk de Spaine
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50. blaunk plum(b phr.
51. bonking clōth phr.
1 quotation in 1 sense
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?A cloth for covering a pile or rick of grain; ?a cloth for winnowing grain.
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52. brank ursine phr.
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The acanthus (Acanthus mollis).
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53. brenning water phr.
3 quotations in 1 sense
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An alcoholic distillate, such as brandy.
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54. bro(u)ghtforth phr. as n.
Additional spellings:
broughtforth
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55. cepi corpus phr.
2 quotations in 1 sense
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Law The return of a sheriff who has arrested a person upon a capias.
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56. chele priem n. or phr.
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Coriander.
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58. chirche-wǒrk n. (& phr.)
Additional spellings:
chirchework
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(a) Construction or structure of a church; (b) repair or maintenance of a church or its furnishings, or a fund set aside for this purpose; -- sg. or pl.
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59. Cink Pors, Cink Portes phr.
Additional spellings:
Cink Portes
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The Cinque Ports (orig. the five seaports of Hastings, Sandwich, Dover, Romney, and Hythe, to which others were later added) on the south-east coast of England. [In return for extensive privileges……
60. codding tīme phr.
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The season for shelling peas.
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