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1. derk adj.

137 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Of a room, the underworld, the grave, etc.: lacking illumination; dark, dusky, dismal; also fig.; (b) of the atmosphere, the weather, etc.: dark (night); lowering, threatening (clouds, weather)…

2. maid(e n. & adj.

Additional spellings: maide
116 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) An unmarried woman, usually young; wif or (nor) maid, wif other maid, maid or wif, maid widwe or wif, wif ne maid ne widwe; (b) a woman, as distinguished from a man; (c) a girl, a young girl; maid

3. right adj.

387 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) Straight, not crooked; right entraille (gut), the rectum; reule right, aligned straight as a ruler; (b) of a road, journey, etc.: direct; right wei, direct way, nearest way; (c) in fig. contexts…

4. west adj.

81 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Western, westerly; situated in the western regions, lying to the west, on the west side; west del (ende, half, part, etc.); west sterre, a star appearing in the western sky; bi west wei, in the…

5. western(e adj.

Additional spellings: westerne
22 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Located in or coming from the west, western; western wind, a wind blowing from the west, west wind; south western, q.v (b) of a person: native to western England; (c) astron. associated with the…

6. wē̆t adj.

150 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Consisting of moisture, flowing, fluid, wet, liquid;—freq. used pleonastically of liquid substances: wet se (teres), reines (teres, wateres, etc.) wet (b) full of moisture; of cheese: ?fresh;…

7. whīt adj.

655 quotations in 18 senses
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(a) Of a substance, structure, an object: white in color; whitish, pale-colored, light-colored; of the moon, a star: silvery-white; of a book or register: bound in a white or light-colored binding; of…