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1. actī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. as n.

Additional spellings: active
11 quotations in 4 senses
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A person who is active in a cause.

2. adustiǒun n.

14 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Treatment with heat or burning, calcination of a substance; (b) surg. cauterization; (c) phys. the corruption of bodily humors, ulcers, etc., by heat; the process by which humors, etc., become adu

3. attempra(u)nce n.

Additional spellings: attempraunce
26 quotations in 3 senses
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The observance of proper measure or the 'golden mean'; moderation, temperateness.

4. bēm n.

133 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) A tree [cp. fike bem, note bem, etc.]; (b) the Cross; bote of bem, relief from suffering or misfortune; (c) bem of cloud, a pillar of cloud; (d) a specific kind of tree, probably one or more…

5. bō̆dī n.

336 quotations in 14 senses
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(a) The whole physical frame of a living being; physique, body; bodi-lich, body [cp. līch body]; assaien bodi, test (one's) physique or physical prowess; (b) build, stature, figure; (c) bodi and

6. cōld n.

79 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Coldness of atmosphere, season, climate, or habitat; in hot and cold, at all times, always; neither in hot ne cold, never; (b) a cold spell of weather; (c) coldness of an object, esp. as felt.

7. cōldnesse n.

24 quotations in 3 senses
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Coldness (of air, climate, an object); actual coldnesse.

8. conjuncciǒun n.

31 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The act or process of joining, combining, or uniting two or more things; the fact of being joined or united, a union; (b) sexual union or intercourse; (c) a juncture or joint.

9. dispōsiciǒun n.

107 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Preparation, planning, arranging; also, a plan or arrangement; taken disposicioun, to make arrangements; (b) construction or execution according to a plan; building (of a city); structure (of the…

10. dissenciǒun n.

32 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Disagreement in sentiment or opinion; esp., overt dissension, quarreling, civil strife; maken (meven, setten)dissencioun; fallen at (upon) dissencioun, to start to quarrel; (b) a disagreement…

11. drast n.

46 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Dregs, lees; sediment, scum; -- usually pl.; (b) the refuse of grapes after the juice has been pressed out; drastes of honi, wax; (c) dirt, refuse; also, garbage (?or mast) fed to hogs; (d) fig.

12. drīe n.(1)

29 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Dry or clear weather; in wet and drie, in all kinds of weather, rain or shine; also, the dry heat of the sun, dryness, drought; (b) dry land, land (as opposed to sea); (c) dead wood.

13. drīenes(se n.

Additional spellings: drienesse
46 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The state of being dry or dried out; (b) dryness of weather, drought; (c) dry land (as opposed to sea); (d) desert; (e) dead wood.

14. drǒught(e n.

Additional spellings: droughte
35 quotations in 4 senses
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Dry weather or season; a dry spell; drought.

15. ē̆rthīnesse n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Phys. and biol. The properties characteristic of the 'element' earth.

16. ficūlence n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Phys. Waste matter.

17. fīr n.

283 quotations in 16 senses
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(a) Fire as a physical phenomenon;--without article; (b) the fire of hell; helle-fir, eche fir.

18. flọ̄r n.

56 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) The floor of a room or building; i(n the flor, on the floor, to the floor; bar flor, paved flor, etc.; bour flor, dortour flor, temple flor, etc.; the bottom of a coffin [quot.: c1250]; (b) flor

19. formāciǒun, -tiōn n.

Additional spellings: formation
7 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Act of creating or making, creation, production; (b) fig. creator.

20. grẹ̄ n.(1)

91 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A step in a stairway or flight of steps; also, a flight of steps; song (canticle) of gres, one of the Gradual Psalms; gre bi gre, from gre to gre, step by step; (b) a rung of a ladder; also fig.