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21. 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……

22. 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……

23. 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.……

24. 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. …

25. drīe adj.(1)

207 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) Not humid, moist, or drenched; dry; (b) of land: not flooded or submerged; also, not wet or sodden; comen (driven) to drie lond, to come (drive) ashore; (c) not moistened or soaked; mid (with)……

26. 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. …

27. drīing ger.(1)

12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The act or process of drying; (b) phys. & med. desiccation, or the property of stimulating desiccation. …

28. drǒught(e n.

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

29. enǧendren v.

59 quotations in 9 senses
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Of progenitors: to beget or have (offspring); of offspring: to be begotten, born, or descended. …

30. ēquāten v.

9 quotations in 6 senses
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Phys. To make similar or the same in qualities; to balance or harmonize (the 'elements' or 'humors'). …

31. ē̆rthī adj.

17 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Belonging to man's physical and transitory existence on this earth; worldly; (b) terrestrial; (c) pert. to the earth in its astrological aspect. …

32. ē̆rthīnesse n.

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Phys. and biol. The properties characteristic of the 'element' earth. …

33. extrānē adj.

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Phys. Derived from without, i.e. not produced by the natural functioning of the body. …

34. fast adj.

81 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) Firmly fixed or secured (in place or position); (b) stable, enduring, invariable (state); sound (sleep); stubborn (disease). …

35. ficūlence n.

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Phys. Waste matter. …

36. 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. …

37. fīrī adj.

61 quotations in 4 senses
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Fiery, flaming, blazing; also fig.; firi levene or thonder, lightning. …

38. 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……

39. fọ̄n v.

104 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) To grasp or seize (something), take hold of, pick up; fon on, fonto; (b) fon armes, to take up arms, become a knight; fon rest, find rest; fon the cross, take the cross, go crusading; fon to……

40. 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. …

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