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1. bēm-fellen v.

Additional spellings: bemfellen
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Arch. To provide (a building) with bemfilling (q.v.).

2. bēm-filling ger.

Additional spellings: bemfilling
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Arch. The process of filling the spaces between the timbers of a building; also, the masonry or other structures or materials filling such spaces.

3. bench-tāblestōn n.

Additional spellings: benchtableston
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Arch. A stone used in laying a projecting horizontal course along the base of a building.

4. bǒutel n.

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Arch. A kind of molding.

5. cā̆sement n.

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Arch. A hollow molding.

6. cater num.

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(a) Four; (b) a four in dice; cateres, a double four; (c) Arch. a quatrefoil-shaped stone; cater mise, ?a quatrefoil window [second element may be mise n.(1), = AF mise n.. 'location, position']; (d)…

7. cintre n.

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Arch. The temporary wooden framework on which an arch or vault is constructed; a centering.

8. cǒurs n.

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Running (of man or beast); a run; riden a cours, make a run.

9. crē̆ste n.(1)

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(a) The crest of a bird or dragon; a tuft of feathers; the comb of a cock or hen; also, a mane; (b) the tail of a comet; the sun's rays at dawn.

10. crochet n.

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(a) A hook; (b) a staff with a hook at the end.

11. eǧeve n.

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Arch. A diagonal rib of an arch or vault, an ogive.

12. embouing ger.

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Arch. The vaulting or arches.

13. finiāl n.

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Arch. An ornament which forms the top of a buttress, pinnacle, spire, or the like; a decorative crown.

14. fīning ger.

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(a) Ending, death; (b) arch. the uppermost part of a pinnacle or spire; ?a finial.

15. ǧenelas n. plural

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Arch.?Cusps.

16. inbǒuen v.

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(a) To make (sb.) stoop, bring low; (b) ppl. inboued, crooked; (c) refl. to bend oneself, stoop; (d) inbouen ere, to turn or bend down (one's) ear, give ear, listen; (e) arch. of beams, etc…

17. inbǒuing ger.

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Arch. ?Trimming or hollow-molding timber for rafters, posts, and the like.

18. join-tāble n.

Additional spellings: jointable
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Arch. Pieces of stone fitted together to form a molding.

19. keie n.(1)

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(a) A key; lok and keie; also fig.; kinges keies, crowbars and hammers used to force locks or doors; (b) a representation of a key in a heraldic device; keie of rome, a key as a sign of Roman…

20. lās n.

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Cord made of braided or interwoven strands of silk, threads of gold, etc.; also, a length of such cord; also, the thread of life controlled by the Fates.

21. leǧement n.

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Arch. A horizontal band of stone molding in a wall, a stringcourse; also, one of the stones, or a series of stones, for a stringcourse; legement table.

22. leirn-stod n.

Additional spellings: leirnstod
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Arch. A king post.

23. lermer n.

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Arch. A projecting stone molding with a rounded upper surface, undercut to throw off water.

24. mōlding(e ger.

Additional spellings: moldinge
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(a) The act of kneading or baking bread; casting in a mold; (b) molding bord, a table or board on which bread is kneaded and shaped; molding trough, a vessel for mixing or kneading dough; (c) arch. mo…

25. nẹ̄dle n.

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(a) A sewing needle; ?also, a pointed instrument, style [quot.: (c1392) 30/8]; seuinge nedle; (b) surg. any one of various kinds of needle used in surgical procedures, a surgical needle [not always…

26. nẹ̄dling ger.

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Arch. The attachment of shoring to a structure by means of needle beams, needling.

27. nōde n.

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(a) Med. A knot or lump in the flesh or in a fleshy organ; (b) arch. a boss at the intersection of the ribs of a vault; (c) a bow or knot of cloth; -- sg. used for pl.; (d) ?in surname.

28. oǧif n.

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Arch. A stone for the diagonal rib of a vault.

29. overwei n.

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Arch. One of the squared beams used to form the upper edges of a wharf.

30. pendaunt n.

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(a) The hanging end of a belt, girdle, or garter, often richly ornamented; also, the ornament itself; (b) a pendent ornament hanging from a poitrel or from a knight's accouterments; gore pendaunt, a…

31. plā̆t(e n.

Additional spellings: plate
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(a) A flat piece of metal or other substance; esp. a sheet of metal, a metal plate or disk; (b) plat of bras (coper, gold, iren, led, silver); plat of lether (ston, tre); iren plat, an iron plate…

32. pointe n.(1)

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(a) A small dot marked on a surface; also, a punctuation mark, period; (b) a small hole; prick, puncture; the pointes of peines, ?the marks of Christ's wounds; (c) a spot of dirt; med. a round spot or…

33. principā̆l n.

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(a) Ruler, governor; also fig.; goddess of highest rank; overseer of a temple or religious community; also, commander [quot.: a1450(1408)]; (b) leading representative (of sb. or sth.), chief man…

34. purlin n.

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Arch. A longitudinal horizontal beam supporting the boards in the roof of a building, a purlin.

35. purpitle n.

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Arch. The pulpitum or broad stone choir-screen separating choir and nave.

36. quarrel n.(1)

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(a) A bolt for a crossbow, an arbalest, or a siege engine; a quarrel; (b) quarrel hed; quarrel shaft; quarrel gonne, a gun which fires a bolt like that of a crossbow; (c) arwes and quarreles,

37. rē̆nǧe n.(2)

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(a) A row (of words, people), a line; (b) a line of fighting men assembled for battle or a joust, a rank; also, fig. a group of saints in heaven; on o (on) renge, in one rank, in a group; upon o renge

38. respǒund(e n.

Additional spellings: respounde
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(a) A reply, an answer; (b) eccl. a series of verses and responses said or sung alternately by a soloist and a choir or congregation, a responsory; (c) arch. a semi-pillar attached to a wall to…

39. rē̆ster(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: restere
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(a) A person in contemplative life; (b) arch. a support under an arch in a trussed roof; also, ?a stone supporting a course of masonry [quot.: 1445; cp. cours restour, s.v. cours n.12.(b)]; (c) ?in…

40. return n.

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(a) An act of returning to a place or state, a return; also, retaliation; sauns return, without fail; (b) law the sending back of a writ or other document to a court with a report, a return; a report…

41. rin-rọ̄fes n. plural

Additional spellings: rinrofes
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Arch. ?Roofs covering outdoor pathways.

42. rīsing(e ger.

Additional spellings: risinge
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(a) The act of rising to one's feet, standing up; (b) the act of rising from sleep, getting out of bed; also, the act of awakening; rising shetes, ?bedsheets; (c) the act or fact of arising from the…

43. rọ̄te n.(4)

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(a) A root of a tree or other plant; the underground stock of a plant from which new shoots or leaves are periodically produced, a rhyzome, tuber; rote ne braunch; dokke rote [see also dokke n.1.(d)]…

44. rough(e adj.

Additional spellings: roughe
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(a) Having a surface containing projections or irregularities, uneven, not smooth; also fig.; (b) sharp-pointed; (c) of rock or stone: jagged, rugged; (d) of the cheeks: furrowed, wrinkled; (e) of…

45. rǒum n.(2)

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(a) Space, extension in two or three dimensions; (b) sufficient space, adequate room; also, space in a book; stonden in roum, to have room to assemble; (c) a particular portion of space, specific…

46. saile n.

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Arch. A projecting piece above and beneath a window.

47. sailen v.(2)

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(a) To dance, skip, leap about, perform acrobatic feats; also, hasten; (b) arch.: ppl. sailing, projecting; sailing pece, a projecting beam or structure.

48. scochǒun n.

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(a) An escutcheon; a depiction of a coat of arms; (b) a small escutcheon within a larger one, an inescutcheon; fals scochoun; (c) fig. as a symbol of power or virtue; (d) a badge; (e) a shield.

49. severī n.

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Arch. A compartment or bay of a vaulted ceiling.

50. severonne n.

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Arch. A gable coping, crest table; severonne table.

51. singulē̆r(e n.

Additional spellings: singulere
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(a) Gram. The singular form of a noun; also, the second person familiar [quot.: 1447]; also, ?the condition of being singular [2nd quot.]; (b) an individual person; ?also, a monk or nun [quot…

52. singulē̆r(e adj.

Additional spellings: singulere
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(a) Pertaining or belonging to oneself; private, personal; selfish; singuler availe (biyete, profite, etc.), personal or selfish gain; singuler preiere, a prayer formulated by an individual or a…

53. skeu n.(2)

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Arch. (a) Beveled stone used to form the slope of a gable coping, the offset of a buttress, etc.; a piece of such stone, a skew; skeu scapeled; (b) in cpds. & combs.: skeu assheler, squared, hewed…

54. sǒulās n.

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Arch. A strut or brace used to support a collar-beam tying together a set of rafters.

55. sǒurs n.

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(a) The place of origin of a river; the fountainhead of a spring; (b) the cause of or reason for an emotion, a situation, condition, etc.; also, the origin or source of something [quot. a1425]; (c)…

56. spāce n.

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(a) An interval or a span of time elapsing between two specified points, events, etc.; (b) the amount or extent of time comprised by or contained within a specified period; -- often with gen. or of ph…

57. spandre n.

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Arch. A space between supporting timbers in a brace.

58. tāble n.

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(a) A small, portable writing tablet made from a slab of wood or other hard material, often covered with wax in which the characters are incised; pl. a set of tablets, usu. tied or hinged together, a…

59. tāblement n.

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(a) A retable; (b) arch. a horizontal section of a structure: a cornice, stringcourse; a tier in a foundation; also, the roof of a ship's superstructure.

60. trussen v.

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(a) To pack, pack up; ?also, lade a ship, make ready to sail [last quot. & perh. 1st]; also, refl. pack oneself up, get oneself ready to go; (b) to apply a truss to the body.

61. trussing(e ger.

Additional spellings: trussinge
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(a) The act of packing, packing up; (b) trussing bed, a bed designed to be taken apart and packed for traveling, a portable bed; also, ?a trundle bed; trussing chalice (cuppe), ?a chalice (cup) for…

62. tush n.

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(a) A long pointed tooth often protruding beyond the mouth of an animal, a tusk;—used chiefly of the boar; also, a tooth of a calf, horse, etc., prob. one of the canine teeth; (b) a tusklike tooth of…

63. vent n.(1)

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(a) = fente n. (a); (b) arch. an embrasure in a battlement, a crenel; ventes crest, prob. the stone finishing at the base of a crenel; (c) as surname and place name.

64. vǒusing n.

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Arch. Internal arched or vaulted work, vaulting.

65. vousǒur n.

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Arch. (a) A stone shaped for building a vault or an arch, a wedge-shaped stone;—also coll.; (b) an arched ceiling or other vaulted structure [1st quot.]; also, ?coll. vaulting, vault work, arches.

66. wal n.(1)

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(a) An upright enclosing structure, usu. constructed of stone, brick, etc., serving to bound or demarcate the limits of a town, castle with its outbuildings, monastery, etc.; also, a high, relatively…

67. wā̆ter n.

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(a) Water as a naturally occurring element or substance; water as opposed to the other elements;—also pl.; wateres froren, the ice thought to surround the earth [quot. a1325] (b) precipitation;…

68. wīnd n.

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(a) The perceptible motion of air over the surface of the earth; a specific instance of such motion of air; also in fig. context; wind side (half), the side from which the wind is blowing; wind

69. wī̆nd-barǧe n.

Additional spellings: windbarge
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Arch. A piece of timber or stone prob. covering the joint between the gable edge and the roof and serving as protection from the wind, a bargeboard.

70. wīnding(e ger.(1)

Additional spellings: windinge
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(a) A turn, curve, change in direction; also, the meandering course of a river; winding abouten, revolution (b) ?a cartwheel; winding bond, ?the rim of a cartwheel; (c) the knee as the point at which…