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1. annulet n.

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(a) a small ring; (b) Med. and anat. the 'cartilage of the windpipe' [Norri]; (c) her. a cadency mark in the shape of a ring. …

2. arǧent n. & adj.

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(a) Silver, silver coin; cash (specifying a cash price as opposed to a discounted price or price paid in installments); (b) her. silver-colored, silver-gilt; (c) vif argent, argent vif, [L argentum……

3. armen v.

116 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To equip oneself with weapons and armor, to arm oneself; don armen, leten armen, to cause (sb.) to arm himself, to have (oneself) armed; (b) refl. to put on one's battle gear, arm oneself; to……

4. armes n. (plural)

183 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) The weapons of a warrior; also, defensive arms and armor; (b) in sg.: a weapon; (c) the tusks of a boar; (d) means of spiritual attack or defence; armes of penaunce, Godes armes, etc. …

5. ā̆sūr n.(1) & adj.

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The blue stone lapis lazuli; enamel made of powdered lapis lazuli. …

6. barre n.

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(a) A barrier, obstruction, or barricade, esp. outside the gate of a walled city or castle; also, the gate itself; -- often pl.; (b) in names: gate (of a walled city). …

7. barren v.

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(a) To secure (a gate, a door) with bars or a bolt; to bar, block, or bolt; barren to; (b) to lock (a room); (c) to lock (sb.) up. …

8. barri adj.

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(a) Cook. Decorated with strips of metal foil; (b) Her. divided equally by horizontal stripes of two alternating colors; also as noun: blazon so constituted. …

9. bastǒun n.

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(a) A walking stick, staff; (b) fig. a blow with such a stick. …

10. batalẹ̄, bataly ppl.

Additional spellings: bataly
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Her. Having a crenelated edge. …

11. bē̆nd(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: bende
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(a) A fetter, shackle, chain; also fig.; (b) a band or strap of metal, a hoop, clamp, fastening; (c) a circlet or fillet to confine the hair; (d) a cord for tying or fastening; a bandage, rope, withy……

12. bē̆ndẹ̄ adj.

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(a) Ornamented with bands or stripes; (b) her. having a diagonal stripe, bendy. …

13. bendē̆l n.

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(a) A narrow bandage; (b) an ornamental band or stripe; (c) her. a narrow diagonal stripe, a bendlet; (d) a cord or shackle. …

14. berlẹ̄ adj.

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Her. Traversed by narrow horizontal stripes, barruly. …

15. besauntẹ̄ adj.

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Her. Strewn with gold disks or bezants; besaunte (of) gold. …

16. billetẹ̄ ppl.

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Her. Strewn with 'billets' (small rectangular figures); billetty. …

17. bleu adj.

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(a) Blue; esp., sky-blue, azure; (b) blue-violet, hyacinthine; deep blue-purple, indigo-blue; dark; as bleu as inde; (c) bleu purpre, bleu violet, bright bleu, dep bleu, inde bleu, violet bleu; (d) as……

18. bō̆rdūre n.

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(a) Edge, side, brink, margin; boundary (of a city or country); (b) a district lying along the boundary of a country, a border region; (c) an ornamental border along the edge of a dish, garment……

19. bǒttonẹ̄ adj.

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Her. Of a cross or crosslet: having each arm ending in a trefoil, botonée. …

20. bǒuche n.(2)

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(a) A leather bag; (b) her. representation of two bags hung from a yoke, a bouget. …

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