(a) To scrape (sth.); also, shave (sb., somebody's crown); (b) to make erasures; erase (writing, a passage of writing, etc.); scrape (a page, book) clean; emend (a document) by erasure; rasen awei……

(a) Of a lion, wolf: standing on the hind legs, ramping; threatening; (b) her. of a lion, griffin: standing in profile on the left hind leg, rampant; (c) ravenous, ravening; fierce; roaring; --……

(a) The European sable (Martes zibellina); (b) the fur or pelt of the sable; (c) the color black; blak sable; blak as (blakker than) sable; (d) a black garment, black clothing, mourning clothes; (e) h……

(a) A red ocher used in making a vermilion coloring material; also, the color vermilion, red; (b) her. ?the tincture vert, green [the change in meaning from red to green prob. does not antedate the……

(a) A piece of timber used in building; a rafter, beam; a board; -- also coll.; firre sparre; hilinge of sparres, a roof; joininge of sparres, a roof or building; maister sparre, a main beam or……

(a) The sturgeon (Acipenser sturio); -- also coll.; ?also, another fish or aquatic animal [quot. ?c1475]; (b) cook. a sturgeon used as food; maken a sturgeoun, to prepare a sturgeon for the table; (c)……

(a) A fastening or coupling device, swivel; (b) her. a heraldic representation of a swivel; (c) an instrument used in veterinary surgery, perh. a gimlet. …