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1. pit n.

200 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A natural or man-made depression in the ground, hole, pit, ditch; cave; also fig.; also, an open excavation from which some mineral product is obtained or in which some industrial process is…

2. prōnge n.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Agony, pain; an affliction; pronges of deth, death throes; wommanes pronge, the pain of childbirth; (b) a pointed instrument.

3. rabet n.(1)

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(a) The young of a rodent of the hare family (Oryctolagus cuniculus), a rabbit; nest of rabetes, a brood of rabbits; (b) a rabbit as an article of food; rabetes soukere, a sucking rabbit as food.

4. rak n.(2)

40 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A rack, esp. for kitchen use; framework; a bar for hanging pots, etc.; a roasting spit or a support for a spit; fir rak; (b) a framework or rack for holding fodder for livestock, manger; -- also…

5. rig-holt n.

Additional spellings: righolt
29 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A kind of wood, perh. oak, used in shipbuilding, construction, and cabinetry, prob. imported from the Baltic; pl. & coll.: boards of such wood; (b) in cpds.: rig-holt bolt, an arrow shaft made…

6. scọ̄pe n.(2)

34 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) An implement for drawing or taking up liquids, prob. usu. provided with a handle; a scoop; also fig.; (b) a scoop for use on a boat, usu. for bailing water; (c) a scoop used in the brewing…

7. scọ̄pen v.(2)

6 quotations in 1 sense
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To draw out with a scoop; draw out (water), scoop out, bail out; scopen oute.

8. scǒuren v.(2)

57 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To scour, polish; polish or scour (metal, a pot, etc.); furbish (armor); ?also, fig. of a day: be bright and clear [quot.: a1375]; scouren bright (clene, neue), make (sth.) bright (clean, new) by…

9. shafte-ēl(e n.

Additional spellings: shafteel, shafte-ele, shafteele
5 quotations in 1 sense
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A medium-sized eel; -- also coll.

10. shok n.

14 quotations in 2 senses
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A group of sheaves of grain placed on end and leaning against one another in order to dry, a shock, stook; (b) fig.

11. shǒut(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: shoute
17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A flat-bottomed boat, barge; (b) shout man, the master of a shoute; also, a sailor on a shoute; also as surname.

12. shrimpe n.

13 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The European shrimp (Crangon vulgaris); (b) a scaly monster, dragon; (c) a puny person.

13. shūr n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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A shed, lean-to.

14. sirō̆n n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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A shoot, sprout.

15. sive n.

52 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A strainer, sieve; also, a fishing net [cp. sein(e n.(a)]; (b) in cpds. & combs.: sive makere; clensing sive; here sive, q.v.; heren sive; malt sive; mele sive; (c) in prov. expressions; (d) a dry…

16. socāde n.

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A kind of sweetmeat, perh. candied fruit or sugar plums.

17. sparre n.

45 quotations in 1 sense
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(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…

18. sperling(e n.

Additional spellings: sperlinge
17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A fish of the family Clupeidae, esp. the sprat Clupea sprattus; ?also, a shoal of sprats [quot. ?a1500, 1st]; also, the pilchard Sardinia pilchardus; also, any small fish of the genus Merlangus

19. splatten v.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To split (a fish); cut up (an animal); also, slice (food); ppl. splat as adj.: split open; (b) ?to split (sb.) open, kill; ?error for speken v.

20. splent(e n.

Additional spellings: splente
38 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) One of the metal plates making up or reinforcing armor; also, ?one of a pair of armor pieces for protecting the lower part of the arm [quot. 1374]; splent of stele; (b) a slender piece of wood; a…