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1. antē̆me n.

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A musical composition based upon a scriptural text, sung in the Church Offices before each psalm and often repeated after the psalm, or after each verse of the psalm [see Karl Young, The Drama of the

2. chervel n.

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Chervil Anthriscus cerefolium, used as a pot-herb and in medicaments.

3. cǒuntǒur n.(1)

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(a) An accountant; esp., an official who oversees the collecting and auditing of taxes for a shire, a kingdom, etc.; (b) one who calculates, an arithmetician; (c) a pleader in court, a lawyer; (d) as…

4. phēnīcienes n. plural

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Phoenicians.

5. prō̆- pref.

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A common prefix in words derived from Latin or French; e.g., probleme, processionarie, progenitour, pronosticacioun, propugnacle, prosperite, provincial (nouns); profounde, prolixe, propicious,

6. psalmen v.

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To sing Psalms or songs, sing praise (to God) in Psalms; praise (sth.) with Psalms; psalmed writes, writings composed as Psalms, the Psalter.

7. quassāciǒun n.

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(a) Bruising, crushing; a bruise; (b) ?rejection, disqualification; ?suspension, dismissal.

8. rīnocephales n. plural

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Fire-breathing monsters.

9. rǒffe n.

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(a) A kind of saltwater fish, esp. a fish of the family Sparidae; (b) the fresh-water ruff Acerina cernua.

10. ruffīne adj.

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Reddish.

11. sai(e n.

Additional spellings: saie
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(a) An esteemed variety of woolen cloth, perh. rather heavy; ?also, a small piece of such cloth [quot.: ?c1475]; double sai, such cloth in two layers; worsted sai, a piece of worsted; (b) a curtain…

12. scā̆r(re n.(1)

Additional spellings: scarre
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(a) The scar of a wound or sore, cicatrix; (b) the scab produced by cautery; (c) a remnant of a morbid tumor or glandular condition, anything morbid that remains when such a condition has been…

13. scī̆asis n.

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The disease sciatica.

14. sē̆riǒus adj.

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(a) Arranged in sequence, continuous; (b) serious, earnest, resolute; also, as noun: seriousness, gravity.

15. sirō̆n n.

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A shoot, sprout.

16. spar n.(2)

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A kind of battle-ax.

17. stank n.

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(a) A pond, pool; a reservoir; a lake; also in fig. context [quot.: c1400]; stank hed, a dam or similar structure for controlling the water in a pond; stank medwe, a meadow in which there is a pond…

18. stiptik n.

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Med. (a) A medicine or medicinal ingredient which contracts bodily tissue, inhibits bleeding, etc.; (b) astringency, stypticity.

19. subincarnāciǒun n.

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= subcarnacioun n.

20. suggen v.

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To absorb (sth.).