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1. abrotāne n.

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Southernwood (Artemisia abrotanum).

2. alisa(u)ndre, -er n.

Additional spellings: alisaundre, alisander, alisaunder
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(a) Alexanders, horse parsley (Smyrnium olusatrum); (b) alisandre more, alisandre rot; alisandre sed.

3. almes(se n.

Additional spellings: almesse
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(a) Anything given to relieve those in poverty or distress, any charitable gift or offering, alms; an allotment of alms; eten almes, be dependent on alms; gan on almes, liven bi, of almes, live on…

4. amatist(e n.

Additional spellings: amatiste
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Amethyst; amatist colour, amatist ston.

5. amidǒun n.

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Crushed hulled wheat; grits, starch.

6. ancipiter n.

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A bird of prey.

7. artetīk, -ica adj. & n.

Additional spellings: artetica, arthetica, arthretica, aretica
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Arthritic, rheumatic; arthritis, rheumatism; goute artetik, arthritis, gout.

8. bothor n.

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A kind of small pustule; in pl.: small gatherings of pus under the skin having some resemblance to a cluster of grapes.

9. bravie n.

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A prize or reward.

10. burestes n.

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An insect that causes a disease of cattle.

11. cāde n.(1)

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(a) A jar or cask; (b) a cask or barrel used for herring or other fish; a cask full of herring, etc.; also, as a measure of volume or number.

12. caladrie n.

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A Scriptural bird.

13. card(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: carde
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(a) A comb-like instrument used in arranging the fibers of wool, etc., for spinning; a wool card; also, the same instrument used (illegally) to raise the nap on cloth [quot.: 1464]; (b) card maker, a…

14. celidoine n.(1)

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The greater celandine (Chelidonium majus); also, any of its parts used medicinally.

15. cepǒus adj.

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Resembling tallow in color, consistency, or appearance.

16. cercelle n.

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A teal duck.

17. citōnie n.

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The quince Cydonia oblonga.

18. ?civeria n. ?pl.

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?Meal; ?dish.

19. cocodril n.

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Crocodile (any reptile of the genus Crocodilus).

20. collibie n.

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Something given into the bargain, a premium.

21. coloquint(ide n.

Additional spellings: coloquintide
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The plant colocynth (Citrullus colocynthis) or its fruit or pith.

22. cretik adj.

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(a) Med. Of a disease: at the turning point for better or worse, at the crisis; (b) as noun: bi wei of cretik, at the critical or decisive stage, at the crisis.

23. cunel n.

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A garden herb of the mint family: marjoram, thyme, or savory.

24. dē̆fāmāciǒun n.

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(a) Disgrace, dishonor, ill repute, scandal; (b) calumny, slander, defamation.

25. dēmacerāciǒun n.

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Wasting of tissues, emaciation.

26. demigraine n.

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A severe ache on one side of the head, migraine.

27. derbes n. plural

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A pustular eruption of the skin that spreads, serpigo.

28. diker n.

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(a) A measure or lot of ten; esp., of hides or skins; (b) ?in place name [see Smith PNElem. 1.133].

29. Dinastīnes n. plural

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Kings, rulers (of Egypt).

30. distillaciǒun n.

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(a) Shedding, falling in drops; (b) application by drops, dripping; (c) distillation; vaporization; (d) a distillate.

31. ditain(e n.

Additional spellings: ditaine
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(a) One of two medicinal plants: dittany of Crete (Origanum dictamnus) and/or white dittany (Dictamnus albus); (b) lesse ditain, costmary (Chrysanthemum balsamita).

32. dracọ̄nitīdis n.

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A precious stone.

33. dragaunt n.

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(a) The gum tragacanth; muscilage dragaunt; (b) some kind of vitriol; calcantum dragaunt, vitriol dragaunt.

34. dromede n.

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A dromedary.

35. dūāl n.

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An incisor tooth, prob. a central incisor.

36. ducciǒun n.

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Math. Multiplication.

37. Ēbrēī, Ēbreies n. plural

Additional spellings: Ebreies
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Jews of Biblical times, Hebrews; also attrib.

38. Ēbreu adj.

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Of or pertaining to the Jews of Biblical times or their language, Hebrew.

39. emigraine, -grāne n.

Additional spellings: emigrane
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A severe headache, orig. one affecting one side only.

40. enquēren, -ien v.

Additional spellings: enquerien
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(a) To ask (a question, or questions), to ask for (specific information);--often with of phr. of the person questioned; (b) enqueren after, of, upon, to ask about (someone or something); ben enquering

41. expressen v.

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(a) To put (something) into words, to describe or set forth; to state, declare, or report; to relate (events), to tell (a story); expressen trouth, give a true account, tell the truth; (b) to give…

42. fībre n. plural

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The ends or lobes of the liver.

43. galactīles n.

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A precious stone, ?nitrate of lime.

44. galilẹ̄ n.

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(a) A small chapel near the entrance of a church; a porch or open gallery; (b) Galilean, as a name for Jesus; (c) a Galilean, as applied to Christ's followers, a Christian; (d) ?the Milky Way [?error…

45. garnet n.

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A type of hinge shaped like a horizontal T; double garnet, ?a garnet hinge somehow doubled in form. [See also almerie garnet, out garnet, and peue garnet (s.v. peue n.(1)).]

46. gāte n.(3)

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A deep bowl.

47. ǧipseǒus adj.

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Hardened like gypsum, calcified.

48. gliciride n.

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The plant licorice Glycyrrhiza glabra; also, its dried root.

49. globọ̄se adj.

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Large and formless, amorphous; ?lumpy.

50. gorgonza n.

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Some precious or semi-precious stone.

51. grī̆p(e n.(3)

Additional spellings: gripe
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(a) The fabulous beast griffin; (b) a representation of the griffin in heraldry, ornamentation; grip fot, a figure of the griffin's claw as decoration for the base of a vessel; (c) a vulture; (d)…

52. grǒume n.

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?Mire, slime, filth.

53. gule n.

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In phr. gule of August, Lammas Day, August 1.

54. heremī̆t(e n.

Additional spellings: heremite
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(a) A man who, from religious motives, lives in relative solitude; a male Christian recluse, a hermit; (b) holi heremit, a pious hermit; (c) a false hermit; one who has not renounced human society, or…

55. hermofrodīte n.

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(a) A hermaphrodite; (b) fig. one who improperly occupies two offices.

56. hiēna n.

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A precious stone produced by the hyena.

57. hiēne n.

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The hyena.

58. hūmefactī̆ve n.

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Med. A medicine which increases moisture, a diluent.

59. ibulumus n.

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?The gum of the white plum tree.

60. īconomī(e n.

Additional spellings: iconomie
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The management of economic affairs, housekeeping.

61. iderus n.

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A swelling in the body filled with a watery fluid.

62. ī̆dō̆latrī(e n.

Additional spellings: idolatrie
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(a) The worship of man-made statues, paintings, or other objects; idolatry; also, the personification of idolatry; don idolatri, to practice idolatry; (b) an idolatrous religion or cult [sometimes…

63. idroforbia n.

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Hydrophobia.

64. idroforbicus n.

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One suffering from hydrophobia.

65. incuned ppl.

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Fastened in, fixed.

66. incuniāte adj.

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Fastened in, fixed.

67. infēriāl adj.

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Lower, nether, low-lying.

68. insanien v.

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To change (bodily matter) into pus.

69. inscīden v.

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Med. To dissolve (viscid or thick humors), disperse.

70. intermediāte adj.

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Which is between, intervening.

71. intrātīve adj.

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Of a medicine:?entering, penetrating.

72. intrōmisse n. singular & plural

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Surg. An instrument for probing or insertion.

73. inviscāciǒun n.

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Med. & surg. A sticking together of parts of a wound, of the eyelids, etc.

74. ipocentaurus n.

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A fabulous creature, part man and part horse.

75. ismọ̄n n.

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Anat. A thin tissue between the larynx and esophagus.

76. jordan n.

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(a) A kind of glass vessel with a bulb-like body and a rimmed neck, used by physicians and makers of pigments; (b) a chamber pot; (c) as a surname [in PPl. apparently with punning allusion to William…

77. jōte n.

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A jot or tittle, a whit.

78. jūrāt(e n.

Additional spellings: jurate
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(a) A member of the ruling body of a city; jurates men, aldermen; (b) a juror [Latin only]; an informant under oath in an investigation leading to canonization.

79. jusquiame n.

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The plant henbane (Hyoscyamus niger).

80. kim(e)lin n.

Additional spellings: kimelin
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A tub used in brewing or cooking; ?also, some kind of small flask or vessel [quot. ?c1475]; kimlin hop.

81. lancelet n.

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?The greater spearwort (Ranunculus lingua); ?ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata).

82. lapacia n.

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Any of certain docks or dock-like plants; lapacia the gret [?cp. ML lappacium maius], ?water dock (Rumex aquaticus) or?burdock (Arctium lappa).

83. lapparia n.

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A stone believed to have power to lure wild animals to the hunter.

84. lappātes n.

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A dock or dock-like plant; also, a dish made of certain potherbs.

85. lascīviǒus adj.

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Lustful.

86. letanī(e n.

Additional spellings: letanie
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(a) A litany of the saints, as used in ordinary divine worship, in private devotions, or on special feasts or special occasions; (b) more (gret) letani, the Greater Litany used on the feast of St…

87. letuā̆rī(e n.

Additional spellings: letuarie
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(a) A medicine, usually in the form of either a paste or a syrup; also, a magical potion; fig. a spiritual medicine; also, a temptation of the Devil; (b) an aphrodisiac; fig. a stimulant to love of…

88. levigāciọ̄ne n.

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Rendering (sth.) light or gaseous.

89. lī̆berǒus adj.

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(a) Lascivious, lecherous; (b) gluttonous.

90. līchine n.

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Surg. A plug for a wound, usually of absorbent material which was sometimes impregnated with a medicament.

91. macillence n.

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Surg. A morbid smallness or shrinking.

92. malencolī(e n.

Additional spellings: malencolie
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(a) One of the four humors, black bile; a bodily fluid which helps to form and nourish the body; -- not pathological unless present in excessive amounts; also, an altered form of black bile [see (b)]…

93. martel n. singular & plural

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(a) A hammer; (b) as surname (?ME).

94. membrāciǒun n.

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The arrangement of the limbs of the body.

95. menophītes n.

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A precious stone of Egypt.

96. merītēs n.

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A kind of precious stone; ?myrrhite.

97. miltestre n.

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A prostitute.

98. miring(e n.

Additional spellings: miringe
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Either of two cranial meninges, dura mater and pia mater.

99. monitōrīe n. & adj.

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(a) Eccl. A letter of admonition or warning; (b) as adj.: conveying a warning, admonitory.

100. mō̆re n.(2)

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(a) A Moor; the nacioun of mores, Mauretania; ?also less precisely, a black African; (b) as adj.: Moorish.