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201. pūleǧīe n.

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The European pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium).

202. punce n.

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A kind of plant; ?rampion Campanula rapunculus.

203. pūretǒur n.

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Suppuration, festering, purulence.

204. pursivetẹ̄ n.

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Condition of being short-winded.

205. quartelet(te n.

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?A vessel of volume smaller than the standard quart; ?a vessel of pint volume; quartelet pot, pot quartelet.

206. rapāces n. plural

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Rapacious people.

207. rapǒunce n.

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A wild radish Campanula rapunculus.

208. rebellǒur n.

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A rebel against an established government, God, etc.; a disobedient person.

209. redresser(e n.

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One who puts right a wrong; one who corrects another.

210. refigūren v.

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(a) To represent (sth.); also, fig. to present something again to the mind; (b) to restore (sb.) to health.

211. reflairen v.

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(a) To spread a scent abroad, emit an odor; (b) of an odor: to spread itself abroad; of breath: issue forth.

212. reforcen v.

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(a) Refl. To exert oneself; (b) ppl. reforced, reinforced.

213. reformāble adj.

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Capable of being restored or amended.

214. refreshen v.

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(a) To comfort, strengthen, or restore (sb.) physically; also fig.; (b) to comfort, strengthen, or restore (sb.) spiritually or mentally; (c) to provide shelter and refreshment for (a stranger…

215. refrī̆ǧerāciọ̄n n.

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Cooling.

216. rē̆gā̆l(e adj.

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Royal, regal, kingly.

217. rẹ̄̆mail(e n.

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Verse, poetry.

218. renegāt(e n.

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(a) One who forsakes his religious beliefs, an apostate; also, a traitor; -- also fig. of the religion of love; (b) as adj.: apostate.

219. rent-sek n.

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A rent granted to a person other than the owner of the income property, without right of distress for nonpayment.

220. residīvaunt adj.

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Relapsing into sin.

221. resovenaunce n.

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Memory, reflection.

222. restrictī̆f adj.

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Staunching bleeding, styptic; staunching or preventing diarrhea; also, astringent; restrictif of blod, blod restrictif.

223. reupontic n.

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Probably the root of a kind of rhubarb, the plant Rheum rhaponticum.

224. rial n.

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Foam, froth.

225. rokette n.

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?Dame's violet Hesperis matronalis or a related plant; ?an annual herb Eruca sativa, garden rocket.

226. romaǧe n.

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Accomodation or arrangement of cargo in a ship, stowage.

227. rǒuelāǧe n.

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Custom [cp. reule n.6. (c)].

228. rouer n.

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A dead tree, esp. a dead oak tree; -- also coll.; wode rowers.

229. rǒunǧer(e n.

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One who clips coins.

230. rǒusen v.

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(a) Refl. Of a hawk: to shake the feathers; (b) ppl. rousing, of birds in a heraldic charge: rising [cp. rousand adj.].

231. rǒuten v.(6)

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Of a huntsman; to shout to the hounds; also, direct (a hound to the pack) by shouting.

232. ruǧīne n.

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A scraping tool used in carpentry; med. an instrument for scraping bone.

233. rutei n.

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In cpd.: rutei time, rutting season.

234. rutilaunt adj.

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Glistening with a golden or reddish color.

235. sacro-seint adj.

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Supremely sacred, sacrosanct.

236. sā̆verei(e n.

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(a) A plant of the genus Satureia, esp. the garden or summer savory Satureia hortensis; (b) as surname.

237. scannen v.

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To analyze (verse) according to its meter, scan.

238. scarceler(e n.

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A courier.

239. scarō̆tic adj.

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Med. Escharotic, caustic.

240. sculiǒun n.

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A menial domestic servant, scullion.

241. semble adj.

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(a) Similar; also, the same; in semble wise, similarly, in like manner, likewise; (b) false, hypocritical.

242. sē̆minārī n.

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A plot of ground in which seeds or cuttings are grown before transplanting, a nursery.

243. sē̆rch n.

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A dressed stone, prob. of curved shape; -- also coll.

244. sercle n.

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A sprout or shoot of a tree, twig.

245. serōsitẹ̄ n.

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Physiol. The quality of being serous or whey-like.

246. sētīne n.

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A soap-like substance obtained from boiling spermaceti with potash.

247. shou interj.

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An exclamation, shoö, used to scare or drive away hens.

248. simphā̆n(e n.

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(a) A musical instrument, usu. a stringed instrument [cp. simphonie n.(a)]; simphan gle; (b) a pleasing combination of sounds, harmony; (c) = simphaner n.(a).

249. sindriam n.

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A small insect of some kind.

250. skimmen v.

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(a) To skim impurities from (a liquid); clarify (butter); skim impurities or fat from liquid in a pot containing (sth.); also, remove the impurities from the surface of (the white of an egg); skimmen

251. smaragdī̆n(e n.

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A green precious stone; an emerald; also, emerald.

252. sōcibbilitẹ̄ n.

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An expression of sociability, a friendly discourse.

253. sōde n.

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(a) Sodium carbonate; poudre of sode; sal sode, crystallized sodium carbonate; (b) ?ash; sode of strau (timber, wode).

254. sordide adj.

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Med. Of a sore: festering, purulent.

255. sǒuche n.

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?A chimney-shaft.

256. sǒupet n.

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A small amount of meal boiled to make a soup or porridge.

257. sǒuplen v.

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(a) To make (sth.) pliant or flexible; (b) to promote softness of the skin, body, etc.; make (skin) soft; also, soften (soil for the growing of crops); (c) to mollify (sb.); make (the heart or soul)…

258. sparren v.(2)

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To go quickly, rush, dart, spring; sparren forth (oute).

259. spatadrape n.

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Surg. Cloth saturated in a resinous medicament, primarily used in binding dislocated or fractured bones; also, a piece of this cloth.

260. spigot n.

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(a) A wooden stopper for the vent hole of a cask; a wooden peg used as a stop valve, a faucet; also, a vent hole [quot. a1425(c1395)]; (b) as surname.

261. spiritū̆ālizāte ppl.

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Alch. Vaporized, made volatile.

262. splēnē̆tik n.

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One afflicted with a disorder of the spleen.

263. sponsaile n.

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Marriage, wedlock; also, theol. the union between Christ and the church.

264. stīven v.(3)

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?To install (sb. somewhere), place, put.

265. stǒnen v.(2)

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(a) To be astonished or amazed; be amazed (at sb. or sth.); be bewildered, be stupefied; be held motionless from mental shock; stonen in wit, be too stunned (to speak); ppl. stoninge, amazed, being…

266. stǒupaille n.

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(a) A stoppage; maken stoupaille of, to stop up (a hole), plug; (b) ?a covering; -- used in phrase: in stoupaille, on the outside, in public.

267. studiōsitẹ̄ n.

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Application, diligence, industry; -- as personification.

268. stupefī̆en v.

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Med. To anesthetize (a bodily member); deaden (pain).

269. substanciālitẹ̄ n.

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The quality of being substantial or essential.

270. suffeten v.

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To slap, smack.

271. sugrer n.

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A sugar bowl.

272. superficiā̆ltẹ̄ n.

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Surface, surface area, extent.

273. suppliance n.

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?Succor, assistance; ? = error for pl. of suppliaunt n. (a): those who appeal to God.

274. suspensī̆l(e adj.

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Suspended, elevated; gardin suspensil, the Hanging Garden of Babylon.

275. sustentā̆ment n.

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(a) The action of maintaining someone in power; (b) surg. a supporting bandage, binding, or similar device used to stabilize a part of the body.

276. tachen v.(2)

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(a) In phrase: tachen at (in-to, on, upon), to attack (sb. or sth.), rush upon; (b) to overcome (sb.), kill.

277. talbot n.

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(a) As a name for a dog;—also used in political allegories [2nd & 3rd quots.]; (b) ?a representation of a dog on fabric; (c) cook. a sauce made from the blood of a hare;—usu. pl.; also, pl. a dish of…

278. tā̆lion n.

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A young branch, cutting, slip.

279. talpārīe n.

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Med. A morbid swelling or abscess on the head.

280. tandele n.

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A dry measure of uncertain capacity, used for small fish; demi tandele.

281. temperaunt adj.

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(a) Restrained, mild, gentle; (b) abstemious, temperate; (c) having a moderate climate or temperature.

282. tenconier n.

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= tentour n.(2).

283. tene n.(1)

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A stalk, tendril; cluster tenes.

284. tepide adj.

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(a) Lukewarm; (b) as adv. in comb.: tepide hot, lukewarm; (c) as noun: lukewarm water (aqua tepida).

285. termerite n.

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Turmeric, a powder prepared from the aromatic rhizome of the long-rooted curcuma Curcuma longa.

286. terrestritẹ̄ n.

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Physiol. The combination of coldness and dryness characteristic of the element of earth and the corresponding humor of melancholy; also, alch. earthen substance [last quot.].

287. thral n.(2)

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A thrush.

288. top-seil-cōle n.

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A wind striking the topsail.

289. torchet n.

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A small torch or candle.

290. torken v.

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In phrase: torken with, to turn around.

291. tranest adj.

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?Decorated with trefoils; ?woven.

292. transpīring ger.

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Evaporating, evaporation.

293. trebulet n.

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?A kind of tool, perh. a goldsmith's tool; ?a small shovel or spade.

294. trigoldrīe n.

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Deception.

295. trī̆umphātrīce n.

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A female conqueror.

296. tūberọ̄̆sitẹ̄ n.

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Pathol. A firm swollen mass of tissue, a swelling.

297. umbre n.(2)

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A fish, prob. a grayling.

298. vacillāciọ̄̆n n.

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Wavering, hesitation.

299. valence n.(1)

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A thin, fine cloth associated with Valence or Valenciennes, perh. openwork.

300. valenciens n.

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A kind of cloth or other yardgood, perh. openwork, associated with Valenciennes.