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1. abbater phr. or adv.

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?Down on the ground.

2. abloi ppl.

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Carried away (with joy), reckless (for joy).

3. -acī(e suf.

Additional spellings: aci, asie, asi
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A suffix forming numerous abstract nouns denoting quality or condition, most of them directly borrowed from French or Anglo-Norman, some formed from Latin nouns in -atia or -acia (in some cases…

4. acǒlor adv.

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On pretext, pretending.

5. adevaunte n.

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A game played with dice.

6. āǧen v.

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(a) To grow old, age; (b) ppl. aged, advanced in years, old; also mature; (c) aged men, those with authority, elders.

7. ala(u)ndēr n.

Additional spellings: alaunder
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alander of bef (moton), beef (mutton) roasted on a grill (also cooked differently); see quots.

8. alkere ?adj.

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ris alkere, a kind of rice pudding.

9. ambassāǧe n.

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The function of a messenger.

10. argus n.(2) (plural)

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The dewclaws of a deer.

11. Arminak n.

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An adherent of the house of Orleans; a French soldier in the 15th-century wars with the English.

12. articūlēr adj.

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Of the joints.

13. asquint adv.

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beholden or loken asquint: (a) to squint; be cross-eyed; (b) to look sidelong or furtively.

14. atǒunt ppl.

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stingen atount, sting (sb.) senseless, daze.

15. atǒur n.

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(a) Appearance, character, manners; (b) array; (c) finery.

16. aundir(en, -īren n.

Additional spellings: aundiren, aundiren, andiren
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A firedog, an andiron; -- often pl.

17. baber-lipped adj.

Additional spellings: baberlipped
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Thick-lipped.

18. bab(e)winrīe n.

Additional spellings: babewinrie
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Grotesque ornamentation.

19. banke n.(3)

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A financial organization, a bank.

20. barken v.(2)

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To embark (on the study of books).

21. behāven v.

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To conduct or comport (oneself in a certain manner), behave; -- usually reflexive and modified by an adverb of manner.

22. bǒnche n.

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(a) A bundle or bunch; (b) a hump; (c) a swelling; (d) ?a knob.

23. bǒnī n.

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A swelling, boil; a bump, hump.

24. brag n.(1)

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(a) Ostentation; pomp; brag and bost; (b) arrogance, presumption, pride.

25. braggen v.

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To boast, brag; bragging wordes, boastful speech.

26. brāse n.

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in brase, (roasted) on embers [see quots. for recipes].

27. bret n.

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A flatfish: ?brill, ?turbot.

28. brike n.(1)

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(a) Brick as building material; (b) a brick; -- pl. often uninflected.

29. brushail n.

Additional spellings: bruschail
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Underbrush, bushes.

30. cainard n.

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A sluggard, a slob.

31. calliditē n.

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Cleverness, shrewdness.

32. callot n.

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A foolish woman; ?a harlot.

33. cambring ger.

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Arched.

34. canapẹ̄ n.

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A canopy.

35. capdawe n.

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A feudal lord (in Gascony).

36. capstan n.

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Naut. A device for hauling up the anchor, etc.; capstan bar, capstan spoke, a capstan bar.

37. cardinā̆l adj.

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Chief, principal, primary: (a) cardinal signe, one of the four zodiacal signs marking the equinoxes and the solstices; (b) cardinal sister, fig. one of the cardinal virtues; (c) cardinal vertu, one of…

38. caske n.

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A container; marchaundise of caske, merchandise shipped in barrels, etc.

39. catirpel n.

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A caterpillar.

40. -cī(e suf.

Additional spellings: ci, sie, si
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A suffix forming nouns, usually in words borrowed from French (such as artificie, benefice, malefice, marshalsie, minstralsie, prophecie, seneshalsie) or Latin (such as servicie), but occasionally…

41. ciromel n.

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A plaster of wax and honey.

42. cirōn n.

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The itch mite (Acarus scabiei).

43. clǒusion n.

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End or outcome.

44. cokenei n.(2)

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A pampered child; an effeminate youth, weakling.

45. cōle n.

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(a) A kind of glue or size; (b) trickery, a trick or ruse.

46. compost(e n.

Additional spellings: composte
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(a) A mixture of stewed fruit and/or vegetables; a preserve; in compost, stewed or preserved; (b) a stew.

47. comunicante adj.

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(a) Shared, possessed in common; (b) med. of the cause of an ailment: not local, systemic.

48. conquestiǒunen v.

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To raise the issue (whether something is the case), question, debate.

49. controngle adv.

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In the direction opposite to that taken by the game; seuen controngle, to hunt counter.

50. cǒrrectāǧe n.

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The transaction of business by a broker; brokerage.

51. corsiǒus adj.

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Corpulent.

52. crachǒun n.

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A worthless person, a slob.

53. crūsel n.

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(a) A night lamp; (b) a crucible.

54. cultellāre n.

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Surg. A knife-shaped cauterizing instrument.

55. cūpiditẹ̄ n.

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Covetousness, cupidity.

56. cūrīe n.(1)

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(a) Culinary art, cuisine; cokes curie; (b) a fine dish; curie of courte.

57. darnel n.

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(a) A weed growing in grainfields: cockle, darnel (Lolium temulentum); (b) fig.

58. dēceptoire adj.

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Deceptive.

59. dēcīden v.

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To determine (sth.), decide (a question, dispute, legal case).

60. dertre n.

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A skin eruption: impetigo or eczema.

61. deswarrẹ̄ ppl.

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Of a knight: errant.

62. dē̆vǒuāciǒun n.

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A pledge or dedication.

63. disempāren v.

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(a) To strip (a fortified place) of its fortifications; (b) to dispossess (sb.).

64. disparishen v.

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To disappear, vanish; awei disparishen.

65. distillā̆tōrīe n.

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The apparatus used in distillation; a still.

66. distōned ppl.

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Deviating (from a tune).

67. dīuturnitẹ̄ n.

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Long continuance.

68. domifīinge ger.

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The action of locating the planets in their respective houses.

69. dǒul(e n.

Additional spellings: doule
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(a) The wooden rim of a wheel, or a section of it; felloe; (b) doul egge, ?the metal rim or tire of a wheel; ?a section of a felloe.

70. dūālitẹ̄ n.

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(a) The number two; (b) twofold nature, duality.

71. duelle n.

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A judicial single combat, a duel.

72. dūracīne adj. as n.

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Of peaches: hard-fleshed.

73. ēbrīetē n.

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Inebriety, drunkenness.

74. eccentrik adj. as n.

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Astron. A planetary orbit of which the earth is not the exact center.

75. ēgre-dǒuce n.

Additional spellings: egredouce
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A sauce made of sour and sweet ingredients; also, meat or fish served with such a sauce.

76. ēgre fū n.

Additional spellings: egre fu
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Med. Erysipelas, or similar eruption on the skin; also, a case of erysipelas.

77. elevatōrie, -ōre n.

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A surgical instrument for raising a depressed portion of bone; also an instrument for pulling teeth.

78. eliǧīble adj.

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Fit to be chosen, desirable.

79. elōquācitē n.

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Talkativeness, loquacity.

80. embāned ppl.

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Provided with horn-work, i.e. projecting masonry, to impede assault.

81. engrēled ppl.

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Her. Having an edge or border consisting of tapering points; engrailed.

82. enramplishen v.

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To fill, fill up.

83. estẹ̄me n.

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Appraisal; esteem, value, worth.

84. fei n.

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The liver.

85. fembil n.

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Fibers derived from the male plant of hemp, from which cords and ropes were made; -- sg. and pl. both used collectively for the commodity.

86. filbert n.

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(a) The hazel-nut, avellan-nut; (b) the tree which bears this nut; (c) filbert tre, filbert note.

87. flos-mō̆nger n.

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?A seller of down.

88. foilāǧe n.

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A representation of leaves or branches (used as an ornamental border for a coat-of-arms).

89. forcemens n. (plural)

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Fortifications.

90. fǒugon n.

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The cook's galley (in a ship).

91. franch(e)-mol, fraunch(e)-mul n.

Additional spellings: franche-mol, fraunch-mul, fraunche-mul
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A dish consisting of a mixture of ingredients boiled or roasted in a sheep's stomach.

92. frap n.

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Naut. A rope of some kind; frap-line.

93. frenǧe n.

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(a) An ornamental border of cloth or thread (on a garment, saddle, etc.), a fringe; (b) an ornamental strip suitable for use as a border on clothing, etc; esp., fringe material sold in lengths.

94. frē̆t n.(4)

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A payment made to secure peace, a fine for a breach of the peace; a payment for a favor [quot.Brut].

95. frēten v.(1)

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(a) To devour (something), to eat up; (b) to eat (something); esp., to eat hungrily or greedily; freten fil, to eat (one's) fill; freten of, to partake of, eat of; freten up, to eat up, devour; (c) to…

96. frī(e n.(2)

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(a) Spawn or the young of fish; small fish; -- constr. with sg. or pl. verb; (b) roe.

97. fulle n.(2)

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A set (of kettles).

98. Ǧēne n.

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(a) Genoa; (b) in names of wares marketed by Genoese traders or associated with Genoa: gold of Gene, pot of Gene; (c) ?jean [short for Gene fustian; see OD]; (d) a small Genoese coin (worth about a…

99. ǧeneralīsen v.

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To make (a statement) general in its application.

100. ǧenerō̆sitẹ̄ n.

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Excellence, nobility.