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21. caiser n.

32 quotations in 2 senses
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A Roman emperor, a Caesar; caiser of Rome.

22. chā̆fer n.

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An insect pest that damages plants, probably a beetle of some kind.

23. chelle n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A vessel of some kind.

24. chēp n.

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(a) Bargaining, dickering; (b) a (good) bargain or purchase; (c) price asked or offered; þurh non chep, at no price; for negard chep, because of niggardliness; (d) value set (upon a person)…

25. cheves(e n.

Additional spellings: chevese
7 quotations in 1 sense
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Concubine, paramour (of a noble); cheves-boren, born of a concubine, bastard.

26. chippe n.

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(a) A chip, splinter, shaving (of wood); also, kindling, trash (usu. pl.); (b) peg; (c) share-beam (of a plow).

27. cholle n.

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(a) Throat, gullet; (b) the front of the neck; jowl, double chin, dewlap, etc.; (c) forehead, head; balled cholle bald head.

28. chough(e n.

Additional spellings: choughe
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One of several birds of the crow family: chough, jackdaw, jay; Cornish chough; co-brid.

29. clēt n.

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(a) A wedge, cleat; clet nail, a cleat nail [?error for clout nail]; (b) a lump, bit, small portion; ne counten at o clet, to regard (sth.) as worthless; yeven nought a clet of, not to give a damn…

30. clift n.

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(a) A crack, fissure, rift, notch, cleft, slash; helle clift, the chasm of hell; (b) a break in the skin, crack, fissure; a cut, gash; (c) a tear in a muscle, rupture; (d) a surgical cutting or…

31. clǒugh n.

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(a) A narrow valley or dell; a ravine or gorge; (b) the steep side of a gorge; a bluff or cliff.

32. clōve n.(1)

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(a) A bulbil or clove, esp. of garlic; (b) as surname.

33. n.

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A jackdaw; co-brid.

34. cō̆ker n.

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(a) A case for arrows, quiver; (b) a covering for the legs, leggings; ?also, a kind of shoe or boot; (c) in a name: coker-hose, leggings.

35. cōl n.(2)

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(a) Charcoal, or a piece of it; wode and col(es; prob. also, fuel; -- sg. or pl.; (b) mineral coal [some late quots. in (a) may belong here].

36. cop n.

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(a) The summit or peak (of a hill or mountain); also, the height of a mountain pass; (b) the top (of a tower), the ridge (of a house); (c) cop of hevene, the top of the firmament [but cp. cope n…

37. cot n.

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Wool matted together in the fleece.

38. crā̆k n.(2)

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(a) A bursting or splitting sound, a crash; (b) a fart; (c) the sound of a trumpet.

39. crā̆ken v.

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(a) To make a splitting or bursting sound; also, let a fart; of bones, sinews: crack, creak; of burning salt: crackle; of thunder: crash; (b) to knock (sb. on the head); of spears: knock together…

40. cresse n.

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(a) A plant of the mustard family, a cress; esp., the common water cress (Roripa nasturtium aquaticum, Nasturtium officinale); also, the garden cress or garden peppergrass (Lepidium sativum); cresse