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1. abaciste n.

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One who performs calculations with an abacus, an arithmetician.

2. abbā n.

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Father! -- addressed to God & to an abbot.

3. abbāciāl adj.

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Pertaining to an abbey or an abbess.

4. abbat(h)īe, -cīe n.

Additional spellings: abbathie, abbacie
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(a) The office, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot; (b) an abbey.

5. abbatisse, -ice n.

Additional spellings: abbatice
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Abbess.

6. abbodesse n.

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Abbess.

7. abbot n.

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(a) The superior of a convent of monks having the status of an abbey; (b) = abba, q.v.

8. abecedary n.

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A spelling book or primer.

9. abet(te n.

Additional spellings: abette
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Incitement to evil; urging.

10. ablactāciǒun n.

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The weaning (of a child).

11. ablūtī̆f adj.

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Cleansing.

12. aborchi n.

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The aorta.

13. aborsum n.

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Abortion, stillbirth.

14. abrotāne n.

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Southernwood (Artemisia abrotanum).

15. abstersiǒun n.

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Surg. (a) The act or process of cleansing a wound or sore, the removal of pus or other impurities by means of cleansing medicines; (b) a detergent or cleansing property.

16. abstersīve adj.

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Of medicines: able to remove pus or other impurities from a wound or sore; cleansing, detergent.

17. abstracciǒun n.

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Withdrawal from worldly affairs and interests, asceticism.

18. acācia, -ie n.

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Med. A gum made from the juice of green plums or sloes (used as an astringent, a restringent, or a repercussive).

19. accessō̆rie n.

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(a) An accessory to a crime; (b) that which is subordinate to something else.

20. accidentāl adj.

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(a) Phil. Not a natural or essential part of a thing, non-essential, incidental, secondary; (b) not inherent in a thing, induced from without; (c) ?growing out of something else, ?outward, external.

21. accīdie n.

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(a) The deadly sin of Sloth, a disinclination to do anything good; (b) a spell of lethargy or apathy.

22. accǒunten v.

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(a) To count (things); (b) to include (sth.) in a count; (c) pass. to amount to (a certain number).

23. acelle n.

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Armpit.

24. acetọ̄se adj. as n.

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Sorrel (Rumex acetosa).

25. acētǒus adj.

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(a) Sour to the taste or smell, acid; (b) milk acetous, soured milk; sirup acetous, a decoction of honey or sugar and vinegar; water acetous, water mixed with vinegar; (c) physiol. sour.

26. acirographen v.

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Law To make a copy or multiple copies of (an agreement, etc.) by means of a chirograph.

27. acōlī̆t(e n.

Additional spellings: acolite
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A cleric who has taken the highest of the four minor orders, an acolyte; also, the order itself.

28. aconītes n.

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29. acorus n.

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The root of the plant Iris pseudacorus.

30. acūtīves adj. (plural) as n.

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Medicines for sharpening or improving (the hearing).

31. acyllea n.

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Milfoil, yarrow (Achillea millefolium).

32. adama(u)nt n.

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(a) A kind of precious stone; diamond; (b) adamant; fig. something indestructible and enduring, something impenetrable.

33. adil n.

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A medicinal herb; ?euphrasy.

34. adminiculātī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. & n.

Additional spellings: adminiculative
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(a) Supplementary; (b) a supplement.

35. admittīble adj.

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(a) Of reasoning: acceptable, admissible; of an action: permissible; (b) law of persons: allowed, entitled, having the right (to defend a case in a certain manner).

36. adnect adj.

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Adjoining.

37. adnullātion n.

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The action of annulling royal grants, annulment; act of adnullation, a law which declares the royal grants (of land, offices, privileges, etc.) of a certain reign to be null and void.

38. Adonai n.

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A Hebrew name for God.

39. adquisiciǒun n.

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Attainment (of salvation, merit); peple of adquisicioun, the elect.

40. adrop n.

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Some alchemical substance.

41. adustī̆f, -ī̆ve adj.

Additional spellings: adustive
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Burning, scorching; of medicines: able to burn up (or destroy with heat) excess humors in the body.

42. advenciǒun n.

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Something adventitious.

43. advent n.

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(a) The Advent season, usually extending through the four Sundays immediately preceding Christmas; (b) advent Sondai, the first Sunday of Advent.

44. advocacīe, advō̆cātie n.

Additional spellings: advocatie
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Law (a) the activity of a professional pleader in courts of law, advocacy; (b) the advocacy performed by a prosecutor, a charge or accusation; (c) theol. intercession or advocacy on behalf of a sinner…

45. advōcācion n.

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The patronage of a church, including the duty of protecting the church and the privilege of presenting nominees to the benefice, advowson; right of advocacion.

46. aeromance n.

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Divination by air, aeromancy.

47. affectūā̆l, -ē̆l adj.

Additional spellings: affectuel
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Sincere, heartfelt.

48. affectūallī, -ellī adv.

Additional spellings: affectuelli
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(a) Earnestly, zealously; (b) affectionately.

49. affẹ̄̆ren v.(1)

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To determine or decide (sth.); to decide (a question presented for legal settlement); to approve (a weight or measure); to determine the amount of (a fine), assess; to assess (sb.); ?to allot or…

50. affodil n.

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(a) A medicinal plant; ramson (Allium ursinum); ?also, other species of Allium; flour of affodil, poudre of affodil; (b) ?asphodel; (c) ?rhododaphne.

51. aggregā̆tī̆f, -ī̆ve adj.

Additional spellings: aggregative
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Of medicines: having the property of bringing together, or closing, the lips of a wound.

52. aǧīble adj.

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Proper to do, seemly.

53. aǧilitẹ̄ n.

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(a) Nimbleness of body, swiftness; (b) one of the four gifts or dowries of Christ's body and of the resurrected body of man: the ability to travel to any place without delay and without the need of a…

54. agiographe(s n.

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(a) The Hagiographa of Hebrew Scripture (comprising the Psalms, Proverbs, Daniel, etc.), as distinct from the Laws and the Prophets; (b) Holy Scripture.

55. agnus (dei) n. or phr.

Additional spellings: agnus dei
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(a) Lamb of God [i.e. Jesus]; a figure of a lamb used as an emblem of Jesus; (b) a part of the Mass beginning with the words 'Agnus Dei'.

56. agriofagi n. (plural)

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57. agrippa n.

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Pharm. A compound ointment.

58. alabastrum n.

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(a) The stone alabaster; (b) an alabaster container for chrism or ointment; (c) a medicament containing powdered alabaster.

59. alaba(u)ndīne n.

Additional spellings: alabaundine
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A reddish or violet precious stone, prob. some variety of garnet.

60. Alaezel n.

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The star Spica.

61. alambī̆k n.

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A gourd-shaped vessel for making distillates, the so-called 'waters', a still.

62. alatred n.

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An electuary containing lignaloes.

63. albaras n.

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A disease of the skin and flesh characterized by local lesions; blak albaras, whit albaras.

64. albeston n.

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A mineral reputed to be unquenchable when set on fire; ?the fiber asbestos as used for the wick of an ever-burning lamp; prob. confused with alabaster in quot. c1450.

65. albificāciǒun n.

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Alch. Whitening.

66. albificāten v.

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Alch. To whiten, as by the addition of arsenic or antimony.

67. albificātīve adj.

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Alch. Having the power to whiten.

68. alcofol n.

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A fine powder.

69. alcola n.

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Some kind of canker or ulceration in the mouth; ?thrush. [Cp. Avicenna Canon 3.6.2.13 (ed. 1564, vol.1, p 585).]

70. aldaro(u)n n.

Additional spellings: aldaroun
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bal (pelote) of aldaroun, trocisc (of) aldaroun, a kind of medicinal pellet or tablet of corrosive property.

71. Aldeboran n.

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The star Aldebaran.

72. aldirān n.

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Astron. A star, or pair of stars, marking one of the forepaws of the old constellation Leo. [For opinions as to identification, see F. N. Robinson's ed. of Chaucer, p.824.]

73. alei(e n.

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(a) A corridor or hallway; a covered walk; (b) an aisle (of a temple or church); (c) a balustrade.

74. alembroth n.

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sal alembroth, one of the 'salts' of the alchemists.

75. āles n. (plural)

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The flaring sides or 'wings' (of the nostrils).

76. alfilude n.

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confeccioun of alfilude, a compound medicine containing steel.

77. algada n.

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A skin disease.

78. algasen n.

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A skin disease.

79. algebra n.

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(a) The surgical treatment of fractures and dislocations, bone-setting; (b) a fracture or dislocation.

80. Algọ̄l n.

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The star Algol.

81. Algǒmeisa, -e n.

Additional spellings: Algomeise
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The star Procyon.

82. Alhabọ̄r n.

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Sirius, the Dog-star.

83. Alhaiọ̄t n.

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The star Capella.

84. alharbat n.

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Med. A kind of polyp or nasal ulcer.

85. alhaste n.

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A plant of some kind said to be used medicinally and probably as an aromatic herb, likely identified with some member of the group comprising hyssop, marjoram, and thyme.

86. aliēte n.

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The sea eagle or fish hawk [for other medieval opinions see first quot.].

87. 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.

88. alkalī, alkalīn n. & adj.

Additional spellings: alkalin
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An alkaline substance obtained from the calcined ashes of plants: soda (from sea plants), potash (from land plants); sal alkali(n.

89. alkamīe n.

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The medieval science of alchemy. [The transmutation of base metals into silver and gold & the search for the 'elixir' and the 'quintessence' were its chief aims; the principles of 'natural' and…

90. alkamist(re n.

Additional spellings: alkamistre
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An alchemist.

91. alkanne(t n.

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The plant alkanet Alkanna tinctoria or its root [used as a styptic and for coloring].

92. alkarad n.

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The ankle-bone or astragalus.

93. alkarōn n.

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The Koran.

94. alkenkenǧi n.

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The winter cherry (Physalis alkekengi).

95. alketrān n.

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Mineral pitch, native asphalt.

96. alkibrīt n.

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Sulphur.

97. allectīf adj. as n.

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An inducement.

98. allef n.

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Aleph, the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

99. allē̆ǧea(u)nce n.(1)

Additional spellings: allegeaunce
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(a) Law A formal declaration or deposition; (b) the citing of authorities (esp. the Scriptures) in support of a doctrine or opinion; (c) the expression of an opinion or objection; assertion…

100. allegorīsen v.

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To interpret (sth.) in the spiritual sense.