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61. lē̆st(e adj.(1)

Additional spellings: leste
207 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Of things, animals, weights, measures: smallest, least; also, a single, any, any at all; lest finger (to), the little finger (toe); lest drope (her, lef), the smallest drop (hair, leaf), a single…

62. limite n.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A boundary of a country or district, a frontier; (b) pl. the terms of a civil or religious law; (c) a limit; (d) math. a position in the decimal numeration.

63. līne n.(1)

237 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) A cord or rope; a leash, sounding line, etc.; drauen bi o line, to pull on the same rope, pull together; line wie, a towpath; (b) a fishline; also fig.; hok and line, etc.; ground line [see ground

64. lī̆neāl adj.

17 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) In a line or row; lineal ordre, linear order; (b) straight, not crooked; (c) lineal climat, the climate of a certain latitude [cp. climat 2. (a)].

65. manī-fōld adj.

Additional spellings: manifold
79 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Many and various, manifold; mani-fold wise, a mani-fold wise, in many and various ways; (b) varied, diversified, of many kinds; (c) of a person: variable, changeable, complex.

66. mediāciǒun n.

46 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Mediation, negotiation; also, intermediation [quot.: a1475(?a1430)]; bi (thurgh, with)..mediacioun, with (someone's) help, through the good offices (of sb.); (b) means; bi mediacioun (and mene,

67. medien v.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Math. To divide (a number) by two; halve (a number).

68. mēne n.(3)

209 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A course of action, method, way; a means of attaining an end; (b) bi mene of, with menes of; bi no (manere of) mene; bi al menes; bi god menes, with great skill; menes and weies; weies and menes

69. middel n.

129 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) A middle region in space, the middle part of a thing; the interior of a country, central part of a constellation, middle stories of a building; middle of a stream, town, bodily part, etc.; (b) the…

70. middel adj.

189 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Mid, middle; middel eie, the middle or center of the eye; bi middel tables, across the middle of the boards; in middel cite (se, valei), in the middle of the city (sea, valley); in middel pathes

71. mọ̄der n.

331 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) A female, human parent; mother; -- also used of a goddess; (b) used of animals and birds; moder shep, a ewe; (c) in phrases, cpds., and combs.: at my moder, at my mother's house; fro his moder(es

72. mōst adj. (superlative) & n.

306 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Largest in size, highest, most extensive; very large [quot.: (a1382)]; ?tallest [quot.: c1380]; most finger, biggest or longest finger; (b) greatest in number or quantity; the majority of (sth.)…

73. multiplīen v.

157 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To become greater in size, amount, number, or intensity; increase, grow, spread; increase (for sb.) [quot.: a1425]; (b) to thrive, prosper, flourish.

74. multiplīing(e ger.

Additional spellings: multipliinge
29 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) An increase in amount, number, or size; growth, production, spreading, distribution; (b) ?multiplicity; (c) ?ascendancy; (d) multipliing of husbondri, a group of husbandmen.

75. nō-thing pron.

Additional spellings: nothing
151 quotations in 3 senses
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Nothing; also, nobody: (a) as the unmodified subject of a finite verb or as a predicate nominative; (b) as direct object; niten no-thing her-of, to know nothing about this; setten no-thing bi (of)

76. oddenesse n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Math. The numerical property of oddness.

77. ǒmbre n.

42 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Shadow, shade; also fig.; ?cloudy or overcast weather [quot.: c1400(?c1380)]; (b) ombre of deth (sorwe and sinne), transl. L umbra mortis: the shadow of death; (c) under the ombre, in the shadow…

78. ought pron.

133 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Anything, anything whatever; also, anything of value or avail; ought muchel, any large amount of money; ought amounten, ben ought worth, to be worth anything, be of any avail; (b) ought of

79. ǒut(e of prep.

Additional spellings: oute of
519 quotations in 25 senses
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With reference to motion from a geographical location, a cosmographical location, or a direction: (a) from (a geographical entity or place), out of (a country, a city, an area, etc.), away from; out

80. parcel n.

128 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A part or portion of something; parcel ne part of, not the slightest part of (sth.); (b) an integral part or member of something; something essential to, contained in, or belonging to a greater…