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81. barren v.

43 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To secure (a gate, a door) with bars or a bolt; to bar, block, or bolt; barren to; (b) to lock (a room); (c) to lock (sb.) up.

82. benefī̆ce n.

61 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A deed of friendship, benevolent act, a favor, a kindness; (b) an act of piety, a good deed.

83. bẹ̄n-lau n.

Additional spellings: benlau
1 quotation in 1 sense
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Law Some kind of agreement as to feudal service.

84. besight n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Law A provision or disposition.

85. bilīen v.(1)

Additional spellings: belien
37 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To besiege (a stronghold, an enemy); also, waylay; (b) to beset (sb.).

86. birthen-sāk n.

Additional spellings: birthensak
2 quotations in 1 sense
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Law A case or charge of stealing what can be borne on a man's back.

87. bisẹ̄cher n.

Additional spellings: besecher
9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A suppliant; (b) law a petitioner.

88. bisẹ̄chinge ger.

Additional spellings: besechinge
21 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Entreaty, supplication, prayer, intercession, or an instance of it; (b) law a petition or plea.

89. bọ̄k n.(1)

229 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) Any collection of sheets or leaves, bound or unbound, making up a volume of writings; a book as a material object; (b) bok bindere, one who binds books; bok haspe, a clasp for the covers of a…

90. borgh n.

104 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) A thing deposited as security, a pledge; leien feith (trouth) to borgh, to pledge (one's) honor; (b) a ransom; leien hed (lif) to borgh, give (one's) head (life) as a ransom; withouten borgh, not…

91. borwāǧe n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Law (a) The act of giving surety for another; (b) a person who gives surety.

92. borwehōd, -hēd n.

Additional spellings: borwehed
4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Law The giving of surety, suretyship; (b) theol. the act of redeeming, redemption.

93. borwen v.

86 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To take (sth.) with the understanding that it will be returned, receive (sth.) on credit, borrow; esp., to obtain (money) by pledging something as security or by finding sureties to guarantee…

94. burgh n.(1)

205 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) A town, a city; also, a small village; (b) in various fig. senses: burgh of bale, hell; burgh of heven, the celestial city; middelerdes burgh, worldes burgh, the world; (c) hegh burgh, great city…

95. callen v.

163 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To cry out, call, shout; (b) to cry out (sth.), say (sth.) loudly; (c) callen after, to call for (sb.), summon; callen on (upon), call to (sb.), address, invoke, summon, call on (sb. for payment)…

96. calumnīe n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) False accusation, slander; (b) law a false challenge, legal objection raised in bad faith.

97. capias n.

12 quotations in 1 sense
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Law (a) A writ of arrest; also the serving of such a writ, an arrest; (b) capias utlagāt, capias legāt, a writ directing the arrest of an outlawed person.

98. cā̆s n.

263 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) State of affairs, circumstances, situation; predicament; hard cas; the fortunes (of a person), lot, destiny; (b) senden cas, yeven cas, to grant fortune, rule destiny; grant (a certain kind of)…

99. cassen v.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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Law To make (sth.) null and void, annul, quash; abolish (a guild).

100. casten v.

623 quotations in 27 senses
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(a) To throw (sth.) to a distance, fling, hurl; pour or sprinkle (water); (b) sift (sand); (c) scatter (seed), sow; (d) throw at (sb.).