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1. benger(e n.

Additional spellings: bengere
2 quotations in 1 sense
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A grain bin; the hopper of a mill.

2. bou(e-līne n.

Additional spellings: bouline, boue-line, boueline
10 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. Bowline.

3. bou-sprẹ̄t(e, bǒu(e)sprẹ̄t(e n.

Additional spellings: bouspret, bou-sprete, bousprete, bouesprete, bouspret, bouespret, bousprete
15 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. Bowsprit.

4. burre n.(1)

15 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The common burdock (Arctium lappa); ?also, some similar plant; (b) ?some member of the genus Rumex; ?R. crispus, ?R. obtusifolius; (c) cleavers (Galium aparine); (d) Christ's thorn (Paliurus…

5. clint n.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A ledge of rock; a cliff, steep bank; (b) in place names.

6. cros n.

251 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) A cross for crucifixion, a gibbet; (b) the cross of Christ; holi cros; Exaltacioun of the cros, a feast, Sept. 14; feste of the holi cros, feast of the Invention of the Cross, May 3; (c) winnen

7. gil(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: gile
10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The gill of a fish; (b) gil fish, a kind of stockfish.

8. halk-essing n.

Additional spellings: halkessing
1 quotation in 1 sense
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Naut.?A beam used to reinforce the gunwales at an angle of the ship.

9. hals n.

50 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The neck; hongen bi the hals, to hang (sb.) with a rope around the neck; fro hals to croupoun, from neck to rump; hals gund [OE heals-gund], a neck tumor; also in asseveration: bi mi hals; (b) the…

10. harwe n.

34 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A harrow for cultivating land, a drag; gon at harwe, to drive a harrow; (b) fig. the Old or New Testament; the power of Love (with pun on arwe); also, in proverb; (c) harwe tind (toth), a tooth of…

11. hā̆ver n.(2)

33 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The cereal grain, oats; (b) haver bern, haver gerner, a storehouse for oats; haver bred, oaten bread; haver cake, a loaf made from oaten flour; also as surname; haver mele, oaten flour; (c) haver

12. hilder n.

18 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The European elder (Sambucus nigra); hilder tre; (b) hilder tre, ?the European alder [see alder n. (1)]; (c) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.274].

13. insprǒut n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A blowing in.

14. kē̆r n.

33 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Low, swampy ground; a marsh, bog, fen; ker miln, a mill by a marsh; ker side, the side of a marsh; (b) a marsh overgrown with alders or other small trees or shrubs; alder ker.

15. kide n.

54 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The young of a goat; kide lomb; (b) the meat of a young goat; -- often pl.; also, a carcass of a kid slaughtered for meat or prepared as a dish; (c) kides blod, the blood of a young goat; kide

16. nap n.(3)

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A suck, draught.

17. rump(e n.

Additional spellings: rumpe
9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The rump of a quadruped mammal; also, the tail; also, an animal rump as food for a hawk; (b) the rump of a person, posterior; (c) as surname.

18. scab(be n.

Additional spellings: scabbe
60 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Any of various skin diseases characterized by itching, pustules, ulceration, etc.; also, the pustule characteristic of such diseases [quot.: a1398, 1st]; also, scabby or scaly condition of the…

19. slugge n.(1)

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A lazy person; (b) slothfulness, the sin of sloth; also person.

20. stilt(e n.

Additional spellings: stilte
16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The handle of a plow; (b) a wooden crutch; an artificial leg, peg leg; also, a stilt; stilt bond, a strap for attaching a stilt or a peg leg; (c) ?one of the uprights of a ladder; (d) in surname.