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1. bakke n.

18 quotations in 2 senses
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A bat; bakke wing.

2. benger(e n.

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

3. benk n.

20 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A bench, a seat; esp., a long, backless seat; (b) a royal seat, the throne of a ruler; setten on benk, to put (sb.) on a throne, do honor to (sb.); (c) benk ende, the end of the bench.

4. n.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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A dwelling; farm, village, town; bi-milne, town mill. [Common in place names and field names of the East Midland and the North (the Danelaw). See A. H. Smith PNElem. 1.66, & the thorp, by, tun map in…

5. bing n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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A coffer; a bin.

6. bọ̄th n.

37 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A stall at a market or fair, a merchant's shop; ?also, house of prostitution [L meritorium]; (b) a temporary dwelling, arbor of branches, tent, hut; also a poor dwelling, a hovel; (c) in personal…

7. bou(e-līne n.

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

8. 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.

9. brāke(n n.

Additional spellings: braken
23 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Any one of a variety of ferns [see quot. ?a1450 Agnus Castus]; bracken; (b) brake bush, a fern thicket; (c) brake of fern, fern-brake, a thicket of fern; (d) in place names [see A. H. Smith PNElem

10. brusket n.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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The brisket of an animal.

11. buk-hīde n.

Additional spellings: bukhide
2 quotations in 1 sense
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A game: blindman's buff, ?hide-and-seek; pleien buk-hide.

12. 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…

13. chough(e n.

Additional spellings: choughe
20 quotations in 1 sense
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One of several birds of the crow family: chough, jackdaw, jay; Cornish chough; co-brid.

14. clift n.

36 quotations in 4 senses
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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…

15. clint n.

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

16. n.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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A jackdaw; co-brid.

17. 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

18. dam n.

23 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A dam; also, the bank (of a stream); (b) dam bord, a sluice gate.

19. deu-lap(pe n.

Additional spellings: deulap, deu-lappe, deulappe
7 quotations in 1 sense
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Dewlap of cattle.

20. dunch(e n.

Additional spellings: dunche
2 quotations in 1 sense
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A loud noise, crash; a blow.