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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. bōst n.

117 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) A brag, a boast; boastful speech, bragging, self-praise; (b) casten bost at, be boastful toward (sb.), insult; maken bost (of), brag (of, about); more bost is, etc., a pot of wine causes more…

3. bǒu(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: boue
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(a) The bow of a ship; (b) in name of ship.

4. bou(e-līne n.

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

5. 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.

6. burre n.(1)

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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…

7. cāke n.

48 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A flat cake or loaf; also, an unbaked cake or loaf, a lump of doug; haver (ote, oten) cake, a cake of oaten bread; therf cake, a cake of unleavened bread; barli cake, flouren cake, spiced cake

8. clint n.

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

9. clǒm n.(1)

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(a) Silence; (b) as interj.: Be silent! Mum's the word!

10. 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

11. crōt(e n.

Additional spellings: crote
7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A lump; a clod (of earth); ?a knob (on the cover of a pot); (b) the residue of rendered fat, cracklings; (c) ilk (a) crot, every bit.

12. cubbel n.

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(a) A block of wood tied to an animal to keep it from straying, a clog; (b) a surname.

13. flǒunder n.

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(a) A flatfish, esp. the flounder; (b) as a name.

14. flunderes n. (plural)

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Fire fragments, i.e. sparks.

15. fogge n.

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(a) Rank tall grass; (b) a meadow grown with such grass.

16. fraknes n. (plural)

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Freckles; also certain other skin blemishes.

17. gil(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: gile
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(a) The gill of a fish; (b) gil fish, a kind of stockfish.

18. glāde n.(2)

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Setting; gon to glade, drauen to glade, of the sun: to set, be setting.

19. glimme n.

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Shining brightness; radiance.

20. halk-essing n.

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