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1. alaien v.

23 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To alloy (a noble metal) with a base metal; (b) fig. to debase, contaminate.

2. flaumen v.

46 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To emit flames, to be afire, to blaze; ppl. flaumbed, blazing, intense; (b) flaumen of (on, with) fir, to blaze; (c) to give off (fire, light, sparks); flaumen doun, to shed (light) downward.

3. frēten v.(1)

138 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To devour (something), to eat up; (b) to eat (something); esp., to eat hungrily or greedily; freten fil, to eat (one's) fill; freten of, to partake of, eat of; freten up, to eat up, devour; (c) to…

4. irchǒun n.

37 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A small, spine-bearing, Old World mammal belonging to the genus Erinaceus; a hedgehog; also fig. [quot.Pilgr.LM]; (b) a heraldic representation of a hedgehog.

5. kervelettes n. plural

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Cook.?Choice bits, the finely divided ingredients of the sauce called camelin.

6. quishin n.

52 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A cushion, bolster, or pillow; a cushion for the arm or for sitting or kneeling on; also, a hassock or footstool; (b) quishin(es cloth, a case or cover for a cushion.

7. sā̆mǒun n.

42 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The North Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar); also fig.; (b) samoun beli, ?the underside of a salmon; samoun lep, a fall in a river up which salmon leap; samoun pipe, a kind of large cask; samoun trout

8. sclīce n.

28 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Med. A spatula for stirring and mixing compounds; also, a probe; (b) a flat cutting instrument; a forceps; (c) cook. a spatula or other flat utensil for turning bacon, etc. in a pan; also, a…

9. sorẹ̄ n.(2)

7 quotations in 1 sense
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Cook. (a) A dish of chopped eels or fish, sometimes colored red; eles in sore, this dish made with eels; sore sengle, a simple form of this dish; (b) whit sore, ? = blank-de-sore n.

10. spīnẹ̄ n.(2)

4 quotations in 1 sense
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Cook. A sweet dish made with hawthorn flowers.

11. standard n.

104 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) A flag or banner displayed from a pole in battle; also, a pole used to display a military ensign; a figure displayed as a military ensign; standard berere, a standard bearer; standard of treues, a…

12. stuf(fe n.

Additional spellings: stuffe
96 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Military stores or supplies, including armaments, equipment, provisions of foodstuffs, munitions, etc.; -- also pl.; ?also, fig. weapons, tusks [quot. c1450(?c1425)]; stuf and appareil; (b) a…

13. stuffen v.(1)

114 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To furnish (a stronghold, castle, town, etc.) with military forces, provisions, armaments, etc. for defense; man (a wall); garrison (the marches); stuffen with (of), equip (a stronghold, castle…

14. stuffūr(e n.

Additional spellings: stuffure
11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Provisions, stores; household goods; ?also, the act or process of provisioning a fortress [quot. 1438]; (b) material used as padding, stuffing; (c) cook. a mixture of ground meat or eggs, spices…

15. sturǧeǒun n.

45 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The sturgeon (Acipenser sturio); -- also coll.; ?also, another fish or aquatic animal [quot. ?c1475]; (b) cook. a sturgeon used as food; maken a sturgeoun, to prepare a sturgeon for the table; (c)…

16. suade n.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The European elder (Sambucus nigra); (b) cook. a dish or sauce made with elder blossoms; suade blaunk, a dish of chicken or fish in a sauce made with elder blossoms.

17. sugre n.

108 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The sweet crystalline substance sugar; -- freq. in combs. & phrases identifying place of origin: sugre babiloine (cipres, marrok, marrokes), sugre de cipres (marrok), sugre of alisaundre (cipres)

18. toilen v.

31 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To pull at (sb., a soul), tug; also fig.; (b) to do battle, fight, struggle; also, attack (sb.); toilen up, destroy (a town); ben toiled, of Jesus: be assailed (by torments); (c) to struggle with…

19. tǒur n.(1)

223 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) A building characterized by height, often free-standing; a tower; also fig.; heigh tour; water tour; (b) such a building used as a fortress, stronghold, or defensive structure; also fig.; also…

20. train(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: traine
22 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) The trailing part of a gown or cloak, the train of a royal gown; (b) a group of knights attendant on a duke, retinue; (c) ?a rope used for drawing, a trace.