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1. cāne n.

26 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A reed (esp., Arundo donax & Phragmites communis); (b) sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum); (c) a Javanese reed; prob., bamboo; (d) a fragrant reed of India and Persia.

2. pli(e n.

Additional spellings: plie
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Anat. A 'folding' of the brain; a region of the brain so understood.

3. sheltrǒun n.

46 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A group of soldiers or an army in fighting formation; a tight battle formation or phalanx; right-half sheltroun, the right wing of an army; (b) fig. of (a); (c) fighting, a battle; (d) a group of…

4. stifle n.(1)

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Anat. The joint between the femur and the tibia of a quadruped.

5. subǧet n.

124 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) One who is obedient to another or to the wishes of another; a servant; a lover; also fig.; also, something which may be put to the service of man; (b) one who is absolutely under the control of or…

6. substaunce n.

215 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) A type or kind of thing; a thing; also, a material thing; up substaunce, above material things, spiritual, transcendent; (b) an entity possessing physical properties; -- used of the incarnate…

7. vein(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: veine
173 quotations in 10 senses
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Anat. (a) A blood vessel; also in fig. context; also, fig. the blood, the innermost seat of one’s feelings, the heart; the veines of his grucchinge, the essence of his complaint (b) in generalizing…

8. vessel n.

203 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A small, portable container, esp. one for storage or serving of food or drink; a flask, pitcher, jug, cup, dish, pot, etc.; a piece of household tableware, a kitchen utensil, etc.; also, an…

9. voidaunce n.

26 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) The act of emptying the stomach; ?also, emptiness of the stomach [cp. voidenes(se n. 1.(a)] (b) the evacuation of earth from an underground area; (c) anat. empty space within the body,…

10. wiket n.

31 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A small door, usu. set within a larger door or gate; a small doorway; also fig.; also, an opening into a beehive [quot. ?1440]; wiket gate (b) an opening in a wall, a window [sometimes difficult…