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1. principā̆l n.

59 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Ruler, governor; also fig.; goddess of highest rank; overseer of a temple or religious community; also, commander [quot.: a1450(1408)]; (b) leading representative (of sb. or sth.), chief man……

2. pendaunt n.

48 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) The hanging end of a belt, girdle, or garter, often richly ornamented; also, the ornament itself; (b) a pendent ornament hanging from a poitrel or from a knight's accouterments; gore pendaunt, a……

3. plā̆t(e n.

Additional spellings: plate
218 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) A flat piece of metal or other substance; esp. a sheet of metal, a metal plate or disk; (b) plat of bras (coper, gold, iren, led, silver); plat of lether (ston, tre); iren plat, an iron plate……

4. cǒurs n.

188 quotations in 14 senses
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Running (of man or beast); a run; riden a cours, make a run. …

5. wīnd n.

228 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) The perceptible motion of air over the surface of the earth; a specific instance of such motion of air; also in fig. context; wind side (half), the side from which the wind is blowing; wind……

6. tāble n.

266 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) A small, portable writing tablet made from a slab of wood or other hard material, often covered with wax in which the characters are incised; pl. a set of tablets, usu. tied or hinged together, a……

7. wal n.(1)

260 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) An upright enclosing structure, usu. constructed of stone, brick, etc., serving to bound or demarcate the limits of a town, castle with its outbuildings, monastery, etc.; also, a high, relatively……

8. singulē̆r(e adj.

Additional spellings: singulere
90 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Pertaining or belonging to oneself; private, personal; selfish; singuler availe (biyete, profite, etc.), personal or selfish gain; singuler preiere, a prayer formulated by an individual or a……

9. sailen v.(2)

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To dance, skip, leap about, perform acrobatic feats; also, hasten; (b) arch.: ppl. sailing, projecting; sailing pece, a projecting beam or structure. …

10. wā̆ter n.

710 quotations in 19 senses
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(a) Water as a naturally occurring element or substance; water as opposed to the other elements;—also pl.; wateres froren, the ice thought to surround the earth [quot. a1325] (b) precipitation;……

11. spāce n.

256 quotations in 14 senses
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(a) An interval or a span of time elapsing between two specified points, events, etc.; (b) the amount or extent of time comprised by or contained within a specified period; -- often with gen. or of ph……

12. rough(e adj.

Additional spellings: roughe
194 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Having a surface containing projections or irregularities, uneven, not smooth; also fig.; (b) sharp-pointed; (c) of rock or stone: jagged, rugged; (d) of the cheeks: furrowed, wrinkled; (e) of……

13. crochet n.

17 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A hook; (b) a staff with a hook at the end. …

14. nẹ̄dle n.

121 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A sewing needle; ?also, a pointed instrument, style [quot.: (c1392) 30/8]; seuinge nedle; (b) surg. any one of various kinds of needle used in surgical procedures, a surgical needle [not always……

15. rọ̄te n.(4)

261 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) A root of a tree or other plant; the underground stock of a plant from which new shoots or leaves are periodically produced, a rhyzome, tuber; rote ne braunch; dokke rote [see also dokke n.1.(d)]……

16. tush n.

22 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A long pointed tooth often protruding beyond the mouth of an animal, a tusk;—used chiefly of the boar; also, a tooth of a calf, horse, etc., prob. one of the canine teeth; (b) a tusklike tooth of……

17. singulē̆r(e n.

Additional spellings: singulere
20 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Gram. The singular form of a noun; also, the second person familiar [quot.: 1447]; also, ?the condition of being singular [2nd quot.]; (b) an individual person; ?also, a monk or nun [quot……

18. rīsing(e ger.

Additional spellings: risinge
89 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) The act of rising to one's feet, standing up; (b) the act of rising from sleep, getting out of bed; also, the act of awakening; rising shetes, ?bedsheets; (c) the act or fact of arising from the……

19. scochǒun n.

29 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) An escutcheon; a depiction of a coat of arms; (b) a small escutcheon within a larger one, an inescutcheon; fals scochoun; (c) fig. as a symbol of power or virtue; (d) a badge; (e) a shield. …

20. pointe n.(1)

436 quotations in 15 senses
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(a) A small dot marked on a surface; also, a punctuation mark, period; (b) a small hole; prick, puncture; the pointes of peines, ?the marks of Christ's wounds; (c) a spot of dirt; med. a round spot or……

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