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1. choppen v.(1)

21 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To strike (sb.) with a sharp weapon, slash; choppen of cut off with a blow; (b) to hack or strike (at, to sb.); cut (through sth.); (c) to hit (at sth.); choppen adoun, fig. strike (sb.) down.

2. comedīe n.(2)

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Cook. Some kind of dish.

3. entraille(s n.

Additional spellings: entrailles
45 quotations in 8 senses
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The organs enclosed in the trunk of man or animals, the viscera; also, the viscera excluding one or another of the inner organs;-- (a) coll. sg.; (b) pl.

4. herbelāde n.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Cook. A dish consisting of broth, eggs, herbs, etc., baked in a pastry shell; (b) ?a medicinal herb.

5. lā̆rden v.

12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Cook. To prepare (meat, fowl, etc.) for roasting by the insertion of pieces of salt pork, bacon, condiments, etc., in the outer surface; (b) to smear (a surface) with grease.

6. lē̆che n.(2)

63 quotations in 1 sense
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Cook. (a) A strip, slice; (b) any of a number of jellylike dishes prepared from various ingredients and usually cut into strips or slices; (c) in names of specific dishes; (d) as adj.

7. pelot(e n.

Additional spellings: pelote
63 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A spherical or circular object; a gob, lump, or piece; (b) a pellet or cannon ball of various sizes, made of metal or stone, used as a missile to be discharged from a catapult, cannon, crossbow…

8. 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…

9. prī̆me-rōse n.

Additional spellings: primerose
23 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The common primrose Primula vulgaris; --often used in medicinal recipes; (b) used fig.; (c) cook. the name of a dish having the flower of the primrose as principal ingredient; (d) as surname.

10. 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.

11. rīs n.(2)

36 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The edible seed or grain of the grass Oriza sativa, rice; (b) ris flour, flour (of) ris, rice flour; ris mele, mele of ris, rice meal; poudre of ris, powdered rice; (c) cook. a dish made of rice…

12. rō̆che n.(2)

87 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A large rock formation; a cliff, rocky height, crag; a rocky area; also fig.; roche wal; (b) a rock in the sea or a river; a reef, rocky island; also, a cliff by the sea; (c) a cave, tunnel, or…

13. san-dragǒun n.

Additional spellings: sandragoun
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(a) The red juice or resin of the dragon tree (Dracaena draco); (b) cook. a sweetened pottage named for the color produced by adding this red juice.

14. sauce n.

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(a) A condiment for meat, fish, fowl, etc., a sauce; also, a pickling liquid, brine; (b) fig. of (a); (c) a curative or preventive preparation; a medicinal sauce; (d) cook. in combs.: sauce blaunk

15. sclūse n.

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(a) A dam with a water gate or escapement for impounding or controlling the flow of water; also, a water gate; also fig.; (b) ?a stretch of water impounded by a dam or dike; -- used fig.; (c) cook. ?a…

16. sirup n.

39 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Med. A thick viscous liquid, usu. made from herbs boiled with sugar; also fig.; (b) sirup acetous, a decoction of honey or sugar with vinegar; sirup egre, bitter (egre, sour) sirup, any…

17. 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…

18. stoppen v.

235 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) To obstruct (a street, lane, passage, an entrance, etc.) with a physical barrier, block; close (a port), prevent access to; blockade (the sea), close to traffic; block (someone's way); also fig.

19. stuffūr(e n.

Additional spellings: stuffure
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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…

20. sturǧeǒun n.

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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)…

21. 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)

22. taille n.

80 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) A slash, cut; (b) a style, fashion, manner in which cloth is cut; (c) physical appearance, shape; (d) coll. slips of wood, cuttings; also [1st quot.], ?a thicket; ?undergrowth [this word and the…

23. Turk n.

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(a) A member of the Ottoman Empire, a Turk; pl. Turks; also, Seljuk Turks [quot. ?a1425 Mandev.(2)]; also applied indiscriminately to the Muslim inhabitants of Asia Minor; (b) with ref. to the period…

24. vī̆olet n.

62 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A plant of the genus Viola, esp. the sweet violet (Viola odorata); the flower of this plant, often used medicinally or in cooking; cook. the name of a dish or confection made with violets (b) in…