(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……
(a) A lizard; esp. the stellion; (b) ?a crocodile, ?a serpent; (c) a dagger, dirk; ?also, the point of a weapon, sharp point; (d) her. a representation of a lizard, (?) or of a salamander.
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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……
(a) A cloth, often of silk, dyed with Tyrian purple or a similar dye; purple fabric, esp. associated with royalty; (b) a garment made from purple cloth; raiment of royal purple; also fig.; usen purpur……
(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)……
(a) A net, an arrangement of ties, a binding, etc. for the hair, a headdress; also, an ornamented arrangement of the hair into plaits, coils, etc.; also, = tres(se n. 1.(a) [quots. ?c1475 & a1500]……
(a) The main stem of a tree considered apart from its roots and branches, trunk; (b) a lifeless human body, corpse, specif. a mutilated or dismembered body; (c) her. the representation of an animal's……
(a) Under forest law, all forest trees, underwood, or brush bearing green leaves; vert and venesoun, vert…venesoun, all forest vegetation and game
(b) the color green;
(c) her. green as one of the……
(a) A variety of white wheaten bread or cake of superior quality, generally considered second only to simenel in fineness;—also pl. [quot. 1381]; wastel bred, bred of wastel
(b) an individual loaf or……
