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1. crosselet n.(1)

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(a) A small cross; a cruciform reliquary; (b) her. a cross crosslet; (c) crosselet wise, shaped like a cross crosslet.

2. endenten v.

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(a) To make notches, dents, or indentations in (something); give (something) a toothed, serrate, or jagged character or appearance; (b) fig. heckle.

3. lē̆sarde n.

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(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.

4. pointe n.(1)

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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…

5. purpur(e n.

Additional spellings: purpure
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(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

6. 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)…

7. tǒurtelet n.

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(a) A small meat, cheese, or fruit dumpling or rissole; (b) her. a device resembling a small round cake or loaf of bread.

8. tressǒur n.

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(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]…

9. trunk(e n.

Additional spellings: trunke
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(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…

10. verrẹ̄ adj.

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Her. Of a coat of arms: having a field tinctured with two or more alternating colors, usu. a metal and a color.

11. vert n.

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(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…

12. vert adj.

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(a) Her. Tinctured with the color green; (b) cook. in combs.: vert desir, a dish made with parsley for coloring; sauce vert, = vert-sauce n.; (c) sauge vert, fresh sage, as opposed to the dried herb.

13. void(e adj.

Additional spellings: voide
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(a) Without contents, empty; also fig. and in fig. context; of a river: empty of water, etc.; of a pen: empty of ink (b) of the stomach or part of the intestinal tract: without food, empty; of the…

14. wastel n.

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(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…