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1. as(s)emblẹ̄ n.

Additional spellings: assemble
39 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A getting together or gathering (of people or parties, on a particular occasion or by chance); maken asemble; (b) a meeting (of a constituted body, or called by an official); (c) hunt. the……

2. assignẹ̄ n.

14 quotations in 3 senses
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One (not an heir-at-law) to whom a property or right is bequeathed; heires and assignes. …

3. bērner n.

16 quotations in 2 senses
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Hunt. An attendant in charge of running or scenting hounds. …

4. bēst(e n.

Additional spellings: beste
197 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) One of the animal kingdom (including man), any living creature (non-vegetable); (b) best doumb, a dumb animal; dedli best, mortel best, mortal creature; devine best, spiritual or Godlike creature……

5. chaunǧe n.

66 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Alteration, variation, change (as of character, attitude, circumstances), or an instance of it; chaunge of fortune, chaunge of herte; ben in chaunge, be mutable or unstable; (b) the changing of……

6. dī̆visiǒun n.(1)

79 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) The act or processes of splitting or breaking up; branching (of arteries, streams); (b) separability, divisibility; (c) math. the process of dividing numbers, division; (d) hunt. the ceremonious……

7. eie n.(3)

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Hunt. (a) A brood (of pheasants); (b) ?a young hawk. …

8. fen n.(2)

14 quotations in 2 senses
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Dung, excrement; filth [cp. fen n.(1), sense 2., which here overlaps with this word]. …

9. fimẹ̄ n.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Hunt. The excrement of certain game animals, such as the deer; (b) med. excrement, dung; (c) alch. mud or clay (for sealing a retort). …

10. fō̆rme n.

249 quotations in 17 senses
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(a) The physical shape of something, contour, outline; the figure or shape (of a person), body; also fig.; (b) forme and shape, shape or forme, forme and shafte, etc. …

11. fǒurche n.

8 quotations in 4 senses
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The fork formed by the legs and the trunk of the body, the crotch. …

12. gorǧeaunt n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Hunt. A gorger, a boar in his second year. …

13. gō̆ter n.(1)

81 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Any device for leading water down from a roof; an eaves trough; a channel where two slanting roofs (or parts of a roof) meet; a rain pipe; a gutter; (b) ?a ready-made gutter, ?material used in……

14. jū̆ǧement n.

162 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) The action of trying at law, a trial; figure (noise) of jugement, a formal trial; sitten (ben set) in jugement, to act as a judge, sit in judgment; bringen to (unto) jugement, bring (sb.) to……

15. menẹ̄ n.(4)

4 quotations in 1 sense
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Hunt. (a) The cry of the hound when he finds the track of the game; (b) the signal sounded on the horn when returning from the hunt. …

16. parfit n.(1)

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Hunt. (a) A horn call indicating that the hunter or hounds are on the right track; also fig.; (b) ?the right track. …

17. quest(e n.

Additional spellings: queste
94 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) A judicial inquiry, an inquest, a trial; (b) fals (ivel, wrongful) quest, an inquest initiated without valid cause or resulting in an unjust verdict; (c) comen in (on) quest, gon on (upon) quest……

18. quirrẹ̄ n.(1)

16 quotations in 2 senses
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Hunt. (a) The parts of a deer, usually placed on the animal's hide, which are given to the hounds as a reward for the chase; (b) the ceremony of giving the hounds their reward; (c) the collection of……

19. receit(e n.

Additional spellings: receite
79 quotations in 5 senses
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A sum or an amount of money received by a person, guild, church, etc.; an income; -- also pl.; forein receit [see also forein adj. 5.(b)]. …

20. refūs(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: refuse
14 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Refusal, rejection; disgrace; also person.; maken refus of, to reject (sb.); putten in refus, reject (sth.), despise; (b) hunt. withouten refus, old enough to be hunted. …

21. relai n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Hunt. Hounds posted along the probable line of a chase to replace hounds grown weary; also, the place where the hounds are posted. …

22. relẹ̄f(e n.

Additional spellings: relefe
99 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) That which is left over or left behind, remains, remnants, residue; -- often pl.; also, a legacy, charitable bequest; also, dregs; relef of brucus, what the bruchus leaves; (b) rabble, ruins; (c)……

23. reward n.

134 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Something awarded in recognition of merit, virtue, etc.; a reward, prize; (b) a payment for services, remuneration; a fee, bonus; also fig.; (c) what one deserves, just deserts; retribution……

24. rīot(e n.

Additional spellings: riote
53 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Riotous living, dissipation, debauchery; extravagance, a course of extravagance; setten in riot, to set (sb.) on a course of dissipation; (b) an instance of loose living, debauchery, or……

25. rǒute n.(2)

10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A way, route; a road; holden forth route, to continue on (one's) way; leten the cuppe gon route, let the cup make its way, pass the cup; maken route in-to, make way to (a place); (b) hunt. a……

26. spelers n. plural

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Hunt. Dentelations on the hind edge of the palm or the broad upper part of a buck's horn. …

27. stāblīe n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Hunt. A group of hunters and hounds stationed around the perimeter of a wood during a hunt to prevent the escape of the game; (b) a military encampment. …

28. surrēal n.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Hunt. The third tine of a hart's antlers, tray; (b) hawk. pl. the outermost of the three anterior claws of a hawk [cp. sussengeles n.pl.]. …

29. sū̆srēal n.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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Hunt. The third tine of a hart's antlers, tray. …

30. train(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: traine
70 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Treachery; treacherousness; trickery, craft, guile; (b) fraud, deceit, mendacity; (c) in verse tag or with diminished force: withouten train, without prevarication, in truth [cp. OF sans traine]. …

31. trist(e n.

Additional spellings: triste
19 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Hunt. An appointed station where hunters await the game; also in fig. context; (b) a place of concealment; also, a redoubt; also, a staging area for a military assault; (c) ?the land owned by an……

32. trōche n.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Hunt. A cluster of three or more tines at the summit of a deer's antlers; (b) an ornamental brooch or jewel cluster set with pearls; (c) ?a branched candlestick, candelabra; ?error for torch(e n. …

33. vāle n.

94 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) A defined area, often long and narrow, of lower elevation than the surrounding terrain, sometimes bisected by a stream or river, a dale, valley, ravine, river bottom, etc.; also fig. and in fig.……

34. velvet n.

47 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A soft, piled cloth, velvet; a piece of such cloth (b) in phrases: velvet upon velvet, a patterned velvet cloth of some kind; velvet upon satin, ?a patterned velvet and satin cloth; also, in……

35. vermin n.

29 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Coll. Animals regarded as dangerous, monstrous, or foul or exciting fear and revulsion, such as snakes, lizards, toads, and scorpions (b) coll. noxious or pestiferous animals; bestes of vermin;……

36. warde-rōbe n.

Additional spellings: warderobe
46 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A room for the storage of clothing, armor, and similar articles; a closet; a dressing room; also in fig. context; also, a private chamber or small apartment (b) a stock or supply of clothing;……

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