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1. mēne n.(3)

209 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A course of action, method, way; a means of attaining an end; (b) bi mene of, with menes of; bi no (manere of) mene; bi al menes; bi god menes, with great skill; menes and weies; weies and menes……

2. plain(e adj.

Additional spellings: plaine
266 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Flat, level, even; of geographic areas: low in elevation, lowland; broad, flat; also, of an engraving: worked in low relief; plain contre (ground, place, thing), a plain, plateau, or lowland……

3. quā̆treble n.

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(a) A fourfold amount or number; (b) mus. the highest part in four-part contrapuntal singing. …

4. sē̆mibrẹ̄̆fe n.

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Mus. A semibreve. …

5. setten v.

1640 quotations in 40 senses
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(a) To make (sb.) sit, seat (sb.); also, with partitive construction: setten of..over heigh setle, fig. seat (someone's offspring) upon (his) high throne, make to rule; setten adoun (doun, up), make……

6. shalmūse n.

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Mus. (a) A wind instrument containing a double reed, shawm; also, a pipe or flute; (b) ?one who plays this instrument. …

7. thrī̆tẹ̄nth(e num.

Additional spellings: thritenthe
30 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Ordinal number as adj.: thirteenth; thritenth dai, the thirteenth day; also, on the thirteenth day; thritenth yer, in the thirteenth year; dai thritenth, on the thirteenth day; (b) ordinal number……

8. treble adj.

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(a) Threefold; composed of three like elements or parts; also, having three aspects, tripartite; (b) multiplied or increased thrice; of actions: performed three times; (c) treble in philosophie……

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