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1. eightethe ord. num.

35 quotations in 4 senses
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Eighth in order;-- (a) with a noun; (b) without a noun; (c) coupled with a higher cardinal. …

2. fallen v.

598 quotations in 57 senses
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(a) Of any object: to move more or less freely downward through space (from a higher to a lower position); to descend, drop, fall; of Lucifer and his followers: to fall (from heaven into hell); fallen……

3. fī̆fte ord. num.

34 quotations in 3 senses
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Fifth in order; -- (a) with or (b) without a noun. …

4. fī̆f-tẹ̄̆nthe ord. num.

Additional spellings: fiftenthe
11 quotations in 3 senses
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Fifteenth in order; -- (a) with a noun; (b) without a noun. …

5. keie n.(1)

143 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) A key; lok and keie; also fig.; kinges keies, crowbars and hammers used to force locks or doors; (b) a representation of a key in a heraldic device; keie of rome, a key as a sign of Roman……

6. middel n.

129 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) A middle region in space, the middle part of a thing; the interior of a country, central part of a constellation, middle stories of a building; middle of a stream, town, bodily part, etc.; (b) the……

7. pīpe n.(1)

166 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) A tube or hollow cylinder employed as a receptacle or passage for liquid, smoke, etc.; the nozzle of a bellows; flue of a chimney; beli pipe, the nozzle of a bellows; (b) a water pipe, conduit……

8. rīsen v.

425 quotations in 15 senses
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(a) To stand up, rise to one's feet from a sitting, kneeling, or reclining position; get up from table; of an animal: get to its feet; of a toad: rear up (from a crouching position); risen ayen……

9. 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……

10. sight(e n.

Additional spellings: sighte
497 quotations in 13 senses
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(a) The faculty of sight, ability to see; also fig.; also in proverb; spirit (vertu) of sight; (b) sight as one of the five senses; sight eie, eyesight; sight of bodi (eie), bodilich sight, physical……

11. sixt(e num.

Additional spellings: sixte
62 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Ordinal number as adj.: sixth; (b) in phrases: the sixt calendes of october, the 26th of September; the sixt houre, the sixt tide (of the dai, noon, midday; the sixt houre of the night, midnight……

12. tenth(e num.

Additional spellings: tenthe
83 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Ordinal number as adj.: tenth; (b) in combs. & phrases: tenth del (part), one-tenth of a whole; also, a small part, a fraction; also, a tithe [1st quot.; cp. 2.(b)]; tenth houre (time), the tenth……

13. thǒume n.

43 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) The short thick digit next to the index finger and opposable to the other digits, thumb; hille of the thoume, the fleshy part of the palm lying below the thumb; (b) in proverbs and prov……

14. thrid num.

108 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Ordinal number as adj.: third;—freq. in adv. phrases of time: the (than) thrid dai, the thrid morn (night, time, etc.), etc., on the third day (morning, night, occasion, etc.), for the third time……

15. 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……

16. twelfth num.

52 quotations in 2 senses
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Ordinal number as adj.: (a) twelfth;—sometimes in adv. phrases: the twelfth dai (month, yer, capitle), on the twelfth day, in the twelfth month (year, chapter); (b) in cpds. and combs.: twelfth dai……

17. twelve num.

139 quotations in 7 senses
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Cardinal number as adj.: twelve, a dozen; ten other twelve, about twelve (plows, yards of cloth, etc.); ten or twelve or twenti, between ten and twenty (foals); ten verse or twelve, ten or twelve……

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