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61. skī(e n.

Additional spellings: skie
47 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The sky, heavens, firmament; -- often pl.; also fig.; ski of night, darkness, night; al the wateres under the ski, all the rivers, etc. in the world; bi o side of the ski, in the same quadrant of…

62. skil n.

340 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) The intellectual faculty, reason; also person.; wit and skil; (b) skil wille (lereth, mot sen), reason demands (teaches, might discover); skil witnesse, reason; -- ?error for skil-wisnes n.; a

63. skipet n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Physiol. A vesica, bladder; skipet of galle, the gall bladder.

64. smẹ̄k(e n.

Additional spellings: smeke
38 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Smoke produced by a burning or smoldering substance; aromatic smoke of incense; a column or cloud of smoke; a variety of smoke; also fig.; also in proverbs; smek hous, a smokehouse; -- used fig.

65. smōke n.

94 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Smoke produced by a burning or smoldering substance; also fig.; smoke and smorther (smolder), smorther and smoke; (b) a puff, cloud, or column of smoke; ben on a smoke, to be emotionally…

66. sperme n.

33 quotations in 2 senses
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Anat. & physiol. (a) The male seminal fluid; passinge (shedinge) of sperme, ?sperme shedinge, emission of semen; (b) the spermatozoa; -- used as a sg.; also, the ovum; mannes (wommanes) sperme; (c)…

67. spirit n.

342 quotations in 17 senses
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(a) Life, the principle of life; vital breath, a vital breath; also, the principle of animation, soul; also, a giver of life [quot. a1425(a1400)]; spirit of lif (quiknesse); (b) a living, rational…

68. stē̆de n.(1)

440 quotations in 14 senses
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(a) A particular part of space, of definite location though often of unspecified extent; a specific place on land, in the sea, or in the air; an area, a region; a spot, locality; also fig.; (b) a…

69. stifnes(se n.

Additional spellings: stifnesse
10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Rigidity, inflexibility; hardness; (b) med. & physiol. inelasticity or lack of suppleness in the body or its parts; pathological difficulty in moving; (c) strength; also, strength of character…

70. strīf(e n.

Additional spellings: strife
213 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Dissension, discord, contention; quarreling; hostility, enmity; withouten strif, peacefully; ?peaceful [next to last quot.]; (b) civil disorder; political dispute; religious conflict; also, an…

71. superflū̆itẹ̄ n.

73 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) An excess in number or quantity, overabundance; also, an unnecessary number or part; (b) excess growth on a tree, the molt or exuviae cast off periodically by some animals, an excess number of…

72. temperāment n.

14 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The action of moderating the excessive degree of a quality in a bodily component; the regulation of the vital spirit of the body; (b) a moderate or an intermediate level with respect to qualities…

73. temperaunce n.

45 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Restraint, forbearance, moderation, temperateness;— also pl.; a habit or practice of proper restraint or moderation [quot. c1475(c1450)]; (b) temperance as one of the cardinal virtues; also person

74. temperūre n.

40 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Moderation, temperance, self-control; (b) meekness, gentleness; (c) ?as adv.: moderately; ?error for tempre adj. (f).

75. terrestreis n. plural

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Physiol. Those components of the humors derived from the element of earth.

76. terrestritẹ̄ n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Physiol. The combination of coldness and dryness characteristic of the element of earth and the corresponding humor of melancholy; also, alch. earthen substance [last quot.].

77. thikkenes(se n.

Additional spellings: thikkenesse
57 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) One of the three dimensions of a solid object, depth as opposed to length and breadth; also fig.; also, the diameter of a spherical object; (b) comparatively great depth; comparatively great…

78. thing n.

699 quotations in 17 senses
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That which exists by itself, a substance; a kind of substance.

79. tisanarie n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Physiol. Chyle.

80. transglūciǒun n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Physiol. Swallowing, deglutition.