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1. peverāde n.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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A peppery sauce served with meat; peverade sauce.

2. polet n.

12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A young chicken; a pullet; (b) in surnames.

3. quishin n.

52 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A cushion, bolster, or pillow; a cushion for the arm or for sitting or kneeling on; also, a hassock or footstool; (b) quishin(es cloth, a case or cover for a cushion.

4. reclaimen v.

29 quotations in 3 senses
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Hawk. (a) To call back (a hawk); also in sayings; (b) to make (a hawk) tame; ppl. reclaimed, tame, trained.

5. recoilen v.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To drive (an enemy or opponent) back; beat back (the devil); recoilen abak (ayen-ward); (b) to retreat, draw back; recoilen ayen.

6. salā̆rī(e n.

Additional spellings: salarie
37 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Compensation, payment, esp. a salary or compensation periodically paid for regular service [sometimes difficult to distinguish from (b)]; also fig.; (b) a payment for a specific service or limited…