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1. capstan n.

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Naut. A device for hauling up the anchor, etc.; capstan bar, capstan spoke, a capstan bar. …

2. cǒuntǒur n.(1)

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(a) An accountant; esp., an official who oversees the collecting and auditing of taxes for a shire, a kingdom, etc.; (b) one who calculates, an arithmetician; (c) a pleader in court, a lawyer; (d) as……

3. cros n.

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(a) A cross for crucifixion, a gibbet; (b) the cross of Christ; holi cros; Exaltacioun of the cros, a feast, Sept. 14; feste of the holi cros, feast of the Invention of the Cross, May 3; (c) winnen……

4. debentūr n.

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A written statement that one owes a certain sum to a person named; esp., an acknowledgment of debt issued in the king's name. …

5. salā̆rī(e n.

Additional spellings: salarie
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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……

6. satureie n.

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Savory Satureia hortensis. …

7. scūte n.(1)

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A French gold coin, usu. worth half an English noble, or 3 s. 4 d. …

8. smaragd(e n.

Additional spellings: smaragde
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A precious stone, green in color, esp. an emerald; also, emerald; smaragd ston. …

9. spāce n.

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(a) An interval or a span of time elapsing between two specified points, events, etc.; (b) the amount or extent of time comprised by or contained within a specified period; -- often with gen. or of ph……

10. spẹ̄re n.(3)

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(a) The cosmos, composed of hollow concentric revolving spheres surrounding the earth; spere of the firmament; (b) the outermost sphere of the cosmos, the primum mobile, regulating the motion of the……

11. stank n.

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(a) A pond, pool; a reservoir; a lake; also in fig. context [quot.: c1400]; stank hed, a dam or similar structure for controlling the water in a pond; stank medwe, a meadow in which there is a pond……

12. stomak n.

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(a) The human stomach; the primary organ of digestion; also, the stomach as the seat of hunger; stomak partie; stomak(es mouth, mouth of the stomak, the opening from the esophagus into the stomach……

13. strictōrī(e n.

Additional spellings: strictorie
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(a) A medicine or an herb having constricting or styptic properties; a compress or plaster having a constricting effect used for medicinal or cosmetic purposes; also, a bandage; (b) as adj. and in……

14. strū̆ciǒun n.

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The ostrich Struthio camelus; -- sometimes confused with the stork [cp. stork n.]. …

15. stuble n.

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(a) A stalk of grain; the yet stondinge in the stuble, unharvested grain, grain still standing; (b) coll. the ends of grain stalks left in the ground after reaping, stubble; harvested stubble or flax……

16. studī̆en v.

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(a) To strive (to do sth.), endeavor, try; direct one's efforts or thoughts (toward doing sth.); take pains (to do sth.); (b) studien abouten (after, in, to, umbe), to strive toward (sth.); devote……

17. studient n.

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One who pursues knowledge, a scholar; one who pursues learning at a school or university, a student. …

18. suppositōrī(e n.

Additional spellings: suppositorie
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Med. (a) A rectal suppository to induce defecation, eliminate abdominal gas, promote healing, etc.; (b) a vaginal suppository to reduce excessive menstrual flow or purge the uterus of unhealthy……

19. tāblement n.

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(a) A retable; (b) arch. a horizontal section of a structure: a cornice, stringcourse; a tier in a foundation; also, the roof of a ship's superstructure. …

20. tenaunt n.

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(a) One who holds real property from another by feudal obligation or payment of rent; (b) tenaunt bi (de) devis, a tenant by inheritance; tenaunt bi the courteisie, tenaunt thurgh laue of engelond, a……

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