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1. arblast, -blastē̆r n.

Additional spellings: arblaster
35 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A weapon for discharging quarrels, stones, etc., consisting of a bow set crosswise on a shaft; a crossbow, an arbalest; (b) a missile shot from a crossbow; arblast shute.

2. stank n.

21 quotations in 1 sense
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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…

3. sufferaunce n.

102 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) The undergoing of hardship, affliction, punishment, etc.; suffering; (b) a state of affliction, hardship, or suffering; pl. trials, tribulations.

4. sufficience n.

26 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) That which suffices, all that is necessary, enough; an adequate supply of something, sufficient resources; soverain sufficience, abundance; to (unto) sufficience, sufficiently; (b) contentment…

5. torment n.

75 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The systematic infliction of physical pain or an instance of it; applied torture; also, punishment; (b) a cause of physical or mental suffering, an affliction, a hardship; also, a disaster, an…

6. trouel n.(1)

15 quotations in 1 sense
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A hand tool with a flat or curved blade attached to a short handle, a trowel; also, an instrument or a tool of unspecified form and use [chiefly gloss. quots.]; trouel of (a) masoun.

7. turn(e n.

Additional spellings: turne
85 quotations in 12 senses
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A turn, rotation, or revolution about an axis or center; welkenes turn, the turning of the heavens.

8. ūsūre n.

35 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The practice of lending money for interest or gain, usury; also fig. and in fig. context; (b) a usurious act or practice; also in fig. context; (c) the vice of usury personified.

9. valǒur n.

43 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Worthiness in terms of the chivalric virtues, nobility of character or breeding; also, spiritual worth [quot. ?a1475]; also, courtliness, refinement [quot. a1500(?a1400)]; of valour (b) bravery,…

10. vīnī n.

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(a) A plant of the genus Vitis, a vine; vini lef, a vine leaf; vini yerd, a vineyard; also fig.; whit vini, the common or white bryony (Bryonia dioica) (b) ?a vineyard [quot. may belong to (a) or be…