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1. arblast, -blastē̆r n.

Additional spellings: arblaster
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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. assẹ̄th n.

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Fulfillment, satisfaction, reparation; maken (don) asseth, give satisfaction: (a) fulfillment of a wish, expectation or requirement; (b) fulfilling of a need; (c) satisfactory answer to a question or……

3. -aunt suf.

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(a) In many pr.ppls. taken from OF, e.g. abound-a(u)nt, appar-a(u)nt, ard-a(u)nt, arrog-a(u)nt, charge-a(u)nt, ramp-aunt, -and, etc.; (b) in a number of nouns (orig. ppls.) adopted from OF, as……

4. avail(e n.

Additional spellings: availe
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(a) Benefit, advantage, profit; ben avail, to be useful or effective; ben litel avail, to be of little value; (b) of persons: worthiness. …

5. ā̆verāǧe n.

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A service owed by the tenant to his feudal superior [orig. consisting of work performed by the tenant with his draft animals]. …

6. brācēr n.

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(a) The part of a suit of armor protecting the arm; (b) an arm guard or wrist guard used by archers; (c) a bracelet, an armlet. …

7. briganders, -ine(s n.

Additional spellings: brigandine, brigandines
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(a) A light body armor, consisting of a front and a back half, worn by foot soldiers (later also by others); pair (of) briganders; (b) briganders maker; briganders nail. …

8. ches-treu n.

Additional spellings: chestreu
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Naut. One of two small pieces of timber, perforated to receive the tack of a sail [see quot. 1625 below and quot. 1769 in OD under chesstree]. …

9. envoisen v.(1)

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Hunt. Of hounds: (a) to follow a scent; (b) to follow the wrong scent. …

10. Māte-griffǒun n.

Additional spellings: Mategriffoun
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The name of a portable siege tower used by Richard I. …

11. mēne n.(3)

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(a) A course of action, method, way; a means of attaining an end; (b) bi mene of, with menes of; bi no (manere of) mene; bi al menes; bi god menes, with great skill; menes and weies; weies and menes……

12. pikeis n.

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(a) A pickax, a tool used for breaking up and digging up ground, breaking up walls, quarrying, etc. (often identified with other tools, such as a mattock, spade, hoe, etc.); also fig.; ?also, a tool……

13. quirrẹ̄ n.(1)

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Hunt. (a) The parts of a deer, usually placed on the animal's hide, which are given to the hounds as a reward for the chase; (b) the ceremony of giving the hounds their reward; (c) the collection of……

14. remenaunt n.

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(a) The rest, remaining part or quantity; the residual portion of an estate; a remaining or reserved portion; also fig.; (b) the remaining part of a story, question, text, law, etc.; a remaining……

15. reprẹ̄ve n.

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(a) Shame, disgrace, dishonor; with gret repreve, shamefully; (b) ben (lien) in repreve, to be in disgrace, be despised or rejected; don repreve, cause disgrace; don repreve to, cause disgrace to (sb……

16. rēre-ward(e n.

Additional spellings: rereward, rere-warde, rerewarde
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(a) The rear of an army, rear guard; also, the rear of a horse; (b) fig.; (c) a weapon of some kind, perhaps a cudgel or club; (d) error for red water, i.e., the Red Sea. …

17. ?richẹ̄ n.(2)

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The state of possessing wealth, prosperity, affluence. …

18. riveling n.

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(a) A rawhide shoe or boot; (b) as a derogatory nickname for a Scot. …

19. rollen v.(1)

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(a) To record (a deed, title, etc.) in an official roll or register; also in fig. context; (b) to list (a person's name) on a roster or muster roll; record (sb.) as (sth.), acknowledge; rollen with……

20. rǒund(e n.

Additional spellings: rounde
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(a) A spherical body or form; a globular lump; (b) the rounded end of a bone; (c) an eye socket; (d) ?a round nut or seed. …

21. rutei n.

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In cpd.: rutei time, rutting season. …

22. rutson n.

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Rutting of male deer; rutson tide (time). York MGame 21: The hertes þat bene in greet hilles, whane it commeþ to Rut some [vr. Rutsonn] tyme [vr. ruttson; F temps du ruyt], þei come adoun in to grete……

23. sardoin(e n.

Additional spellings: sardoine
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Sardonyx; a sardonyx. …

24. saumplārīe n.

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A model, an exemplar, a guide. …

25. saumple n.

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(a) A typical representative of a class; writen saumples of, to give examples of (sth.); (b) an instance serving as illustration of a method; (c) a small quantity of a substance by which the quality……

26. saumplē̆r(e n.

Additional spellings: saumplere
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(a) A divine plan; a divine archetype or pattern; (b) an earthly copy of a divine archetype; also, an earthly representation [1st quot.]. …

27. scarren v.

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To cut (sth.). …

28. scǒute-wacche n.

Additional spellings: scoutewacche
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A sentinel, guard; also, the guard, watch; kepen (maken) scoute-wacche, to keep guard or watch. …

29. scrīven v.(2)

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To write; describe (sth.); record (sth.) in writing. …

30. scū n.

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A screen used for protection against fire or drafts. …

31. sculiǒun n.

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A menial domestic servant, scullion. …

32. scus-cọ̄te n.

Additional spellings: scuscote
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A wild pigeon, ?stock dove (Columba oenas). …

33. seinten v.

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(a) To be divinely favored, blessed, or sanctified; ben seinted, become a saint in heaven; (b) to act like a saint; -- used iron. boast or show off. …

34. shalmūse n.

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Mus. (a) A wind instrument containing a double reed, shawm; also, a pipe or flute; (b) ?one who plays this instrument. …

35. skeu n.(2)

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Arch. (a) Beveled stone used to form the slope of a gable coping, the offset of a buttress, etc.; a piece of such stone, a skew; skeu scapeled; (b) in cpds. & combs.: skeu assheler, squared, hewed……

36. somnen v.

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(a) To urge (sb. to do sth.), invite, call upon; order (sb. to do sth.); -- also with that clause; ben somned, be called upon (to do sth.), be obliged; ben somned to, be invited to (a feast); (b) ?to……

37. somnǒur n.

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(a) An officer of an ecclesiastical court responsible for citing persons to appear, an apparitor; also, an officer of an archdeacon; (b) an officer of a secular court responsible for citing persons to……

38. sonǧewārīe n.

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A dream book, a book which explains the significance of dreams; also, the interpretation of dreams. …

39. sǒuse n.(2)

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(a) = sours n. 3.; (b) a perch for a hawk; (c) = sours n. 2.(a). …

40. soverain n.

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(a) One who is superior to or has power over another; an immediate master, a lord; also fig.; pl. masters; also, one's betters; ben soverain over, to be lord over (sb., oneself); (b) a husband; lord……

41. soverain adj.

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(a) Of a person: outstanding in some respect, excellent; distinguished, renowned, worthy; ben soverain, to be preeminent; ben soverain to his plesaunce, be very pleasing to him; (b) of something, a……

42. spaudeler n.

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A piece of armor protecting the shoulder. …

43. speies n.

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Underbrush; also, kindling or firewood made from underbrush [1st quot.]; cler speies, an area in a forest clear of underbrush. …

44. spenser(e n.

Additional spellings: spensere
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(a) One who dispenses money, provisions, etc.; a household steward; a butler; one who distributes alms, an almoner; also fig.; (b) in surnames; (c) as place name. …

45. spīcerī(e n.

Additional spellings: spicerie
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(a) An aromatic substance; a spice; also fig. [quot. c1400]; coll. spices; also, spice plants; spiceri menginge, blending of aromatic spices; grounden (poudre of) spiceri, ground spices; (b) a spice……

46. spiritū̆āl adj.

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(a) Immaterial; consisting solely of intellect, purely intellectual; (b) having the properties of the immaterial: of virtues: unbounded, infinite; of torment: intangible; (c) phil. & theol. of form……

47. sprī̆t n.

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(a) The principle of life; sprit of lif, vital sprit; (b) the human soul, esp. at the point of death; yelden sprit, to die; (c) an immaterial being; an angel, a demon; also, an apparition, a ghost……

48. squil(le n.(1)

Additional spellings: squille
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(a) A woven basket; ?also, a bucket; (b) a hollow stem or cane. …

49. stāle n.(5)

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A stalemate in chess; also fig. [2nd quot.]. …

50. standard n.

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(a) A flag or banner displayed from a pole in battle; also, a pole used to display a military ensign; a figure displayed as a military ensign; standard berere, a standard bearer; standard of treues, a……

51. 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……

52. steu(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: steue
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(a) A heated room for a hot-air or steam bath; -- also pl.; a bathhouse; also, a hypocaust [quot. a1387]; steu hous; (b) a hot-air or steam bath; also, a herbal decoction used in a steam bath or for……

53. strācūr n.

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?A hunting or tracking dog. …

54. straunǧer(e n.

Additional spellings: straungere
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(a) A foreigner, an alien; straunger alien; enemi (marchaundise, ravinour, alien comere) straunger; marchaunt straunger [see also marchaunt n. 1.(c)]; (b) an unknown or unfamiliar person, a stranger……

55. streinen v.(1)

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(a) To tie (sth.), bind, fasten; gird (sb., a part of the body); also fig.; streinen togeder(es; (b) to confine or restrain (sb., a part of the body, an animal, an idol) physically; also fig.; (c) to……

56. strī(e n.

Additional spellings: strie
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A witch; also, a hag; -- used as a term of abuse. …

57. suant adj.

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(a) Following in time or order, ensuing, subsequent; (b) appropriate. …

58. subbaillif n.

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A deputy to a bailiff; also, an assistant to a sheriff. …

59. subdūciọ̄̆n n.

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Suppression, restraint. …

60. subǧet adj.

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(a) Obedient, submissive; compliant; also, deferential; also fig.; subget to (unto); (b) put to the service of someone or something else; of service to another; also, subordinate; subget to (til); (c)……

61. sufferaunce n.

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(a) The undergoing of hardship, affliction, punishment, etc.; suffering; (b) a state of affliction, hardship, or suffering; pl. trials, tribulations. …

62. sufferaunt adj.

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(a) Willing to bear hardship, affliction, etc.; (b) self-restrained, slow to anger, calm; (c) patiently awaiting an event; also, as noun: one who patiently waits. …

63. suffeten v.

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To slap, smack. …

64. sufficience n.

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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……

65. surbatre n.

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?A skin injury, perh. characterized by swelling and surface lesions. …

66. surfē̆t n.

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Overindulgence, excess; immoderate behavior; an instance of immoderate behavior; also, loquacity, talkativeness [quot. a1449 Lydg.Cock]; surfet of biinge, profligacy. …

67. surnǒun n.

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(a) An additional name [cp. surname n. (a)]; also, an epithet; a family name or last name [quots. 1472-3 & prob. a1425]; (b) a distinguishing name; also, a pseudonym, nom de guerre [last quot.]. …

68. surquier n.

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Presumption, pride, arrogance. …

69. surrēal n.

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(a) Hunt. The third tine of a hart's antlers, tray; (b) hawk. pl. the outermost of the three anterior claws of a hawk [cp. sussengeles n.pl.]. …

70. sū̆srēal n.

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Hunt. The third tine of a hart's antlers, tray. …

71. sustẹ̄nen v.

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(a) To support (sb. or sth.) physically, hold upright; bear the weight of (sb. or sth.); prevent (sb. or sth.) from falling; also fig. & in fig. context; anat. support (a part of the body), provide a……

72. tachen v.(1)

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(a) To fasten (sth. to sth.), attach; also fig.;—also without obj.; nail (sb. to a cross or tree); also, sew (sth. to a garment); ppl. tachinge, sticking together, gluey; (b) to tie (a horse to sth.)……

73. taille adj.

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In combs.: estat (fe, stat) taille, an estate or office held in heritable tenure limited to some particular class of heirs; also, an arrangement by which an estate or heritable office is entailed; in……

74. taillen v.

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(a) To cut (sth.), trim; ppl. tailled, cut up, sliced; (b) to cut down (an enemy) in battle, cut to pieces, slaughter; also, slash and kill [last quot.]; (c) to set (persons) in order for battle; put……

75. talǒun n.

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(a) The heel of a person's foot; (b) the hind part of the foot or hoof of an animal; (c) the hind part of an animal's footprint. …

76. tā̆stǒur n.

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(a) One who perceives something by the sense of taste, a taster; (b) a domestic officer who tastes food to insure its wholesomeness or that it is not poisoned; also, an official who tastes ale to……

77. teinen v.(2)

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(a) To hold (sth.), hold on to, keep; (b) to exist, remain. …

78. temperẹ̄ adj.

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(a) Of a person: ?modest; ?restrained; (b) of a place: having a mild climate, moderate in temperature. …

79. tempre adj.

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(a) Of a person: restrained in conduct; of a person's behavior: temperate, moderate; (b) of sleep, diet: moderate; of a bath: of moderate warmth; of the quality of heat in food, drink, or a bodily……

80. tempter(e n.

Additional spellings: temptere
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One who tests the quality of bread or ale, an assayer. …

81. tenī̆s n.

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(a) The ancestor of the modern game of court tennis, prob. a form of handball played in an enclosed space; also used derisively for warfare with cannonballs; pleien at (the) tenis; (b) tenis bal, a……

82. terrestre adj.

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(a) Terrestrial, earthly; of the earth, earthy; (b) paradise terrestre, the Garden of Eden; also fig.; (c) paradise terrestre, the dwelling place of the righteous dead or translated pending the Last……

83. tīcen v.

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(a) To tempt (sb.), lure, seduce; ppl. tising, enticing; (b) to attract (sb. to sin, virtue, etc.), entice; also, entice (sb.) to do (sth.) [1st quot.]; entice someone (to sth.), act as an enticement……

84. tille n.(1)

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A locker or similar container for the storage of military gear; also, a casket or similar container. …

85. tī̆tlen v.

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(a) To write (sth.) down, record, chronicle; list (sth.); also, inscribe (a symbol, name, etc.); also, with adv.: titlen in [quot. c1450(?a1400)]; ppl. titled as adj.: inscribed [quot. c1400]; (b) to……

86. tonnel n.

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(a) A barrel for liquids or solids, cask, tun; tonnel hop; tonnel tre, ?a barrel stave; (b) a net for catching partridges or other birds; (c) ?a chimney shaft; (d) a strainer or colander. …

87. torment n.

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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……

88. tormenten v.

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(a) To inflict physical pain deliberately and systematically on (sb., a part of the body), esp. for coercion or punishment, torture (sb.);—also without obj. [quot. c1384]; (b) to inflict physical or……

89. tǒurnement n.

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(a) An exercise in the medieval martial arts, engaged in by knights, usu. mounted, and used to demonstrate prowess or hone skills; (b) a test or demonstration of physical skill;—used of the Olympic……

90. tǒurnẹ̄̆ǒur n.

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One who takes part in a tournament; also as an epithet for a ruler. …

91. traine n.(3)

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?A burrow; ?a clever stratagem. …

92. traitǒur adj.

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(a) Guilty of treason against the king or the realm, traitorous; disobedient to or rebellious against the law; of one's body or heart: belonging to a traitor; of a plot: treasonable; (b) guilty of the……

93. traitǒuresse n.

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(a) A woman who betrays or kills the king; a servant who betrays her master or mistress; a wife who betrays her husband or a daughter her father; also, a false lover; (b) a treacherous and……

94. traitǒurǒus adj.

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(a) Disloyal to king or country, traitorous, treasonable; (b) treacherous, false, wicked. …

95. trameis n.

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The spring sowing or plowing; also, spring-sown grain. …

96. travailǒur n.

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(a) One who works, a laborer; one who works for his or her living; (b) one who does injury, a tormenter; (c) travailour of child, a woman in childbirth, a woman in labor; (d) a treader of a path, a……

97. treble adj.

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(a) Threefold; composed of three like elements or parts; also, having three aspects, tripartite; (b) multiplied or increased thrice; of actions: performed three times; (c) treble in philosophie……

98. trecheri(e n.

Additional spellings: trecherie
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(a) Faithlessness to a sworn oath or sacred obligation; also, traitorousness; (b) guilefulness, duplicity, dishonesty; also, trickery; (c) hypocrisy, dissimulation, insincerity; (d) a specific sin……

99. trespassǒur n.

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(a) One who violates or fails to observe a law, an ordinance, a set of regulations, a code, etc.; one who commits an infraction, a criminal offender, transgressor; (b) one who does wrong, a……

100. trētāble adj.

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(a) Easily manipulated, workable, malleable, flexible; of diseased flesh, a wound, an inflamed tonsil: pliable, yielding; also, fig. of the heart: made ready to be worked, receptive; (b) knowable by……

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