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1. Corn-walish adj.

Additional spellings: Cornwalish
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Cornish; the Corn-walish bor, the Cornish boar [said of King Arthur]; as noun: Cornishman.

2. ?gẹ̄̆ldāble adj. & n.

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Liable to the payment of taxes to the English crown; as noun: geld.

3. mischẹ̄vǒus adj.

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(a) Miserable, wretched, unhappy; also, causing pain or distress, painful; as noun: the wretched, the needy, the suffering; (b) unfortunate, regrettable; calamitous, ruinous; dangerous; (c) evil…

4. 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…

5. 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…

6. suant adj.

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

7. 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)…

8. 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.

9. 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

10. tailliāble adj.

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Subject to tallage, taxable.

11. teingre adj.

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Tan, pale brown.

12. temperẹ̄ adj.

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

13. 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…

14. 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…

15. 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…

16. traitǒurǒus adj.

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

17. 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

18. 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…

19. trīāble adj.

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(a) Tested, proved; (b) law capable of being or liable to be tried in a court of law.

20. trǒuble adj.

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(a) Turbid, murky, stirred up; also, full of dregs, mud, sand, etc.; of moving water: turbulent, churned up; also in fig. context; also, as noun: a turbid drink [quot. a1393, 2nd]; (b) unsettled…