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1. accǒuntāble adj.
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Charged with a duty or responsibility; responsible (for sth.), answerable (to sb.).
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2. appurtenaunt adj. & n.
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(a) Belonging (to a country, a manor) as a possession or a right; (b) as noun: what belongs to or forms a subsidiary part (of a manor, etc.).
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3. aunce(s)trel adj.
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auncestrel
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Derived from an ancestor, ancestral.
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6. avǒut(e)rēr(e adj.
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avoutrer, avouterer, avoutrere
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Adulterous; adulterated.
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14. chausemles n.pl. ?or adj.
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A variety of leather-soled footgear.
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15. clamǒurǒus adj.
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(a) Clamorous; (b) extremely painful; clamourous goute, an extremely painful kind of gout.
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17. Corn-walish adj.
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Cornwalish
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Cornish; the Corn-walish bor, the Cornish boar [said of King Arthur]; as noun: Cornishman.
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20. dēceivāble adj.
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(a) Of persons or animals: deceitful, lying, treacherous; -- also as noun; (b) disloyal, seditious.
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21. dē̆ceivaunt adj. & n.
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(a) Lying, deceitful; (b) as noun: a deceiver, something that deceives.
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22. dē̆fendaunt adj.
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(a) Defending; him (him self, me) defendaunt, defending himself (myself), in self-defense [cp. OF se defendant]; mi sonne defendaunt, my son defending himself; (b) law defending in a suit; partie……
23. dē̆fēsāble adj.
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Law Of rights to income or property: capable of being voided or annulled.
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26. dē̆vīsāble adj.
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Assignable by will, capable of being bequeathed.
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27. discontinūẹ̄ adj.
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Law Of the entail of an estate: broken.
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28. distreināble adj.
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Law Liable to be distrained, subject to distraint.
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37. extravagaunt adj.
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(a) Rambling, irrelevant; (b) extraordinary, unusual; (c) Canon law: constituciouns extravagaunt, papal decrees originally not included or codified in the Decretals [see quot.]; (d) spurious, not……
41. fētīs, -īce adj.
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fetice
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(a) Of things: cleverly fashioned, neat, elegant; (b) of persons: shapely, handsome, pretty, neat [used ironically in quot.: 1477].
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46. gauǧeābles adj. pl.
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Subject to compliance with the standard measure; liable to be gauged.
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47. ?gẹ̄̆ldāble adj. & n.
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Liable to the payment of taxes to the English crown; as noun: geld.
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50. interlīniārē̆ adj.
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Written between the lines of a text; glose interliniare, Anselm's interlinear gloss to the Vulgate; par interliniare, by interlining, in the manner of an interlinear gloss.
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51. jūdiciābles adj. pl.
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Judicial.
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55. main-purnāble adj.
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mainpurnable
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Of a prisoner: eligible for release by surety.
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56. maintē̆nāble adj.
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Law Admissible.
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57. malencolien adj. & n.
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(a) Ill-tempered, irascible; (b) of the sun or moon: in such a position as to favor the formation of black bile; (c) as noun: a person whose complexion, or physiological make-up, is dominated by black……
59. mendinaunt adj.
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(a) Of the friars: mendicant; (b) collective pl. as noun: beggars, needy people.
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60. 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……
66. overcharce adj.
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Of human hair: too sparse or scanty.
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80. propiciǒus adj.
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Inclined to grant favor, generous; disposed to grant pardon or forgiveness.
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84. purveiaunt adj.
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Foresighted, prudent.
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89. receivāble adj.
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(a) Able to be received, capable of being received; acceptable; (b) of an excuse: admissible; (c) able to receive, capable of receiving; receivable thing, a receptacle, container.
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92. repleveshāble adj.
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Law Eligible for bail.
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93. repugnaunt adj.
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(a) Hostile, opposed; also, resistant; as noun: the opposite, the contrary; (b) contradictory, inconsistent.
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94. residencer adj.
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Eccl. Residing where one's church duties are performed, residentiary.
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98. Sarasī̆neis adj.
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(a) Of Saracen manufacture or style; brouet Sarasineis blaunk, a milk-based sauce; (b) of Saracen birth; (c) as noun: the territory of the Saracens [cp. Sarasinesse n.(a)].
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