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61. attǒurnẹ̄, -ei n.

Additional spellings: attournei
47 quotations in 4 senses
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Law A person formally designated or appointed to represent a litigant in court or to transact official business; legal agent, attorney, advocate; attourne general, advocate empowered to act in all……

62. attǒurnement n.

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Formal acknowledgment of allegiance and service (of a tenant). …

63. audī̆tǒur n.

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An official who examines and verifies accounts, an auditor or examiner; also fig. of God. …

64. auncē̆l n.

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(a) A kind of balance or scale (prob. a steelyard) used for weighing [banned by law as lending itself easily to deception; see quots. 1351, 1429, 1439]; also, the system of measuring weight with such……

65. aunte n.

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(a) The sister of one's father or mother, aunt; (b) aunte doughter, the daughter of one's aunt, cousin; aunte sone, the son of one's aunt, cousin. …

66. Austī̆n n.(1) & adj.

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(a) A friar of the Augustinian order; (b) Austin frere, an Augustinian friar. …

67. avail(e n.

Additional spellings: availe
68 quotations in 5 senses
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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. …

68. avaunt-ward n.

Additional spellings: avauntward
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The foremost position or part of an army, the vanguard. …

69. aventaille n.

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A piece of chain mail protecting the neck and upper chest. …

70. āver n.(1)

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A draft horse; ?also, any beast of burden or draft animal. …

71. avēr n.(2)

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Things owned; possessions, property, wealth; -- coll. or pl. …

72. 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]. …

73. avoidaunce n.

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Act of emptying something; esp., emptying the alimentary tract by bowel movement or vomiting. …

74. award n.

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(a) A judicial decision, judgment, verdict, sentence; don award, maken award, yeven award, to render a decision, pronounce judgment; abiden award, holden award, stonden to award, to accept a decision……

75. bācǒun n.

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(a) Pork cured in brine or by smoking; esp. salt pork or a cut of it; salt bacoun; seind bacoun, smoked pork; bacoun hog, a hog fattened for butchering; (b) bacoun flich or flik, a side of bacon; (c)……

76. baǧǧe n.(2)

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Her. A badge of cognizance, insignia; bagge of armes. …

77. balingēr n.

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(a) A small fast naval vessel; balinger of werre; (b) a sailor on such a vessel. …

78. ballard n.(2)

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A German coin. …

79. baneǒur, -i)ēr n.

Additional spellings: banier, baner, baneer
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(a) A banner-bearer; the standard-bearer of a king; a standard-bearer in the van of battle; meister baneour, chief standard-bearer; (b) a knight banneret. …

80. baselā̆rd n.(1)

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A kind of short straight sword or dagger, in civilian use, worn in a sheath hung from a strap, e.g. at the girdle; baselard knif; in some examples perhaps used loosely of a curved 'hanger.' …

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