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1. strū̆ciǒun n.

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The ostrich Struthio camelus; -- sometimes confused with the stork [cp. stork n.]. …

2. travail n.

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(a) Hard physical labor, toil; also person. [quot. a1425]; an assigned job, one's daily work; also used of a bodily process [quot. ?c1425 Chauliac(2)]; a vocation, trade, craft; man of travail; (b)……

3. seuer n.

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(a) A trench or ditch used for drainage; seuer gate, a floodgate on a sewer; (b) commissioun of seueres, authority or duty to oversee drainage canals; justices of seueres, ?officials who regulated the……

4. stalǒun n.

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(a) A stallion; (b) fig. a sexually promiscuous man; (c) as a term of abuse; (d) in surnames and place names. …

5. subprī̆ǒur n.

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A monastic official ranking immediately below a prior, an assistant to the prior. …

6. execūtǒur, -er n.

Additional spellings: executer
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An executor (of a will); an agent; also fig. …

7. corrōdie n.

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An allowance of provisions for lodging, board, money, etc., granted, usually by a religious house, to a grantee as an annuity for life-term or to successive grantees in perpetuity; also, a bill making……

8. daun n.

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(a) A lord; (b) a cleric or monk. …

9. peutrer n.

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(a) One who manufactures or works in pewter; peutrer craft, the guild of pewterers; (b) as surname. …

10. Turkī(e n.

Additional spellings: Turkie
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(a) The country of the Turks, located vaguely in Anatolia; also, Asia Minor; (b) dep Turki, ?the interior of the Anatolian peninsula; ?error for dep sirtes, one of two deep areas of dangerous sandbars……

11. depūtẹ̄ n.

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(a) A deputy, a substitute, a subordinate officer; (b) Deputy Lieutenant of Ireland; -- an official title; (c) depute keper, one who serves in place of a keeper; depute lieutenant = (b); depute……

12. sūtǒur n.

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(a) A follower, disciple; an adherent to the beliefs or methods of someone; also fig.; also, a member of a king's entourage, a retainer; (b) a pursuer; also fig.; (c) a frequenter, habitué. …

13. veritẹ̄ n.

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(a) Truth; reality; also, the divine attribute of truth; also person. (b) that which is true; the facts of a matter; also, a factual account; (c) a tenet of the faith, a truth; also, a logical……

14. spiritū̆āltẹ̄ n.

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(a) A matter of spiritual concern, spiritual doctrine, the body of Christian teaching; palais of spiritualte, a church; (b) piety, devotion; also, a spiritual way of life; (c) the spiritual nature of……

15. vīce n.

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(a) An undesirable or a negative physical quality in a material object or substance, an imperfection, a flaw; also, an impurity (b) a physical imperfection in a human or an animal body, physical……

16. provendre n.

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(a) Food for domesticated animals, fodder; provendre for hors, hors provendre; (b) food for people; also fig.; (c) eccl. the stipend of a member of the chapter of a cathedral or collegiate church, a……

17. nǒun(e n.

Additional spellings: noune
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Gram. (a) A noun; noun abstract, an abstract noun (as opposed to concrete); noun appellatif, a common noun; noun collectif, a collective noun; noun concret, a concrete noun; noun distributif, a……

18. lēte n.(2)

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(a) A kind of local court with power to investigate, try lesser offenses, levy fines, and sometimes legislate for its district; a court leet; also, a session of such a court; lete general, gret lete……

19. cǒuntrollǒur n.

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(a) The official in charge of accounts in the king's household; (b) an accountant in the customs; (c) any officer of the king having charge of receipts and/or disbursements; (d) a lord's accountant; a……

20. subsidī(e n.

Additional spellings: subsidie
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Help, assistance, aid; succor, relief. …

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