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61. serǧeaunt n.

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(a) A servingman, servant; an officer in a lord's retinue, an attendant; ?a man [quot.: 1372]; an altar server [quot.: 1429]; (b) fig. a servant of God, hell, etc.; (c) the head of a specific…

62. serǧeauntīe n.

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(a) Tenure of land as recompense for services or goods rendered to the king; the land held or governed under such an arrangement; graunt sergeauntie, land tenure on condition of personal service…

63. serǧeauntrīe n.

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(a) Land tenure for services or goods rendered to the king; (b) the office of sergeant.

64. serpentārī(e n.

Additional spellings: serpentarie
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(a) A plant, probably the imported Dragon arum, also known as 'dragonwort,' etc. Drancunculus vulgaris [= dragaunce n.; = serpentin(e n. sense (a)]; (b) a kind of still or retort.

65. sextein(e n.

Additional spellings: sexteine
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(a) An officer of a church or religious house who cares for the buildings, ornaments, vestments, etc., and who attends to bell-ringing, burials, etc., a sexton; (b) as surname.

66. sextrī n.

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(a) A room in a church in which vestments, furnishings, and other possessions are kept, vestry, sacristy; (b) in surname.

67. siccidis n.

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?The wild cucumber [cp. cucomer n.2.].

68. sirō̆n n.

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A shoot, sprout.

69. sirup n.

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(a) Med. A thick viscous liquid, usu. made from herbs boiled with sugar; also fig.; (b) sirup acetous, a decoction of honey or sugar with vinegar; sirup egre, bitter (egre, sour) sirup, any…

70. sō̆le n.

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(a) The sole of the human foot; also, the under surface of an animal's hoof; fot sole; (b) a sole of a (the, his) sole, the sole of the fot, the sole of his (thi) fet, the soles of the (his, here)

71. solempnisāciǒun n.

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(a) The religious or ceremonial celebration (of an event or of marriage); also, a celebration (of marriage); (b) religious rites, the celebrating of religious festivals; (c) solemn discourse.

72. sǒmer n.(2)

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(a) A packhorse; -- also coll.; somer bai (hors); somer driven, forced to ride a packhorse; somer folwer, one who follows packhorses in a train; somer ledere, a driver of packhorses; somer sadel, a…

73. sompter n.

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(a) One who drives a packhorse; sompter hors, a packhorse; sompter man; (b) as surname.

74. sophistrī(e n.

Additional spellings: sophistrie
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(a) Subtle but fallacious reasoning, usu. used to deceive, sophistry; also, the use of cunning and deceitful traps, nonverbal trickery [quot. c1450]; (b) that part of logic dealing with sophismata…

75. soudan n.

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(a) The supreme ruler of one of the medieval Moslem states, the Sultan; the soudan; (b) soudan of babiloine (perse, sirie, sirie and of egipte), the Sultan of Egypt (Persia, Syria, Syria and Egypt)…

76. soume n.

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?A plough trace, often of iron.

77. spalanǧe n.

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A kind of venomous spider.

78. sparre n.

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(a) A piece of timber used in building; a rafter, beam; a board; -- also coll.; firre sparre; hilinge of sparres, a roof; joininge of sparres, a roof or building; maister sparre, a main beam or…

79. spatimene n.

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Surg. An instrument used to cut bone, a trepan.

80. spauler n.

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An ornamental shoulder band worn by ecclesiastics on the upper part of the alb, one on each shoulder.