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1. 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]. …

2. collectōrie n.(2)

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The office of the collector (at Calais). …

3. rāsen v.(1)

112 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To scrape (sth.); also, shave (sb., somebody's crown); (b) to make erasures; erase (writing, a passage of writing, etc.); scrape (a page, book) clean; emend (a document) by erasure; rasen awei……

4. rolle n.

96 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A scroll; a scroll with its contained text; a roll of prayers [quot.: 1454]; (b) a roll used in the game of rage-man [see rage-man n.3.(b)]; rage-man rolle; (c) rolle of wacche, a scroll on which……

5. rollen v.(1)

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(a) To record (a deed, title, etc.) in an official roll or register; also in fig. context; (b) to list (a person's name) on a roster or muster roll; record (sb.) as (sth.), acknowledge; rollen with……

6. ruffīne adj.

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Reddish. …

7. sai n.(2)

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Silk; sai worm, the silkworm (Bombyx mori). …

8. scratten v.

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(a) To scratch (sb., the face, etc.) with the nails; ppl. scratted, scratched (by thorns, etc.); (b) to scratch with the nails; (c) in surname. …

9. sē̆mibrẹ̄̆fe n.

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Mus. A semibreve. …

10. sirō̆n n.

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A shoot, sprout. …

11. skellet n.(1)

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(a) A pan used for boiling or frying, skillet; (b) as surname. …

12. skirmesǒur n.

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(a) ?An entertainer; (b) as surname. …

13. skī̆rwhī̆t(e n.

Additional spellings: skirwhite
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(a) The parsnip or water-parsnip plant (Pastinaca sativa, Sium sisarium or latifolium); also, the root of the parsnip plant, often used as food; skirwhit rote; wild skirwhit, the wild parsnip plant……

14. somnen v.

105 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To urge (sb. to do sth.), invite, call upon; order (sb. to do sth.); -- also with that clause; ben somned, be called upon (to do sth.), be obliged; ben somned to, be invited to (a feast); (b) ?to……

15. soudelet n.

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A slender bar to which the panels of a leaded window are secured. …

16. souden v.(1)

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(a) To fix (sth.) in place by soldering or welding; join (sth. together, sth. to sth. else) by soldering; also, mend (broken metal) by soldering; also, unite things with solder [last quot.]; (b) to……

17. soume n.

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?A plough trace, often of iron. …

18. spīcerī(e n.

Additional spellings: spicerie
69 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) An aromatic substance; a spice; also fig. [quot. c1400]; coll. spices; also, spice plants; spiceri menginge, blending of aromatic spices; grounden (poudre of) spiceri, ground spices; (b) a spice……

19. squāren v.

35 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To make (sth.) square in shape; cut (a trencher) to a square shape; mark (sth.) out as a square; ppl. squared, made square in outline; square in shape; of a cart: having a square floor; squared……

20. squil(le n.(1)

Additional spellings: squille
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(a) A woven basket; ?also, a bucket; (b) a hollow stem or cane. …

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