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1. strandāǧe n.

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A toll or tax paid for leave to beach a boat. …

2. ?gẹ̄̆ldāble adj. & n.

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Liable to the payment of taxes to the English crown; as noun: geld. …

3. ?thrie n.

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A water conduit. …

4. scauāǧe n.

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A custom levied on goods displayed for sale within the precincts of London. …

5. frank-pleǧǧe n.

Additional spellings: frankplegge
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One of the mutually responsible members of a tithing, etc. …

6. wharfāǧe n.

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(a) The use of a wharf for loading, unloading, or stowing goods; (b) the monetary payment for the use of a wharf, wharfage dues. …

7. strai n.

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(a) Law A domestic animal found wandering away from its home or enclosure and subject to impoundment and, if unredeemed, to forfeiture, an estray; -- also coll.; also, the right to impound an estray……

8. flẹ̄te n.

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(a) A group of ships; esp. a fleet of warships, a navy; ?a naval expedition; (b) a troop of armed men, an army; (c) ?a set (of fishing nets). …

9. extente n.

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Law Survey, appraisal, or valuation of land or other property for purposes of taxation; (b) assessed value; (c) tax levied on such valuation; also, income from taxes. …

10. rag(e-man n.

Additional spellings: ragman, rage-man, rageman
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(a) An accuser; the title of the statute of Edward I appointing justices to hear and determine certain specified offenses by the king's officials and others during the twenty-five years prior to……

11. vicā̆rāǧe n.

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(a) The position or office of a parish vicar or a choral vicar in a collegiate church; the benefice held by a parish vicar; perpetuelle vicarage, a vicarage to which a vicar is permanently appointed……

12. stath n.

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(a) A shore; the bank of a river, edge of a pond [last quot. may be error for scath(e n.]; also in proverbs; (b) a dock, wharf, landing place; lond stath, an embankment forming the end of a bridge……

13. squāren v.

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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……

14. rāsen v.(1)

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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……

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