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1. sester n.

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(a) A vessel for holding liquid; ?a brewing vat [2nd quot.]; (b) a liquid measure; sester ful; (c) a dry measure; (d) sester peni, an annual tax imposed upon commercial brewers of beer. …

2. saucer(e n.

Additional spellings: saucere
37 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A saucer, shallow dish; ?also, a saltcellar; (b) in poetic comparison and fig. context; (c) in cpds. & combs.: saucer brerd, saucer rim; saucer ful, a saucerful; saucer molde, a mold for a saucer……

3. sive n.

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(a) A strainer, sieve; also, a fishing net [cp. sein(e n.(a)]; (b) in cpds. & combs.: sive makere; clensing sive; here sive, q.v.; heren sive; malt sive; mele sive; (c) in prov. expressions; (d) a dry……

4. tachen v.(1)

37 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To fasten (sth. to sth.), attach; also fig.;—also without obj.; nail (sb. to a cross or tree); also, sew (sth. to a garment); ppl. tachinge, sticking together, gluey; (b) to tie (a horse to sth.)……

5. sengle adj.

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(a) Consisting of one unit, single, individual; sengle bond, ?a single mount around the edge of a maser [cp. maser n.2.(b)]; bi sengle daies (yeres), day by day (year after year); castel sengle, a……

6. stuffen v.(1)

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(a) To furnish (a stronghold, castle, town, etc.) with military forces, provisions, armaments, etc. for defense; man (a wall); garrison (the marches); stuffen with (of), equip (a stronghold, castle……

7. mūt(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: mute
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A pack of hunting dogs; ?also, the baying of such a pack. …

8. Turkein n.

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(a) With ref. to Charlemagne's campaigns: a Muslim regarded as an infidel by the Christian church, a Saracen; (b) a member of one of the nomadic desert tribes of the Middle East allied with ancient……

9. panāde n.

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A long knife or dagger. …

10. vernishen v.

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(a) To coat (a board, table, book, etc.) with varnish or similar material, seal (b) to make (one’s head or face) shiny, cause to have a sheen; ?also, make up (one’s cheeks); vernished of visage,……

11. mercīen v.(2)

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To levy fines; fine (sb.). …

12. prē̆mū̆nī̆ciọ̄n n.

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A preliminary warning, previous notification or admonishment. …

13. frǒuntē̆l n.

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A decorative hanging for the altar, an altar frontal; frontel cloth; also, a hanging for the font. …

14. pamflet n.

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A brief written text; a poem, tract, or small book. …

15. tǒurel n.

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(a) A turret; also in fig. context; (b) as surname. …

16. rabet n.(1)

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(a) The young of a rodent of the hare family (Oryctolagus cuniculus), a rabbit; nest of rabetes, a brood of rabbits; (b) a rabbit as an article of food; rabetes soukere, a sucking rabbit as food. …

17. alai n.

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(a) The alloying of a noble metal with a base metal; debasing a noble metal or coin by this means; (b) dilution of wine. …

18. stomaticon n.

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Med. A digestive or purgative medicine of various kinds; stomaticon comfortativum; gretere stomaticon. …

19. squirel n.

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(a) A squirrel, esp. the common Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris); -- also coll.; (b) the fur of the squirrel; (c) squirel tail, the tail of a squirrel; -- also coll.; squireles tail(es, the……

20. sandal n.

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(a) A kind of shoe, consisting of a sole fastened to the foot by thongs, a sandal; (b) a richly made shoe worn by popes and bishops. …

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