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1. tiriake adj.

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Antidotal against poisonous animal bites. …

2. strū̆ction n.

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A medicinal herb, prob. soapwort Saponaria officinalis. …

3. Wandale adj.

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Pertaining to or involving the Vandals. …

4. stīpendārī̆e n.

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(a) One who performs military service for pay, a mercenary; (b) a salaried cleric; stipendarie annuel, ?a cleric paid to perform anniversary memorial services. …

5. sarcocol(le n.

Additional spellings: sarcocolle
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A gum which exudes from one of several Persian trees (Penaea mucronata and P. sarcocolla, and Astragalus fasiculifolius and A. sarcocolla), used in healing wounds; sarcocol gret (gros), gret sarcocol……

6. servicīe n.

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An assigned duty [cp. servise n.1.(c)]. …

7. secūres n. plural

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Axes, hatchets. …

8. tugurrī(e n.

Additional spellings: tugurrie
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A small house, hut, shack. …

9. trōphe n.

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An overwhelming victory, a complete rout of the enemy. …

10. sesquitercia adj.

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Mus. Having the proportion of one and one third to one, bearing the ratio of four to three; proporcioun sesquitercia, an interval of a fourth. …

11. delictāble adj.

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Criminal, wicked. …

12. sī̆ser n.

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Strong drink, intoxicating drink, prob. fermented juice of fruit. …

13. selbestrin(e n.

Additional spellings: selbestrine
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Some kind of plant, perh. one that grows wild or in shady areas. …

14. touail n.

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(a) A piece of cloth used to wipe something dry; washinge touail, a piece of cloth for wiping or cleansing something [see also washing(e ger. 2.]; (b) a cloth of the length of a table, chiefly for……

15. valet n.

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(a) A male servant; a groom; also, a knight’s attendant, yeoman; ?a military orderly [quot. 1357]; valettis graines, ?livery or cloth for livery of guildsmen’s servants [quot. 1425-6] (b) in……

16. squillīne adj.

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Made with squills, spiced with squill; aisel squilline. …

17. sesquialtera adj.

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Having the proportion of one and one half to one, bearing the ratio of three to two; mus. proporcioun sesquialtera, an interval of a fifth. …

18. sancciọ̄n n.

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(a) An ecclesiastical decree; (b) a confirmation or an enactment of a law. …

19. speragus n.

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A plant of some kind, prob. Cranesbill Geranium molle or Geranium columbinum (for quot.Agnus Castus, herb robert Geranium robertianum). …

20. shrīn(e n.

Additional spellings: shrine
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(a) A repository in which a holy object or the relics of a saint are kept, a reliquary, shrine; also, a richly built and decorated tomb for a saint; (b) ben in shrin, to lie in a shrine, be enshrined……

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