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1. annulet n.

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(a) a small ring; (b) Med. and anat. the 'cartilage of the windpipe' [Norri]; (c) her. a cadency mark in the shape of a ring.

2. awerousté n.

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Doubt.

3. ?bailer n.

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?A holder of land in fee.

4. bāleis n.(1)

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A rose-red variety of spinel; a balas ruby; rubetus baleis [cp. French rubi balais].

5. bernak(e n.

Additional spellings: bernake
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A kind of wild goose; prob., the barnacle goose Branta leucopsis.

6. cōherciǒun n.

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(a) The exercise of force; compulsion, coercion; (b) the right or power to enforce compliance.

7. cǒuntrolle n.

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Law A duplicate copy of a scroll containing official records, maintained as a check against the primary copy.

8. disheritour n.

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(a) Someone dispossessed of property or privilege [apparently an error for disherite, i.e. the p.ppl. of disheriten used as a noun; cp. disheriten v., sense 1b.]; a renegade or rebel [apparently a…

9. don n.(2)

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A gift; -- in phrases yeven (graunten) a don, to grant (sb. a wish, favor, etc).

10. embroudūre n.

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Embroidered work, embroidery.

11. estraunǧer(e n.

Additional spellings: estraungere
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An outsider of some sort, often indistinguishably but probably including: (a) someone of a different nation, an alien; (b) someone of a different municipality or gild; (c) someone of a different…

12. fen n.(2)

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Dung, excrement; filth [cp. fen n.(1), sense 2., which here overlaps with this word].

13. gabir n.

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A barge or lighter; gabir man, bargeman.

14. graspeis n.

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(a) The grampus; flesh of the grampus; also, the seal [quots.: c1475 ?and 1258]; (b) as surname.

15. hidǒustẹ̄ n.

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Fear, horror.

16. kenet n.

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(a) A small hunting dog, small hound; also, a dog, cur; (b) as surname.

17. pellwet n.

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A fuzzy or hairy plant, perhaps cudweed Filago germanica or mouse-ear hawkweed Hieracium pilosella, used medicinally.

18. petroil n.

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Petroleum, rock oil.

19. rebat(e n.

Additional spellings: rebate
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Deduction in weight or value, discount.