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1. abrotāne n.

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Southernwood (Artemisia abrotanum).

2. alisa(u)ndre, -er n.

Additional spellings: alisaundre, alisander, alisaunder
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(a) Alexanders, horse parsley (Smyrnium olusatrum); (b) alisandre more, alisandre rot; alisandre sed.

3. almes(se n.

Additional spellings: almesse
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(a) Anything given to relieve those in poverty or distress, any charitable gift or offering, alms; an allotment of alms; eten almes, be dependent on alms; gan on almes, liven bi, of almes, live on…

4. amatist(e n.

Additional spellings: amatiste
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Amethyst; amatist colour, amatist ston.

5. amidǒun n.

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Crushed hulled wheat; grits, starch.

6. ancipiter n.

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A bird of prey.

7. artetīk, -ica adj. & n.

Additional spellings: artetica, arthetica, arthretica, aretica
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Arthritic, rheumatic; arthritis, rheumatism; goute artetik, arthritis, gout.

8. bothor n.

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A kind of small pustule; in pl.: small gatherings of pus under the skin having some resemblance to a cluster of grapes.

9. bravie n.

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A prize or reward.

10. burestes n.

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An insect that causes a disease of cattle.

11. cāde n.(1)

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(a) A jar or cask; (b) a cask or barrel used for herring or other fish; a cask full of herring, etc.; also, as a measure of volume or number.

12. caladrie n.

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A Scriptural bird.

13. calǒur n.

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physiol. Warmth, heat.

14. card(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: carde
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(a) A comb-like instrument used in arranging the fibers of wool, etc., for spinning; a wool card; also, the same instrument used (illegally) to raise the nap on cloth [quot.: 1464]; (b) card maker, a…

15. celidoine n.(1)

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The greater celandine (Chelidonium majus); also, any of its parts used medicinally.

16. cercelle n.

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A teal duck.

17. citōnie n.

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The quince Cydonia oblonga.

18. ?civeria n. ?pl.

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?Meal; ?dish.

19. cocodril n.

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Crocodile (any reptile of the genus Crocodilus).

20. collibie n.

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Something given into the bargain, a premium.

21. coloquint(ide n.

Additional spellings: coloquintide
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The plant colocynth (Citrullus colocynthis) or its fruit or pith.

22. cunel n.

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A garden herb of the mint family: marjoram, thyme, or savory.

23. dē̆fāmāciǒun n.

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(a) Disgrace, dishonor, ill repute, scandal; (b) calumny, slander, defamation.

24. dēmacerāciǒun n.

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Wasting of tissues, emaciation.

25. demigraine n.

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A severe ache on one side of the head, migraine.

26. derbes n. plural

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A pustular eruption of the skin that spreads, serpigo.

27. diker n.

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(a) A measure or lot of ten; esp., of hides or skins; (b) ?in place name [see Smith PNElem. 1.133].

28. Dinastīnes n. plural

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Kings, rulers (of Egypt).

29. distillaciǒun n.

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(a) Shedding, falling in drops; (b) application by drops, dripping; (c) distillation; vaporization; (d) a distillate.

30. ditain(e n.

Additional spellings: ditaine
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(a) One of two medicinal plants: dittany of Crete (Origanum dictamnus) and/or white dittany (Dictamnus albus); (b) lesse ditain, costmary (Chrysanthemum balsamita).

31. dracọ̄nitīdis n.

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A precious stone.

32. dragaunt n.

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(a) The gum tragacanth; muscilage dragaunt; (b) some kind of vitriol; calcantum dragaunt, vitriol dragaunt.

33. dragme n.

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(a) A unit of apothecary's weight of one eighth of an ounce, a dram; (b) fig. a bit of talent.

34. dromede n.

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A dromedary.

35. dūāl n.

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An incisor tooth, prob. a central incisor.

36. ducciǒun n.

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Math. Multiplication.

37. Ēbrēī, Ēbreies n. plural

Additional spellings: Ebreies
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Jews of Biblical times, Hebrews; also attrib.

38. emigraine, -grāne n.

Additional spellings: emigrane
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A severe headache, orig. one affecting one side only.

39. fībre n. plural

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The ends or lobes of the liver.

40. ficūlence n.

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Phys. Waste matter.

41. ?flos (a)eris n.

Additional spellings: flos eris
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A chemical substance used medicinally, for example in corrosive ointments, in most cases probably to be identified with blue or green copperas.

42. galactīles n.

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A precious stone, ?nitrate of lime.

43. galilẹ̄ n.

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(a) A small chapel near the entrance of a church; a porch or open gallery; (b) Galilean, as a name for Jesus; (c) a Galilean, as applied to Christ's followers, a Christian; (d) ?the Milky Way [?error…

44. garnet n.

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A type of hinge shaped like a horizontal T; double garnet, ?a garnet hinge somehow doubled in form. [See also almerie garnet, out garnet, and peue garnet (s.v. peue n.(1)).]

45. gāte n.(3)

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A deep bowl.

46. gliciride n.

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The plant licorice Glycyrrhiza glabra; also, its dried root.

47. gorgonza n.

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Some precious or semi-precious stone.

48. grī̆p(e n.(3)

Additional spellings: gripe
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(a) The fabulous beast griffin; (b) a representation of the griffin in heraldry, ornamentation; grip fot, a figure of the griffin's claw as decoration for the base of a vessel; (c) a vulture; (d)…

49. grǒume n.

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?Mire, slime, filth.

50. gule n.

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In phr. gule of August, Lammas Day, August 1.

51. heremī̆t(e n.

Additional spellings: heremite
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(a) A man who, from religious motives, lives in relative solitude; a male Christian recluse, a hermit; (b) holi heremit, a pious hermit; (c) a false hermit; one who has not renounced human society, or…

52. hermofrodīte n.

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(a) A hermaphrodite; (b) fig. one who improperly occupies two offices.

53. hērō n.

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Hero; -- in phrase verse of heroes, heroic verse, verse composed in hexameters.

54. hiēna n.

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A precious stone produced by the hyena.

55. hiēne n.

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The hyena.

56. hūmefactī̆ve n.

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Med. A medicine which increases moisture, a diluent.

57. ibulumus n.

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?The gum of the white plum tree.

58. īconomī(e n.

Additional spellings: iconomie
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The management of economic affairs, housekeeping.

59. iderus n.

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A swelling in the body filled with a watery fluid.

60. ī̆dō̆latrī(e n.

Additional spellings: idolatrie
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(a) The worship of man-made statues, paintings, or other objects; idolatry; also, the personification of idolatry; don idolatri, to practice idolatry; (b) an idolatrous religion or cult [sometimes…

61. idroforbia n.

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Hydrophobia.

62. idroforbicus n.

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One suffering from hydrophobia.

63. intrōmisse n. singular & plural

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Surg. An instrument for probing or insertion.

64. inviscāciǒun n.

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Med. & surg. A sticking together of parts of a wound, of the eyelids, etc.

65. ipocentaurus n.

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A fabulous creature, part man and part horse.

66. ismọ̄n n.

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Anat. A thin tissue between the larynx and esophagus.

67. jordan n.

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(a) A kind of glass vessel with a bulb-like body and a rimmed neck, used by physicians and makers of pigments; (b) a chamber pot; (c) as a surname [in PPl. apparently with punning allusion to William…

68. jōte n.

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A jot or tittle, a whit.

69. jūrāt(e n.

Additional spellings: jurate
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(a) A member of the ruling body of a city; jurates men, aldermen; (b) a juror [Latin only]; an informant under oath in an investigation leading to canonization.

70. jusquiame n.

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The plant henbane (Hyoscyamus niger).

71. kim(e)lin n.

Additional spellings: kimelin
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A tub used in brewing or cooking; ?also, some kind of small flask or vessel [quot. ?c1475]; kimlin hop.

72. lancelet n.

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?The greater spearwort (Ranunculus lingua); ?ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata).

73. lapacia n.

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Any of certain docks or dock-like plants; lapacia the gret [?cp. ML lappacium maius], ?water dock (Rumex aquaticus) or?burdock (Arctium lappa).

74. lapparia n.

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A stone believed to have power to lure wild animals to the hunter.

75. lappātes n.

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A dock or dock-like plant; also, a dish made of certain potherbs.

76. letanī(e n.

Additional spellings: letanie
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(a) A litany of the saints, as used in ordinary divine worship, in private devotions, or on special feasts or special occasions; (b) more (gret) letani, the Greater Litany used on the feast of St…

77. letuā̆rī(e n.

Additional spellings: letuarie
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(a) A medicine, usually in the form of either a paste or a syrup; also, a magical potion; fig. a spiritual medicine; also, a temptation of the Devil; (b) an aphrodisiac; fig. a stimulant to love of…

78. levigāciọ̄ne n.

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Rendering (sth.) light or gaseous.

79. līchine n.

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Surg. A plug for a wound, usually of absorbent material which was sometimes impregnated with a medicament.

80. macillence n.

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Surg. A morbid smallness or shrinking.

81. malencolī(e n.

Additional spellings: malencolie
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(a) One of the four humors, black bile; a bodily fluid which helps to form and nourish the body; -- not pathological unless present in excessive amounts; also, an altered form of black bile [see (b)]…

82. martel n. singular & plural

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(a) A hammer; (b) as surname (?ME).

83. membrāciǒun n.

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The arrangement of the limbs of the body.

84. menophītes n.

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A precious stone of Egypt.

85. merītēs n.

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A kind of precious stone; ?myrrhite.

86. miltestre n.

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A prostitute.

87. miring(e n.

Additional spellings: miringe
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Either of two cranial meninges, dura mater and pia mater.

88. monitōrīe n. & adj.

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(a) Eccl. A letter of admonition or warning; (b) as adj.: conveying a warning, admonitory.

89. mō̆re n.(2)

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(a) A Moor; the nacioun of mores, Mauretania; ?also less precisely, a black African; (b) as adj.: Moorish.

90. nefretik adj. & n.

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(a) Affected by a disease of the kidneys, nephritic; (b) as noun: a person suffering from nephritis, esp. one suffering from a kidney stone; (c) as noun:?nephritis.

91. nept(e n.

Additional spellings: nepte
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(a) Catnip, catmint (Nepeta cataria), often used in cooking or in medecines; nept roial; (b) ?one of various plants (including Teucrium chamædrys, Arum colocasia, and Asarum europeæum).

92. nerve n.

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(a) A bodily part that transmits the capacity to feel or move from the brain or spinal cord, a nerve; nerve gustive, a nerve transmitting the sense of taste; nerve motive, a motor nerve; nerve optik

93. nichometis n. plural

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Onyx stones.

94. niǧella n.

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Fennel-flower Nigella sativa, used medicinally; also, one of two plants: corn cockle Agrostemma githago or darnel Lolium temulentum.

95. noctilūca n.

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Firefly, glowworm.

96. obsiānus n.

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Obsidian.

97. olibane n.

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An aromatic gum resin used in medicinal ointments, plasters, etc.; frankincense; olibane album, ?a white paste of frankincense and water.

98. olīvārī(e n.

Additional spellings: olivarie
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A cauterizing instrument having at its end an iron knob about the size and shape of an olive pit, or, according to some, an olive leaf.

99. ordeāte n.

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Barley water.

100. ostricium n.

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A medicinal plant; prob. soapwort Saponaria officinalis; ?also, sweet woodruff Asperula odorata or masterwort Imperatoria ostruthium.