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21. ascroue n.

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Law Escrow. …

22. aspīe n.

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Stealthy investigation, observation, or watching; scouting, spying; also, information obtained by scouting; maken or setten aspie(s, to scout or spy; -- often pl., rendering L insidiae. …

23. assai n.

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(a) The testing or a test of quality (as of a metal or other object); assaying of metal; putten in assai; after the assai of London, according to the London standard of quality; (b) of god assai, of……

24. assart n.

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(a) A parcel of cleared land (as in a forest), a clearing; (b) a rent on such land. …

25. assẹ̄th n.

43 quotations in 3 senses
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Fulfillment, satisfaction, reparation; maken (don) asseth, give satisfaction: (a) fulfillment of a wish, expectation or requirement; (b) fulfilling of a need; (c) satisfactory answer to a question or……

26. astōr n.

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Stock of provisions. …

27. aunte n.

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(a) The sister of one's father or mother, aunt; (b) aunte doughter, the daughter of one's aunt, cousin; aunte sone, the son of one's aunt, cousin. …

28. avaunt-ward n.

Additional spellings: avauntward
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The foremost position or part of an army, the vanguard. …

29. aventaille n.

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A piece of chain mail protecting the neck and upper chest. …

30. avēr n.(2)

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Things owned; possessions, property, wealth; -- coll. or pl. …

31. await(e n.

Additional spellings: awaite
54 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A lying in wait, an ambush; leien (maken) await, to set an ambush; leien (sb.) in await, to put (sb.) in ambush; leien await for (upon), to set an ambush for (sb.); lien (sitten, stonden) in await……

32. awaiter, -ǒur n.

Additional spellings: awaitour
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(a) One who lies in ambush; conspirator, plotter; (b) an attendant. …

33. award n.

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(a) A judicial decision, judgment, verdict, sentence; don award, maken award, yeven award, to render a decision, pronounce judgment; abiden award, holden award, stonden to award, to accept a decision……

34. bācǒun n.

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(a) Pork cured in brine or by smoking; esp. salt pork or a cut of it; salt bacoun; seind bacoun, smoked pork; bacoun hog, a hog fattened for butchering; (b) bacoun flich or flik, a side of bacon; (c)……

35. baselā̆rd n.(1)

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A kind of short straight sword or dagger, in civilian use, worn in a sheath hung from a strap, e.g. at the girdle; baselard knif; in some examples perhaps used loosely of a curved 'hanger.' …

36. Basklēs n. (plural)

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Basques. …

37. bercherīe n.

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A sheepfold. …

38. berselet n.

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A hunting dog trained to follow wounded game. …

39. bille n.

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(a) A formal document (embodying a will, a permit, etc.); fig. a list or inventory; (b) a papal bull. …

40. blaundice n.

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(a) Flattery, blandishment; (b) dalliance, caresses; (c) allurement, attractiveness; (d) deception, deceitfulness. …

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