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1. bou-sprẹ̄t(e, bǒu(e)sprẹ̄t(e n.

Additional spellings: bouspret, bou-sprete, bousprete, bouesprete, bouspret, bouespret, bousprete
15 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. Bowsprit.

2. harwe n.

34 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A harrow for cultivating land, a drag; gon at harwe, to drive a harrow; (b) fig. the Old or New Testament; the power of Love (with pun on arwe); also, in proverb; (c) harwe tind (toth), a tooth of…

3. hā̆ver n.(2)

33 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The cereal grain, oats; (b) haver bern, haver gerner, a storehouse for oats; haver bred, oaten bread; haver cake, a loaf made from oaten flour; also as surname; haver mele, oaten flour; (c) haver

4. stilt(e n.

Additional spellings: stilte
16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The handle of a plow; (b) a wooden crutch; an artificial leg, peg leg; also, a stilt; stilt bond, a strap for attaching a stilt or a peg leg; (c) ?one of the uprights of a ladder; (d) in surname.

5. talou(e n.

Additional spellings: taloue
83 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The fatty tissue of an animal; fatty tissue from around the kidneys or other internal organs of an animal; also fig. and in fig. contexts [some fig. quots. could also be construed as other senses…

6. trust n.

121 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Confidence (in sb. or sth.), reliance (on sb. or sth.), trust; haven trust, to have confidence (in sb. or sth.), rely (on sb. or sth.); with inf.: haven more trust..thanne, think it preferable (to…

7. tū̆lk(e n.

Additional spellings: tulke
12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A man; a soldier, fighting man; also used with ref. to God [quot. c1400(?c1380), 1st]; (b) as surname.

8. wāse n.

14 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A bundle, bunch, or wisp, as of straw, pea plants, etc.; ?also, a clump of seaweed [glossing L alga; may belong to wose n.(2)]; ?also, flax [glossing L stuppa] (b) a torch; a bundle of straw…

9. whirl n.

39 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A small circular weight placed on a spindle to serve as a flywheel, a pulley used in the operation of a spinning wheel, a spindle whorl; ?also, a small circular object serving to attach or hold…